I love how the World Cup combines round robin and then single-elimination into a single tournament

Mar 19, 2017
11:34:48pm

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Everybody plays at least 3 games. As a fan - especially if I'm considering an expensive long-distance trip to see the team play - that's much better than going there and watching your team crash out in one game only.

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Would you agree that the NCAA Tourney is the greatest tournament in sports?

IronPotato

3/19/17 10:36pm

World Cup is hard to beat

cougarBee

3/19/17 10:37pm

I think tournament wise NCAA crushes it. Not in world popularity, but in format

IronPotato

3/19/17 10:39pm

I think that's your bias, because the excitement is not even comparable. You

Jezza

3/19/17 10:43pm

Agreed, it would be hard to pull that same tournament style. Excitement around

IronPotato

3/19/17 10:45pm

WC TV ratings are much higher than March madness.

Jezza

3/19/17 10:53pm

This just in, the world is bigger than the united states! More at 7!

Dissenter

3/20/17 12:13pm

But it's soccer

fattycoug

3/19/17 10:46pm

On par with NASCAR...boring boring boring. and spare me former S. American

pegushin

3/19/17 10:57pm

So boring even the women's version outdid every American sports final except

Jezza

3/19/17 11:02pm

it's summer when it's only competition is baseball and sun stroke

pegushin

3/19/17 11:06pm

No, it's not even close to the World Cup

Jezza

3/19/17 10:38pm

He said "greatest tournament in sports."

yorksama

3/19/17 10:46pm

I think that's your bias. You know, the one that makes you contradict

boogers

3/19/17 10:46pm

Duke vs. Wisconsin has the highest ratings in two decades at 28.4 m

Jezza

3/19/17 11:08pm

Not if you're American.. in general. World Cup is popular amongst the niche hipster market because of it's diversity.

ToasterChive

3/19/17 10:50pm

Even the women's world cup final drew more viewers than the NBA finals

Jezza

3/19/17 10:55pm

I'm sure you're forgetting that you're talking about worldwide viewers vs a domestic NCAA event.. but I'll forgive you.

ToasterChive

3/19/17 11:02pm

Oh don't worry, domestic WC numbers still handily beat college basketball

Jezza

3/19/17 11:03pm

Can you provide numbers showing me that the womens WC did better ratings in the

CougarBacker

3/19/17 11:10pm

Women's WC Final (2015) averaged 25.4 million viewers. Let's look at other

Jezza

3/19/17 11:21pm

You're telling me that 25.4 million US viewers watched the womens world cup?

CougarBacker

3/20/17 10:21am

Seriously, I have no idea who played, and I bet I don't know a single viewer

Dissenter

3/20/17 12:15pm

He's also confusing one soccer match with the entire tournament. Michael Phelps drew 32.7 million TV viewers for his

BYUMizzou

3/20/17 12:36pm

I couldn't have told you the year of the Womens world cup. the US won apparently

Dissenter

3/20/17 3:50pm

This absolutely cannot be true.

Bluedarts

3/20/17 12:46pm

Can we get Jezza a reading comprehension coach?

BYUMizzou

3/20/17 7:22am

Worst post of the day for 2 separate reasons

Backcountry

3/19/17 10:56pm

wurst* pust* uf* duy* fur* tu* seperaute* reasouns*

immacougar

3/19/17 11:13pm

It's definitely better than the World Cup. That first weekend is amazing!

Coach's Dad

3/19/17 10:39pm

Yes there is: the world cup. The group stage kicks it off with nonstop socka

Jezza

3/19/17 10:41pm

Even in World Cup you can have a bad game and still win it all. You just can't

IronPotato

3/19/17 10:44pm

That's entirely true. The knockout stages are one-off.

Jezza

3/19/17 10:46pm

It isnt "not true at all". You can have a bad game in group play and win

fattycoug

3/19/17 10:53pm

Fair point, I changed it. I still don't it distracts from the WC being

Jezza

3/19/17 11:00pm

You are confusing 'largest' and 'best'

Dissenter

3/20/17 12:17pm

Yeah, that's what makes it awful

fattycoug

3/19/17 10:47pm

What other sports have a true 'tournament'

kotacoug

3/19/17 10:40pm

NFL playoffs comes close, but just on a smaller scale as in # of teams.

IronPotato

3/19/17 10:42pm

College Football.....Lol!

IronPotato

3/19/17 10:47pm

The first weekend (especially the first two days) is fantastic. The rest is not

Mikey

3/19/17 10:42pm

Go read about the F.A. Cup in England. IMO its better. Amateurs can play Man U

ayfan

3/19/17 11:03pm

When BYU is in it, maybe. But what about Wimbledon?

billyrust

3/19/17 11:11pm

I love how the World Cup combines round robin and then single-elimination into a single tournament

Game Changer

3/19/17 11:34pm

I LOVE the NCAA Tourney, but World Cup, The Masters, and Wimbledon are "greater"

Zooropa

3/19/17 11:51pm

You lost me at the Masters....

IronPotato

3/20/17 12:41pm

UCONN wins it pretty much every year.

Y2k

3/20/17 3:57am

Seriously? Dude, you must've forgotten about the All-Valley Karate Tournament.

mobomanjoe

3/20/17 6:15am

It might be the most entertaining, but it's not the best. The NBA Playoffs are

Lieutenant America

3/20/17 7:27am

Tennis? Wait, you're serious?

Dissenter

3/20/17 12:22pm

This thread reminded me of why I can't stand "overzealous soccer fan". Sheeeeesh

Bluedarts

3/20/17 9:06am

The tennis majors

Mexbyualum

3/20/17 9:08am

But are they the greatest?

IronPotato

3/20/17 12:42pm

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