Comments on: Marketing Soccer Through…Basketball?

By: Nolan

Nolan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:27:50 +0000

Plus they are the two sports I get crap about by American football and hockey fans for the use of diving/flopping for fouls.

By: Nolan

Nolan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:24:20 +0000

Basketball is easily my favourite non-football sport, and I don’t think it’s a crazy combination, as there are a lot more close relationships between football players and basketball players than any other American sport.

By: Applesauce

Applesauce — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:54:47 +0000

This is obviously a scam on the part of either Steve Nash or Kobe Bryant to gain free admission to the game.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:56:02 +0000

The biggest problem in this country is that sports fans have bought off on the anti-soccer bias built by other professional sports and the media. They’ve never been to a professional game. Basketball was my favorite sport before I discovered soccer. I still love basketball. If sitting next to an NBA star is incentive for them to come to a soccer game – so be it. I’ve seen many sports fans who have never been to a professional soccer game who came to Dynamo games and were hooked.

By: Weston

Weston — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:44:27 +0000

damn, the milan v. america game is right near where i live but of course i am going to be unable to go… did anybody vote for the #1 fans? i voted for all of the teams (even the inter one, lol) except for america b/c i have only taken one year of spanish so far; why didnt they have a translation?

By: omar

omar — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:25:30 +0000

one basketball has a rule tht disallows or prohibits the use of feet to make contact with the ball..nuff said
laurie i was half hopin u cud get us another cool pic like dat other one…:)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:23:16 +0000

Club America is going to get killed.

Doesn’t Chelsea have that “sit on our bench” thing going on too?

By: John

John — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:04:24 +0000

Matt you make some good points but you don’t have to be abrasive about it. It didn’t look to me that Laurie was being unfair, certainly not wanting it to be dumb.

There are certainly parallels between basketball and soccer, but I’m not sure that this ticket promotion is going to do anything. Maybe some soccer fans will buy more tickets for the offchance of sitting next to an NBA player, but I doubt non-soccer fans will buy a ticket because of it.

I will also point out that this particular giveaway is in LA, where the glitzy star-studded lifestyle holds sway. Maybe there will be more interest from the rich socialites this way, who knows?

By: b-52

b-52 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:23:24 +0000

Soccer and basketball are extremely similar. I play both, rather poorly, so I’m always trying to figure out how to play better. When I’m playing poor basketball, I tell myself to play more like a soccer player (focus on retaining possession, positioning off the ball etc) and when I’m playing poorly at soccer, I tell myself to play more like a basketball player (better control of the ball, more direct in my passing, better footwork). Then I play a little better, then I get bad again. Sad cycle. Seriously though, there are a lot of parallels between the sport. If some of these kids that come up as point guards switch to soccer, there will be a whole lot more classy center midfielders out there.

By: matt

matt — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:09:00 +0000

and i bet it’s an nba player that actually LIKES soccer…if it’s in la it could be kobe bryant (grew up in italy) or pau gasol (spanish)or it could be steve nash (who is a lifelong spurs fan…he could be there to spit at joe cole)