WE ARE (MOSTLY) BACK!! FTCUTD, back from our annual August break, TK and Coach are still chillin on the beach, so to kick off the new Euro season, Greggo is joined by the good homie in The Culture, Can I Kick It's Yogi Barr, and our special guest this week is Kartik Krishnayer of the World Soccer Talk Podcast! World Soccer Talk is a podcast and website that for over 15 years extensively covers Soccer TV coverage in the US and around the world!
This week we discuss the ongoing streaming wars in soccer, as several Euro leagues have switched to new network partners and streaming services.
Serie A is now over with CBS/Paramount+
La Liga is now with ESPN/ESPN+
UEFA Champions League is now finally in its first year of full coverage with CBS and Paramount+, so fans will finally begin to see more Champions League games on CBSSN, and later matches in the tournament on the flagship CBS Network!
Howver we kick off the show discussing the incident in Nice where OGC Nice Supporters stormed the field after Dimitri Payet returned a thrown water bottle into the supporter stands, causing the Sunday match between Nice and Marseille to be suspended. This incident interrupting the hoopla stirred by the arrival of Leo Messi to PSG while we were on break and we discuss the impact of said move especially as the rumor of Real Madrid going after Kylian Mbappe before the end of the transfer window begins to emerge.
Yet to make a network move is the Premier League, in their final contract year with NBC. We go over what direction they may be heading given all the changes to coverage since the arrival of NBC's Peacock streaming service last summer. We also touch on Arsenal's anemic start to the season and if Mikel Arteta may last in North London following last weekend's 2-0 defeat to Chelsea and this weekend's equally tough match against Man City (which might have a certain Ronaldo in the ranks by this weekend).
In the second half of the show, we move stateside and while there is nobody with Greggo to take glee in the Home Team's 4 game winning streak, the horn still goes toot toot! The focus then quickly shifts to the recent article in The Athletic where Inter Miami's failure to launch is exposed in detail. With Kartik being a South Florida resident and entrenched in the soccer business in the area, he provides his perspective on what exactly has gone wrong with Inter Miami since they finally went from perpetual delays to a team knee deep in league violations.
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