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International competitions to leave Toronto FC short-handed as well

LARRY MILLSON

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 8:39 PM EST 19/05/08

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  1. Random Person from Heard and Mc Donald Islands writes: Then why doesn't MLS synchronize its Calendar with the FIFA international calendar?
  2. B I from Toronto, Canada writes: Random Person from Heard and Mc Donald Islands writes: Then why doesn't MLS synchronize its Calendar with the FIFA international calendar?

    Because it synchronizes with its television partners and unfortunately, those partners don't understand the international nature of the sport and hasn't figured out a way to cater around it with their busy schedule of showing NASCAR, baseball, and other things fat people sure to die from heart disease like to watch in the summer.
  3. The Special One... I Am Fantastic from Canada writes: All the British leagues will reschedule a team's league game if as few as 2 of their regulars are called off to international duty. MLS should do the same.
  4. B I from Toronto, Canada writes: The Special One... I Am Fantastic from Canada writes: All the British leagues will reschedule a team's league game if as few as 2 of their regulars are called off to international duty. MLS should do the same.

    In England, tv caters to soccer, in North America it doesn't - yet. As the Latin and other urban immigrant influences (pruchasing power) in the U.S. market grows , that will change. Just not there yet.
  5. Charlie R from Richmond Hill, Canada writes: Re-schedule games in the summer???... and risk more TV conflicts with Baseball and Golf... right... Baseball has dibs on TV scheduling. How else are baseball fans going to watch baseball? They sure as hell don't go to the stadiums to watch them.

    Until MLS starts filling more stadiums than BMO Field on a consistent basis, that will remain a simple thought and not something that anyone acts upon.
  6. The Special One... I Am Fantastic from Canada writes: Sadly that is why leagues fail in this region. Like it or not but the dependency on tv is ruining soccer in North America. You can't wait for the league to get better to influence tv because the fact is if tv dictates the rules then the teams will be stuck putting out a sub-par product in scenarios like this and thats all it takes to turn off the casual fan who may watch, and make his decision to follow, off a one time viewing.
  7. Random Person from Heard and Mc Donald Islands writes: Why don't they "reserve" a station such as ESPN Deportes and have all games on it,for a fee,within the FIFA Calendar?

    It would still be ESPN,however,soccer fans could watch that and NASCAR racing fans could be on ESPN 1 or 2 watching whatever they want,else....
  8. John P from Canada writes: The British leagues reschedule games when a minimum number of players are away but that only applies to League One and below since the Prem and Championship break for internationals anyway..... and it's pretty easy to reschedule a League One game when they're basically never televised to begin with. Little harder when you've gotta deal with a network like CBC that insists on afternoon games even during the stifling mid-summer heat.

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