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I must say I am surprised New England tops Manchester United in the world wide voting.

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UNHWildCats wrote:I must say I am surprised New England tops Manchester United in the world wide voting.

There aren't that many international votes.

very few sports fans around the world subject themselves to NESN2...

Yeah, put this poll out in England or Europe and see how many people know who the New England Patriots even are....

JMU DJ wrote:Yeah, put this poll out in England or Europe and see how many people know who the New England Patriots even are....

The Brits would confuse them with those guys at Lexington and Concord.

US Postal Cycling Team.

They absolutely dominated racing when Lance was at the helm. So much so, it was boring to watch.

SeattleGriz wrote:US Postal Cycling Team.

They absolutely dominated racing when Lance was at the helm. So much so, it was boring to watch.

ya but that was what 2 years in nthis decade maybe? then he moved over to Discovery Channel

UNHWildCats wrote:

SeattleGriz wrote:US Postal Cycling Team.

They absolutely dominated racing when Lance was at the helm. So much so, it was boring to watch.

ya but that was what 2 years in nthis decade maybe? then he moved over to Discovery Channel

I would have to say "Lance's team" won the Tour 6 of the 9 years so far this decade, because you have to count Alberto Contadors victory in 2007 when he raced for Discovery. They were US Postal until the end of 2004, then became Discovery in 2005.

Cycling is different in that a whole team can change names, but the team is still intact - a continuation of the same team.

It has to, because they don't get any revenue from tickets or food and beverage, they collect sponsorship instead. That is why the racers remain the same, but the name changes.

Too bad they can't collect revenue from spectators, as the Tour de France is one of the most watched sporting events in the world. Of course running 21 days in length sure does help to boost those numbers.

SeattleGriz wrote:Too bad they can't collect revenue from spectators, as the Tour de France is one of the most watched sporting events in the world. Of course running 21 days in length sure does help to boost those numbers.

what, make people pay before they can stand along the side of the road in the middle of town (or the middle of the country)?

JayJ79 wrote:

SeattleGriz wrote:Too bad they can't collect revenue from spectators, as the Tour de France is one of the most watched sporting events in the world. Of course running 21 days in length sure does help to boost those numbers.

what, make people pay before they can stand along the side of the road in the middle of town (or the middle of the country)?

Exactly, it isn't going to happen. That is why they have to have sponsors, because they don't have tickets to sell.

Wasn't advocating it, just saying cycling has tons of spectators that don't bring any revenue to the individual teams.

Man Utd is the obvious choice but it'll never win over a NFL team in America. Most people voting probably haven't heard of the Red Devils.