How Technology Has Changed Soccer For The Better
How Technology Has Changed Soccer for the Better
Think about sports today, technology has drastically changed sports in many ways. Specifically in soccer it has changed different areas of the beautiful game but for the better. New technology has allowed soccer to grow and flourish in the United states. It has increased the interest through how fans watch games, social media, and even phone apps that allow fans to stay connected to their teams.
Since soccer hasn’t been very prominent in the United States for the past ten years, Tv carriers have had few channels that fans can watch games on. Now, because of the increase of interest in soccer within the United States major Tv carriers have expanded their networks and added more channels that televise only soccer games. Last year NBC made a 250 million dollar, three year contract to cover the European Premier League games in Europe. Not only have tv carriers expanded their networks, new things like podcasts are starting to emerge in the soccer world. Podcasts …show more content…
For example, Twitter, it allows fans to tweet about a certain play or something that happened during the game making it viewable to friends and even players. Some soccer players have even started tweeting with fans about their games about upcoming events. Along with personal accounts, Twitter has a wide range of fan based accounts. A lot of these accounts keep up with player stats and give live updates about a specific game. Focusing on the Unites States National Team during the World cup in Brazil this past summer, the game against Ghana started trending hours before the game."Twitter is a great tool for shrinking this gigantic soccer world into something more manageable that you can follow in real time." -Grant Wahl. USA soccer told people to tweet in @usasoccer and in return they would be sent an online, customized jersey with their name on it
Think about sports today, technology has drastically changed sports in many ways. Specifically in soccer it has changed different areas of the beautiful game but for the better. New technology has allowed soccer to grow and flourish in the United states. It has increased the interest through how fans watch games, social media, and even phone apps that allow fans to stay connected to their teams.
Since soccer hasn’t been very prominent in the United States for the past ten years, Tv carriers have had few channels that fans can watch games on. Now, because of the increase of interest in soccer within the United States major Tv carriers have expanded their networks and added more channels that televise only soccer games. Last year NBC made a 250 million dollar, three year contract to cover the European Premier League games in Europe. Not only have tv carriers expanded their networks, new things like podcasts are starting to emerge in the soccer world. Podcasts …show more content…
For example, Twitter, it allows fans to tweet about a certain play or something that happened during the game making it viewable to friends and even players. Some soccer players have even started tweeting with fans about their games about upcoming events. Along with personal accounts, Twitter has a wide range of fan based accounts. A lot of these accounts keep up with player stats and give live updates about a specific game. Focusing on the Unites States National Team during the World cup in Brazil this past summer, the game against Ghana started trending hours before the game."Twitter is a great tool for shrinking this gigantic soccer world into something more manageable that you can follow in real time." -Grant Wahl. USA soccer told people to tweet in @usasoccer and in return they would be sent an online, customized jersey with their name on it