What financial viewpoint? What rewards? Just because a game will be played in america doesn't mean that suddenly la liga will get any more supporters. Yes they can sell tickets to the game but the will have to pay for the venue and will miss out on tickets they could have sold at their own venue. The will not get any more from tv rights as they have already been sold. They might sell some merch at the game might even sell 50,000 shirts at £50 a pop. A cool £2.5m. Not exactly going to buy them much in the current market.
Rather than the cash from the one off game it's more about 'breaking' the American market which is obviously huge.
As i said one game a year is hardly going to get them that many more supporters in america. Especially while they have a deal with bein sport to televise their games who have been frozen out by comcast.
http://www2.philly.com/philly/business/comcast/bein-sports-off-comcast-soccer-la-liga-20180801.html
One game won't but they have to start somewhere.
I don't like the idea at all but there's clearly an incentive for clubs to want to do it.
Fucking well in, Spanish players.
Rather than the cash from the one off game it's more about 'breaking' the American market which is obviously huge.
Remember that most football fans from Central or South America support Real Madrid or Barca in addition to their local club. There's likely more fans of Barca and Real in the USA then there are in Spain. Those two clubs don't need to break into the American (whether American means USA or American means North and South America). They're already the biggest clubs in the world over here.
The premier league is better supported in the us than la liga. It has a larger viewership and bigger tv deal. Utd are the best supported of them.
The PL is much more visible on American TV thanks to La Liga having their rights purchased to Bein which is almost impossible to find in the US. But make no mistake, United is a distant third when it comes to most supported club in the US.
Such a stupid idea on so many levels. Imagine if a club (let's say Barcelona) has to fly to the States for a Saturday match against Sevilla and then fly back to Europe for a Champions League match on Wednesday in Liverpool? What a nightmare for the players from a travel and recovery standpoint. They would be hard-pressed to find their legs by the time the CL match began on Wednesday.
You would have to feel for the supporters as well. How upset would they be if they spent their money on season tickets and then had to give up a home match because of the agreement to play one match a year in America.
Finally, I live in the US and am totally against this. I was fortunate enough to see Spurs play in Nashville a couple years ago and really enjoyed the match, but I want my first PL match to be the full authentic experience (to travel to London and support Spurs from inside the new stadium, to sing along with everyone, and walk to the stadium with the rest of the supporters) not some bullshit gimmick that Relevent Sports cooked up.
I feel that moving League matches (La Liga, PL, etc) abroad is a slippery slope. If they will come to America, why not China next, and so on and so on.
They played their super cup in morocco i believe.
And it's an extra game, and no one has to concede home advantage.That at least makes some sense...geographically close to Spain, plus a good few Spanish folks living in Ceuta & Melilla being able to get to the game.
I don't think that's the reason tbh. I think it's more that they are playing to the wishes of the supporters who are pretty much unanimously against this happening, and have been very vocal about the fact.They just want their cut.