I appreciate you being a realest and I would even consider myself one as well.

In the writing of this article I spoke to Kruse and he explained that in most cases the numbers just aren’t high enough with any online broadcast of this sort to outright sell ads. So while you may have a point that the Stars are new or that the sport is soccer, the reality is it’s tough to sell sponsorships for ANY online broadcasts of this sort with the type of numbers it draws.

Another issue is that the bulk of people watching the game are away fans. So the situation is not cut and dry.

What is a possibility is to get a sponsor for the Stars (the NSC has a number of good sponsors lined up) and part of that sponsorship package may include the online TV service. The folks at NSC are pretty creative in their approach to these things.

So I think your statement “Still can’t sell sponsorship” while true in this instance, is somewhat misleading and may be more about getting an ample amount of time to put a proper strategy in to place.

In the future perhaps a league run service could have a big National sponsorship that would be relevant for most markets showing the service. With continued advancement and strategy, perhaps a Vancouver broadcast will somehow allow the visiting team ads from their market. There are a lot of possibilities.

@thesuperrookie – About criticism . . . we only need a GK and one more field player and we have 11. One way to keep costs down in the first year may be to have no subs.

Also, the ability to preview the last game of the team you’re about to play next makes watching the live match that much more exciting.

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