DISQUS

The best comparison between the Premier League and an American sport would be the NFL (American football or gridiron).


The NFL plays a 15 game regular season schedule (15 games for 15 weeks and 1 off week) and then has the playoffs. In comparison, baseball plays 182 games, so a midweek home game can be very cheap and the high price of Red Sox, Yankees and a few other teams skew prices.



So here are some NFL stats:

League Revenue: $5.8 Billion

Average player salary: $1.4 million

Average attendance: 67,738

Average percent of stadium filled for a regular season game:90%



Prices:

Average NFL ticket: $62.38 (£31)

Highest Average ticket: $90.80 (£45) - New England Patriots

Lowest Average ticket: $41 (£20.50) - Buffalo Bills

Average parking fee (everyone drives to the game): $25



This compares to about the same as the EPL, though I would say that the current dollar to pound exchange rates makes the NFL tickets look a little cheaper to a Brit than they actually are to the average American.

Gaffer,


ITVN released a press release about Setanta this morning.



You can see it at http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060816/law007a.html...>

Sounds very exciting. Can't wait to hear the show.

Anyone thinking about buying ITVN stock? (ITTV.OB) (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ITTV.OB)

<... had good luck buying stock of things I like and use. I got Gamestop (GME) @ $17/share because I like the store I shopped at. Now it is $44/share thanks to the merger with Electronics Boutique.



Seems like ITVN could be very promising.



P.S. this is not spam or trying to raise the price of the stock. I own none.