"Earlier this year, FOX Sports President Eric Shanks joked that if the US Men’s National Team didn’t qualify for the 2018 World Cup “that would [be] like $200 million flushed down the toilet [for FOX Sports].”

"In 2011, FOX Sports paid roughly $500 million for the rights to World Cup 2018 and 2022. Without the United States participating, the value of those 2018 rights has suddenly plummeted. And the prospect of a 2022 World Cup played in the desert in Qatar during the winter doesn’t hold much promise for FOX Sports either."

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2017/10/11/fo...world-cup/

Good job Rupert Murdoch. LOL.

And least they can fall back on these huge ratings of small private schools...oh wait. They are pay $4 million and usually can't get over a 0.00 share.

Man you guys are seriously butthurt about that huh? Let it go!

(10-11-2017 01:24 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  Man you guys are seriously butthurt about that huh? Let it go!

Soccer or Big East? Not butthurt over either. The Big East hoops and AAC wouldn't have worked and way too many teams together. Both conferences will be fine. The big east can solely focus on hoops.

Soccer is when nothing else is on...even that is pushing it.