The sad truth: Soccer TV rights in English are still viewed as a niche sport in the US that fans with privilege and money will pay a premium for, and the current programming business model incentivizes that. The losers: Millions of potential new US fans and those with less money. https://twitter.com/AleBedoya17/status/1289601002262261761

This TV situation for soccer in the US also reinforces the notion of soccer here as a middle- to upper-middle-class sport, one that's exclusive, as opposed to an inclusive, working-class sport in most countries around the world.

This TV situation is also of a piece with US Soccer charging extremely high prices for a USMNT-Brazil friendly in the NJ NFL stadium that had just 32,489 fans and acres of empty seats.

I do get the business side. There's a decent chance my next full-time job will be for a subscription service of some sort. But I also view that coverage as different from the actual TV games themselves, which I hope could be seen by as many potential new US fans as possible.

Cut the cord a year ago, so I thought I'd check to see how much money I'm saving each month now. It's ... $17.81.

Also just ordered this