Worlds Greatest Sporting Event

[Mike188]

Not interested in the least ...............
Now if we were talking Rugby World Cup

 

[Grumpy Ole Codger]

I'm in the south of France at the moment and had the pleasure to watch the semi final of the U20 Rugby world cup. Franc beat the All Blacks 16 - 7. For youngsters it was a full on game for 80 minutes. Looking forward to the final on 17th June.

 

[barbagris]

Not interested in the least ...............
Now if we were talking Rugby World Cup

Tish and Pish - Nothing that involves one ball can be considered worthy. No! - not even cricket!.

Frankly I would rather watch paint dry.

 

[mexican]

I'm in the south of France at the moment and had the pleasure to watch the semi final of the U20 Rugby world cup. Franc beat the All Blacks 16 - 7. For youngsters it was a full on game for 80 minutes. Looking forward to the final on 17th June.

That is one tough game to play for sure

 

[barbagris]

The bugger is I will have to put up with the whole of Spain shouting "Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllll" every ruddy night.

 

[scot in exile]

I realize the game is a bit complicated for some of you , and way to fast for others and then we have the simple minded who thinks if a game is not 100-whatever it is not a game, suck on your lollipops gentlemen and let the World show you what a real game is all about, good luck against the Krauts Lupe.

 

[scot in exile]

The bugger is I will have to put up with the whole of Spain shouting "Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllll" every ruddy night.

You are from England are you not, so a visitor in another country gets upset when the citizens of that country get noisy easy way to solve that problem leave the place.

 

[EasTexRIII]

I realize the game is a bit complicated for some of you , and way to fast for others and then we have the simple minded who thinks if a game is not 100-whatever it is not a game, suck on your lollipops gentlemen and let the World show you what a real game is all about, good luck against the Krauts Lupe.

World Cup Soccer:
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ in numbers
(FIFA.com)
23 Sep 2014
FIFA has released an in-depth document detailing the dizzying array of facts and figures that combined to make up the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.

3,429,873 was the total attendance for the 64 matches, the highest recorded at any World Cup since USA 1994. The average crowd of 53,592 was also the highest in two decades.

5,154,386 attended FIFA Fan Fests in Brazil during the World Cup, with Rio de Janeiro's spectacular Copacabana site attracting 937,330 - the highest number in any individual city.

171 goals, an average of 2.67 per game, made Brazil 2014 the joint-highest-scoring World Cup of all time, level with France 1998.

7.2 billion USD in tax revenue shall be received by Brazil as a result of investments in the 2014 World Cup.

3,240 adidas balls, including both training and match balls, were used during the tournament.

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Tour de France:

The 2017 Tour de France in numbers:

21 stages (back to back days of racing with only 2 rest days thrown in), 198 riders, 3,540 km ridden in 21 days, 4,500 people involved with the teams, 10 million fans.

9 flat stages

5 medium mountain stages

5 mountain stages

2 individual time trials

22 teams

198 riders

9 riders on each team


Organisation
4,500 people: organisation, teams, media, partners, suppliers and publicity caravan

300 team staff members

15 race jury members

100 ASO staff

380 other race staff

500 + hotels visited

7 planes reserved for transfers

4 countries visited: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France

34 French departments

35 stage-sites - including 10 debut locations

635 cities

2,100 people live in Laissac-Severac L’Eglise, the smallest town

2,250,000 residents in Paris, the largest city

222.5km - longest stage, Stage 8, Embrun > Salon de Provence

2,642metres - Col du Galibier, the highest point of the Tour de France

Medical
10 doctors

7 nurses

7 ambulances

1 motorbike

2 medical cars

1 radiology truck

Media
2,000 journalists

600 media outlets

91 photographic agencies

301 newspapers, press agencies and websites

68 radio networks

TV
190 countries

100 channels - 60 live

105 hours of live coverage

6,300 hours of airtime around the world

Dutch fans on Alpe d'Huez (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Fans
10-12 million at the roadside (2016)

80% French

20% Other nationalities

Logistics
4,000m of roadside barriers on every stage

2.7km of banners per stage, on average

1,050 tall barriers at each finish area

450 publicity signs

7 hectares required for the finish area


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So at 3,429,873 for soccer & 10-12 million at the roadside during TDF what is it that makes soccer the:

greatest, largest(nothing else comes close) sporting event in the World

??????????????????

 

[stavros]

thought you meant the isle of man tt. was there last week

 

[Grumpy Ole Codger]

World Cup Soccer:
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ in numbers
(FIFA.com)
23 Sep 2014
FIFA has released an in-depth document detailing the dizzying array of facts and figures that combined to make up the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™.

3,429,873 was the total attendance for the 64 matches, the highest recorded at any World Cup since USA 1994. The average crowd of 53,592 was also the highest in two decades.

5,154,386 attended FIFA Fan Fests in Brazil during the World Cup, with Rio de Janeiro's spectacular Copacabana site attracting 937,330 - the highest number in any individual city.

171 goals, an average of 2.67 per game, made Brazil 2014 the joint-highest-scoring World Cup of all time, level with France 1998.

7.2 billion USD in tax revenue shall be received by Brazil as a result of investments in the 2014 World Cup.

3,240 adidas balls, including both training and match balls, were used during the tournament.

**************************************************************************************************************************************************************

Tour de France:

The 2017 Tour de France in numbers:

21 stages (back to back days of racing with only 2 rest days thrown in), 198 riders, 3,540 km ridden in 21 days, 4,500 people involved with the teams, 10 million fans.

9 flat stages

5 medium mountain stages

5 mountain stages

2 individual time trials

22 teams

198 riders

9 riders on each team


Organisation
4,500 people: organisation, teams, media, partners, suppliers and publicity caravan

300 team staff members

15 race jury members

100 ASO staff

380 other race staff

500 + hotels visited

7 planes reserved for transfers

4 countries visited: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France

34 French departments

35 stage-sites - including 10 debut locations

635 cities

2,100 people live in Laissac-Severac L’Eglise, the smallest town

2,250,000 residents in Paris, the largest city

222.5km - longest stage, Stage 8, Embrun > Salon de Provence

2,642metres - Col du Galibier, the highest point of the Tour de France

Medical
10 doctors

7 nurses

7 ambulances

1 motorbike

2 medical cars

1 radiology truck

Media
2,000 journalists

600 media outlets

91 photographic agencies

301 newspapers, press agencies and websites

68 radio networks

TV
190 countries

100 channels - 60 live

105 hours of live coverage

6,300 hours of airtime around the world

Dutch fans on Alpe d'Huez (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Fans
10-12 million at the roadside (2016)

80% French

20% Other nationalities

Logistics
4,000m of roadside barriers on every stage

2.7km of banners per stage, on average

1,050 tall barriers at each finish area

450 publicity signs

7 hectares required for the finish area


**************************************************************************************************************************************************************


So at 3,429,873 for soccer & 10-12 million at the roadside during TDF what is it that makes soccer the:
??????????????????

The only thing you missed in those stats was the road blocks, lost working hours cos of said road blocks etc and the fact it was mainly Frogs watching. What are the comparison with tv figures? Just out of interest of course