ESPN Strikes Out Again

It is absurd that ESPN is not showing the Champions League semifinal between AC Milan and Barcelona today. We are at the semifinal stage of the premier club football competition in the world, and there is no outlet on English-language television in the United States to view this vital contest between two of the greatest, most widely supported clubs in the world.

Going into this season, ESPN promised football fans in America that it would show more Champions League football than ever before. In the group stages, the network lived up to that promise and aired two games a week. But as we entered the knockout stages, they've cut back their coverage to only one game a week. In the round of 16, they even went so far as to tape-delay their broadcasts.

Football fans in America deserve better. If ESPN was working in the best interest of football fans, they should sell the rights to games they aren't airing to Fox Soccer Channel or Gol TV.

One can't help but be pessimistic over what we're in store for this summer when ESPN airs the FIFA World Cup.

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