BBC and Superbowl.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. You mean a TV channel said its sport is popular? I'm shocked.

If 650 million really did watch Man City v. Utd, then it's more popular, per capita, (nearly 10% of the global population) outside of the UK than inside (eg 4.4 million peak in 2012). Which seems unlikely.

Take 'global viewers' figures with a truckload of salt: http://www.givemesport.com/543088-did-chelsea-v-manchester-city-really-attract-a-bigger-audience-than-the-super-bowl . The '650 million' is the number of people who could watch it. And it comes from the Premier League. I can't help but think it's because they make money out of telling people they're popular.

And the 111.5 million figure for last year's Superbowl is the US figure - which actually will have to have some basis in reality, because that's one network selling ads, and the buyers are going to want auditable figures for that.

I expect the World Cup does beat the Superbowl. But it's laughable to think that the world is that interested in City v. Utd.