World Soccer Talk

Premier League faces toughest US TV rights decision ever

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Episode notes

We discuss why the English Premier League faces its toughest decision ever when it comes to awarding the next US TV rights deal, NBC squares off against YouTube TV and makes Peacock demands, what does it say about CBS Sports' soccer coverage when they make a hire such as Thierry Henry to accompany Jamie Carragher and Peter Schmeichel in the studio for their UEFA Champions League coverage, how a hybrid model between American sports and European soccer could be the game’s ultimate blueprint, our thoughts on Freddie Ljungberg as an analyst on The Golazo Show on CBS Sports, the role of diversity in soccer coverage on U.S. TV, how soccer's top podcasters from The Guardian's Football Weekly and The Game Podcast became our favorite journalists, and your feedback in the Listener Mailbag segment.