Minggu lalu saya baca sebuah post di blog Fast Company tentang perkembangan sepakbola di Amerika (soccer, bukan American Football):

Soccer is the fastest growing sport in the U.S., and while it will never replace American football or baseball, there are commercial opportunities in the states that people like [Malcom Glazier, the American owner of NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers who recently bought Manchester United] have used to their advantage.

People with vision and with money who are extremely successful understand that soccer is going to become a major part of the American sports landscape within the next 10 years.

MU milik orang Amerika, Liverpool juga, trus Arsenal juga ada kerjasama dengan perusahaan Amerika, David Beckham, bintang segala bintang sepakbola mo pindah ke klub Amerika LA Galaxy (saya ga bilang Beckham pemain terbaik lo). Barangkali suatu hari nanti selain liga Spanyol, Inggris, Italia ama Jerman, liga sepakbola Amerika bakal ditayangin jg di Indonesia. Liga Indonesia emang ditayangin sih di Indonesia, tapi apakah sepakbola Indonesia bisnis yang menguntungkan? dana sebagian besar klub dari APBD gt, banyak kekacauan (banyak peristiwa memalukan tanpa sanksi seperti yg kemarin saya liat, kiper(Persib) meludahi pemain (Persita)). Tapi kalo Futsal kayaknya menguntungkan ya, makin banyak aja kayaknya lapangan sepakbola kecil ini.

Will soccer ever be a profitable business in Indonesia? Kalo kata Nike (sponsor timnas kan?) Imposible is nothing (kata Nike bukan sih?) to(jawa)?

[Ralat: Adidas bukan Nike]