Spain set off basketball hot _Ludy

The past year, a hot topic swept through Spain. From Vizcaya to Alboran, bistro from Seville to Zaragoza's Barbershop, people are arguing about a they wanted without ever problems: basketball will replace soccer in this country great, this argument is not a recent, just recently the Olympic men's basketball team silver medal for Spain's nerve becomes very excited now. 2006 Japan, Spain men's basketball team won the World Championship Gold Medal, this is their first time in the World Championship competition. Followed by European Championship runner-up and Olympic medalist, followed by the glory of basketball in Spain has become unprecedentedly large influence. The Gasol brothers as representative of a group of Spain star in the NBA's success, is also helping basketball erode football in the country's strong bases. Spain football has always been in world football occupies a pivotal position, Australian is Europe's most important professional league football in Spain, one of the World Cup and European Championship, and other major events have always been a no neglecting aviation. In the past, are Spain football fans and sponsors of second choice, but Spain basketball's rise is changing this pattern. Spain men's basketball team and the United States men's basketball team during the Olympic final, Spain with more than 400 million people watched the match live television, representing the day of the half of the national audience. Basketball in Spain's position as evident, but it's position to threaten football is still a long way to go, the evidence is the Germany World Cup France out to start the game, attracted 1220 million fans watch live Spain, representing the day of the television audience of 70 per cent. "Anyway, basketball in Spain in recent years the pace of development is faster than any movement. Professor of the IESE Business School in Spain "Ignacio �� URRUTIA said," some sponsors have noticed basketball audience and football audience difference, like San Miguel beer such sponsors also began sponsoring basketball because they pay more attention to the promotion of quality rather than quantity. " Team Foundation is a Professional Football League, the League Foundation is a club team. In Spain the professional sports is the bouncers are institutional, basketball and football teams co-exist in the family Club, their light is famous larger brothers soccer masks. In financial terms, Spain basketball get nutrients than football to lean. Participate in Germany World Cup Soccer Association football team from Spain to obtain a 10 million euro of capital budget, this money is their participation in World Cup qualifier and just spend competitions. Compared with Germany's football teams, referees throughout Spain's annual budget is only 13 million euro, of which nearly 80 per cent or from sponsors and TV broadcast rights sales. Although Spain basketball in human, financial and influence are temporarily unable to compare with the football, but Spain men's basketball team in international competitions in successive results are a huge intangible wealth. In recent years, Spain's basketball fan number rapid growth, the pursuit of minimal inputs for maximum media exposure for the sponsor were put into the arms of a basketball. "From 2006 World Championship Spain men's Basketball Championship, players have become a hero of many children. "Spain referees spokesman Nereo �� quispes said," even though we knew this generation Spain players have more excellent, but not every fans know, surprise that they concerned about basketball, and fell in love with the sport. ��