Roger Bennett, one half of the podcast frequented by stars like John Oliver and Matthew McConaughey, is signing new talent — including superstar Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano — to build a “full-throated media network.”
His objective for the meeting was to persuade the player to join the growing roster of voices featured on Men in Blazers as it seeks to expand beyond “Rog and Davo,” as the two hosts call themselves. Bennett laid his best lines on the player: “Tell me what you would like to do, and then we’ll talk about how we can pull this off, because we want to do it by sea, by land, by air.”
For the most part, the player appeared to let the flattery wash over him. But his interest was visibly piqued when Bennett mentioned several other marquee partnerships Men in Blazers had just signed. The next day, former U.S. Men’s National Team defenseman and current ESPN commentator Herculez Gomez would premiere his own podcast on the Men in Blazers network,targeted at Hispanic soccer fans.
The player nodded in admiration. Men in Blazers, it was clear, had global aspirations and was well on its way to achieving them. “You’re the only network I would consider doing this for,” he said, even as he explained that his training schedule might make it difficult to commit. Bennett pressed on: “On this show, I’ve always joked that soccer is America’s sport of the future, as it has been since 1972,” he said. “That’s changing. The future really is now.”After decades of being tantalizingly on the cusp, soccer seems to finally be reaching a critical mass of popularity in the U.S. Attendance for Major League Soccer and the National Women’s Soccer League are at an all-time high, and there are more American players than ever in the high-stakes European leagues.
As soccer has grown, so has Men in Blazers, which has thus far covered primarily the English Premier League, the MLS, the NWLS, the Champions League and the U.S. National Teams. The network’s
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The future is corrupt!and a disgrace!
I’ve been hearing for 30 years that “interest in soccer” is poised to soar in the U.S. Forgive me if I believe we’ll see George R.R. Martin finish A Song of Ice and Fire long before that happens. (spoiler alert: Those books ain’t ever coming out.)
rogbennett Things you love to see. Keep it up 👏🏼
MenInBlazers Bob Ley to broadcast from his panic room?
MenInBlazers Correction, Herculez was a forward, not a defenseman/defender?
MenInBlazers Nothing more American than casting off English Empire, only to then turn around and want to control the entire world with Budweiser and sports. Proud of you, rogbennett! 🇺🇸
MenInBlazers 👑
rogbennett So happy to be apart of it, if you need an ambassador in Florida lemme know! 😉
rogbennett rogbennett going stratospheric. Nice.
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