How a Video Game You’ve Never Played Changed the Biggest Sport on Earth
How a Video Game You’ve Never Played Changed the Biggest Sport on Earth  
Podcast: Pablo Torre Finds Out
Published On: Tue Apr 09 2024
Description: Sports video games pride themselves on their simulation of reality. But the most popular ones that Americans know and love — Madden, FIFA, NBA 2K, MLB: The Show — cannot compete with an intensely specific and uniquely important game called Football Manager. Which got so good at simulating soccer that it converted a worldwide army of real-life players, coaches, and executives into genuine obsessives — changing the multi-billion dollar soccer industry itself. PTFO’s London correspondent, Kieran Morris, embarks on a global quest to explain the Football Manager revolution… and jeopardizes his impending marriage in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices