{"id":7054,"date":"2024-03-08T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/do-apples-mls-broadcasts-merely-exist-to-promote-the-leagues-agenda\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T10:23:08","slug":"do-apples-mls-broadcasts-merely-exist-to-promote-the-leagues-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/do-apples-mls-broadcasts-merely-exist-to-promote-the-leagues-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Apple\u2019s MLS broadcasts merely exist to promote the league\u2019s agenda?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The technology giant has paid billions to show matches on its streaming service, and critical analysis isn\u2019t part of the package<\/p>\n<p>It is a truism that referees are doing a good job if you don\u2019t notice them. It also appears to be the official policy of MLS.<\/p>\n<p>Salient plotlines as the 2024 campaign unfurls are the first full season of Lionel Messi in Miami, the controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2023\/dec\/17\/mlss-decision-to-withdraw-from-us-open-cup-is-about-controlling-messi-mania\">withdrawal of most MLS clubs from the US Open Cup<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2024\/feb\/17\/mls-referee-lockout-union-contract-cba-terms\">the use of replacement referees<\/a> because of a labor dispute.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2024\/mar\/08\/apple-tv-mls-deal-soccer-referees-us-open-cup\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The technology giant has paid billions to show matches on its streaming service, and critical analysis isn\u2019t part of the package It is a truism that referees are doing a good job if you don\u2019t notice them. It also appears to be the official policy of MLS. Salient plotlines as the 2024 campaign unfurls are &#8230; <a title=\"Do Apple\u2019s MLS broadcasts merely exist to promote the league\u2019s agenda?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/do-apples-mls-broadcasts-merely-exist-to-promote-the-leagues-agenda\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Do Apple\u2019s MLS broadcasts merely exist to promote the league\u2019s agenda?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}