How a Video Game Youve Never Played Changed the Biggest Sport on Earth

Published: April 9, 2024, 9 a.m.

b'Sports video games pride themselves on their simulation of reality. But the most popular ones that Americans know and love \\u2014 Madden, FIFA, NBA 2K, MLB: The Show \\u2014 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 \\u2014 changing the multi-billion dollar soccer industry itself. PTFO\\u2019s London correspondent, Kieran Morris, embarks on a global quest to explain the Football Manager revolution\\u2026 and jeopardizes his impending marriage in the process.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'