After the Cup, the argument about American sports media

The 2026 World Cup was a current event that American sports media could not metabolize in real time, so it is metabolizing it now, in August, as a content hangover. Was it a success. Was it soccer. These are the questions a talk show knows how to ask.

The right questions are boring and better: what cities actually hosted well; which broadcasts trusted the match; whether a generation of kids who sat in those stands will be a market or a memory. If you want a recap of every group-stage slight, other rooms have you.