EPL dominance?

Three of the four clubs left in the Champions League are English as Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea are joined by AC Milan in the tournament semifinals. Clearly, then, the Premiership is the best league in the world, right?

Not so fast. SI.com colleague Gabriele Marcotti points out several reasons why that isn't necessarily true.

I agree with many of his points but perhaps the one that most rang true with me was this:

"And it receives a disproportionate amount of exposure in the global media because, worldwide, the "linga franca" remains English. Pundits of Anglo-extraction abound everywhere (though not on this Web site, which is probably a good thing) and, inevitably, they write about what they know and they do it from their own perspective."

That's one of the main reasons I think Fox Soccer Channel is nearly as good as it could be. It's all EPL talk. I don't mind the focus on European soccer but come on. The EPL takes up about 70-80 percent of each Fox Soccer Report show which is fine if you are English or like the EPL. I prefer leagues closer to me, leagues I'm more familiar with such as MLS and the Mexican first division. I'd like to see more coverage of the other big three European leagues as well but when you get in-depth analysis of Watford-Charlton... I can only stand so much of that.