tisza
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Bet it's not abandoned -just back behind closed doors until they sniff another opportunity
Bet it's not abandoned -just back behind closed doors until they sniff another opportunity
Exactly. They just saw an opportunity with EFL clubs struggling to force it through. They won't just give up.Bet it's not abandoned -just back behind closed doors until they sniff another opportunity
Comes as no surprise. It shows that (as suspected) the whole thing was a self-serving coup from a handful of greedy clubs.Thought this was interesting:
Thought this was interesting:
The selling point of PL is that it is the most competitive League because mid & lower table sides get enough money to be relatively competitive. Start to reduce that level of competition and they end up with a Bundesliga,lá liga situation where income is heavily weighted to just 2 or 3 clubs and so less competitive and ultimately less appealing to a global market and so smaller TV contracts.Eye watering differences in revenue per game there. You can see why this isn’t going to go away.
The selling point of PL is that it is the most competitive League because mid & lower table sides get enough money to be relatively competitive. Start to reduce that level of competition and they end up with a Bundesliga,lá liga situation where income is heavily weighted to just 2 or 3 clubs and so less competitive and ultimately less appealing to a global market and so smaller TV contracts.
It's a continuation of the FFP situation and the impact of Champions League money across many European leagues where only 1 or 2 clubs are in contention every season due to their significant financial advantage that these 2 factors ensure every year.
Like I have said previously I have felt for a long time that the Champions League is the shadow European Super League, I mean there is a core of teams that qualify every year and essentially orient their season around it.The selling point of PL is that it is the most competitive League because mid & lower table sides get enough money to be relatively competitive. Start to reduce that level of competition and they end up with a Bundesliga,lá liga situation where income is heavily weighted to just 2 or 3 clubs and so less competitive and ultimately less appealing to a global market and so smaller TV contracts.
It's a continuation of the FFP situation and the impact of Champions League money across many European leagues where only 1 or 2 clubs are in contention every season due to their significant financial advantage that these 2 factors ensure every year.
The type of people who own all of these clubs are not in it for the good of the competition, so even without a supine set of governing bodies it'd be difficult to get any agreement on it. You can't help but feel a split is inevitable, with teams like Liverpool and United ending up as some touring franchise playing games all over the world against other major teams.I think someone has to step up with some bollocks and tell the big clubs to get back in their box. Pool TV money and distribute it more fairly across the leagues. Champions League money, merchandise, pre season tours, and of course fuck off big stadiums with massive corporate sections can still give those clubs an advantage, there’s just a base level that ensures sensible competition and a viable pyramid.
But we’ve got the FA/EFL/PL so that ain’t gonna happen.
The type of people who own all of these clubs are not in it for the good of the competition, so even without a supine set of governing bodies it'd be difficult to get any agreement on it. You can't help but feel a split is inevitable, with teams like Liverpool and United ending up as some touring franchise playing games all over the world against other major teams.
Of course the time freed up by fewer fixtures would be filled with these lucrative overseas friendlies. These clubs complain of tiredness then still whip players off to Australia/far east at the end of the season for cash games.The type of people who own all of these clubs are not in it for the good of the competition, so even without a supine set of governing bodies it'd be difficult to get any agreement on it. You can't help but feel a split is inevitable, with teams like Liverpool and United ending up as some touring franchise playing games all over the world against other major teams.
If they join it then surely they aren't then allowed in any English Competitions at all.
Let them all fuck off and maybe English Football can be sorted out a bit better without them.
Can't play in two full time leagues surely? They moan like hell there's too many fixtures now.Seems to be a league to run alongside existing domestic leagues, albeit with up to 30 matches for each participant.
European Premier League: Liverpool and Manchester United in talks for FIFA-backed tournament
Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City and Tottenham also candidates to join a new European Premier League, which is backed by a $6 billion (£4.6 billion) financing packagewww.skysports.com
Can't play in two full time leagues surely? They moan like hell there's too many fixtures now.
Won't be a second thought for fans if they think they can make money. But it will impact on atmosphere which will ultimately impact the product on TV.Fuck them, what they don't realise is that it's too expensive for away fans to follow. It will be shit having too few away fans.
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