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Cary |
Cary wrote:
Cary wrote:
Government 'legislative bomb' now seems likely to twart the ESL
Just the threat of one saw the six capitulating and apologising.
Well handled by the government, after the anguish of football supporters.
The apologies are becoming deafening, from everywhere. A dozen famous and prestigious clubs took the advice of Wall Street, on how to improve the most popular (and one of the oldest) sports on earth. Without exception, all these got it astoundingly wrong.
What killed the idea was the abhorrence to it, from the game's country of origin. England, where fans, politicians and the the media expressed sentiments of amazement and disbelief. One thing is sure, it'll be a while before such avarice is attempted on our national game. |
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robbiex |
Wyot wrote:
robbiex wrote:
I don't see why this league is any different to clubs doing pre-season tours, playing friendly matches with other teams. The only difference is that this is more formal. The teams, I assume would still have played in the EPL and FA cup. The idea that football is for the local community went out decades ago. The big clubs are owned by foreign billionaires and the players are bought for millions from around the world. Only about 4 or 5 clubs have a realistic chance of winning the premier league (apart from the freak year when Leicester won). The big 6 haven't been relegated for decades and are not likely too anytime soon. The idea the EPL is a level playing field is ridiculous with one Man City likely to be earning more than the whole of Sheffield United or Crystal Palace put together. This is just typical football fans knee jerk reaction, who are still deluded that the clubs belong to them.
Agreed Robbie but my point was that the so called "super league" would have just spread the rot you accurately describe even further; to no advantage to anyone but a few club owners. Just because rot exists doesn't make an argument for more rot.
Agreed it is more rot. The only solution I think could be a FIFA enforced worldwide pay cap and transfer fee cap. I think that in the NFL each team has the same fixed amount to spend on players, so it is a proper test of management. Mourinho has won trophies with every team that he has managed (except spurs), but he has always managed teams that already won lots of trophies (except Porto). |
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Wyot |
robbiex wrote:
I don't see why this league is any different to clubs doing pre-season tours, playing friendly matches with other teams. The only difference is that this is more formal. The teams, I assume would still have played in the EPL and FA cup. The idea that football is for the local community went out decades ago. The big clubs are owned by foreign billionaires and the players are bought for millions from around the world. Only about 4 or 5 clubs have a realistic chance of winning the premier league (apart from the freak year when Leicester won). The big 6 haven't been relegated for decades and are not likely too anytime soon. The idea the EPL is a level playing field is ridiculous with one Man City likely to be earning more than the whole of Sheffield United or Crystal Palace put together. This is just typical football fans knee jerk reaction, who are still deluded that the clubs belong to them.
Agreed Robbie but my point was that the so called "super league" would have just spread the rot you accurately describe even further; to no advantage to anyone but a few club owners. Just because rot exists doesn't make an argument for more rot. |
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robbiex |
I don't see why this league is any different to clubs doing pre-season tours, playing friendly matches with other teams. The only difference is that this is more formal. The teams, I assume would still have played in the EPL and FA cup. The idea that football is for the local community went out decades ago. The big clubs are owned by foreign billionaires and the players are bought for millions from around the world. Only about 4 or 5 clubs have a realistic chance of winning the premier league (apart from the freak year when Leicester won). The big 6 haven't been relegated for decades and are not likely too anytime soon. The idea the EPL is a level playing field is ridiculous with one Man City likely to be earning more than the whole of Sheffield United or Crystal Palace put together. This is just typical football fans knee jerk reaction, who are still deluded that the clubs belong to them. |
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Cary |
Cary wrote:
Government 'legislative bomb' now seems likely to twart the ESL
Just the threat of one saw the six capitulating and apologising.
Well handled by the government, after the anguish of football supporters. |
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