OutByEaster? Posted April 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: The whole thing completely stinks; it creates an American model of sport where it simply cannot exist and essentially ruins football, or what it was, forever. The main reason it doesn't work is that the clubs own the league, not the other way around - in US sport, the league uses the teams to make money which it then distributes to them - they're one company, The NFL and it's franchises. In football, the clubs are individual companies, if Man Utd can benefit by Chelsea failing, they'll pursue that, it's not a model of parity they're after, they're just looking to concentrate the wealth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 The good thing about this is that it’ll bring a real sense of camaraderie to the rest of the PL. I’ll be too busy hating on the European Super Legendary Hero League teams to worry about whether or not Patrick Bamford is better than Ollie Watkins. (he isn’t) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted April 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) https://thesuperleague.com/ Football is officially dead. The PL no longer has any consequence & any place other than 1st, 18th, 19th & 20th has any significance. Edited April 18, 2021 by villarule123 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Spurs guaranteed £350m a season through this and Daniel Levy will still try and take the piss in his transfer dealings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Even Fergie has spoken against it and he is Mr Manchester United. Is this a bluff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Just now, The Fun Factory said: Even Fergie has spoken against it and he is Mr Manchester United. Is this a bluff? Doubt it. I really don’t think the Glazer’s give 2 shits about Sir Alex’s opinion. They are just in it for the money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Even Fergie has spoken against it and he is Mr Manchester United. Is this a bluff? I don’t think the Glazers give a single shit about what Fergie thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) Just saw this news. Absolutely disgusted. The backlash will be severe, it already is, and I don't think it will happen. But if it does, the English clubs who leave should be banned from ever coming back, and they will eventually want to. I'm embarrassed that half the owners of the English want-aways are American. As if news of the world these days isn't already bad enough, and that smaller clubs in lower leagues aren't already on the brink. This is just sick. Edited April 18, 2021 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Let them do it! I genuinely hope they **** off and do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted April 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 18, 2021 Psg could get champions league by default. They're 3/1 to win still. Just whacked a 50 on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 So if you can't be relegated, what happens if you are caught bribing the ref. What if you have someone shoot opposition players, what if you systematically abuse staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 minute ago, maqroll said: Just saw this news. Absolutely disgusted. The backlash will be severe, it already is, and I don't think it will happen. But if it does, the English clubs who leave should be banned from ever coming back, and they will eventually want to. I'm embarrassed that half the owners of the English want aways are American. As if news of the world these days isn't already bad enough, and that smaller clubs in lower leagues aren't already on the brink. This is just sick. The pandemic is helping the idea as I think fans in the stadium would be vocal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 The problem with the favoured position of 'just kick them out' - it's my position too - is that the PL has sold television coverage rights, most of the value of which is bound up in the coverage of these clubs. The other 14 clubs may be outraged at the end of their European aspirations, but can Aston Villa afford to pay tens of millions of pounds in returns to international broadcasters? Can the other 13 clubs? Probably not, so I suspect they'll get away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: Let them do it! I genuinely hope they **** off and do it But they are not intending on going anywhere, they want both the PL and SL money. This is disgusting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Even Fergie has spoken against it and he is Mr Manchester United. Is this a bluff? Which is funny as you could probably blame this happening on him suing one of Utd's shareholders over a horse, which let the Glazers buy the club when that shareholder wanted out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I wonder will they also include what that Juventus idiot suggested that teams in the league cant buy from each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Well for years a lot of people have said that the football model is unsustainable and I guess tonight has shown this. Most of the 12 are not doing this from a position of strength but of weakness with huge debts and massive wage bills to pay for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Rangers and Celtic next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Collymore on Twitter " Champions league and Europa league have been temporarily cancelled " Football literally on fire tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Well for years a lot of people have said that the football model is unsustainable and I guess tonight has shown this. Most of the 12 are not doing this from a position of strength but of weakness with huge debts and massive wage bills to pay for. Yep a football implosion was coming, wasn't expecting this dramatic but has been a long time in the making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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