Breakaway League

[villa4europe]

1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said:

https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1384454232867233792

OT - not sure why but under that tweet i had one from keith starmer followed by one from boris both of them does a photo op in a pub

**** off

[Silent_Bob]

The Silly League will of course fail if the other clubs realize who actually has all the power.

Assume you were a stand up comedian doing your shows at a comedy club and people came to watch. You think you are very successful, but in fact the crowd is there just because they want to see stand up comedy. They are not there to see you spesificly. But you want to earn more money. You move your shows to a different location and think that people from now on will stop going to the old club and go to see you instead. But they won't. 

Same thing here. People will want to watch the Premier League. For sure those that have decided that they support one of the breakaway clubs might try to find enjoyment in watching this Silly League instead. But ten years down the road and the next generation of supporters just pick another club from the menu. 

Behind the Premier League there will be Sky and others promoting the league. This Silly League is supposed to be pay per view. nobody to promote. I think the breakaway clubs totally misjudge their own appeal. Initally they probably could attract some attention, but only if they can get the credibility they will get from being successfull in their domestic league. 

Admitting you watch this Silly League will be like admitting you're watching child pornography. Everyone will hate it. Unless they can borrow credibility from their domestic league.

So they are the ultimate parasites in my opinion. They want the exposure that will follow from being in the PL. They want financial advantages that ensure they are at the very top. But they will treat the league as shit. They only need it for the exposure and they don't even care if they ruin the Premier League while they are filling their own pockets.

As long as the other clubs actually realise that what makes these clubs great, they also understand who holds the power. If it is Liverpool FC, Premier League champions, they can attract people to watch their Silly League. If it is Liverpool FC, a club from Liverpool, they will soon be forgotten.

 

[The Fun Factory]

1 minute ago, dudevillaisnice said:

Most likely why the tories have taken interest to be honest 

When it comes to it the actual contribution football has to the economy is small. However the tories know this will be good for the man of the people stuff so that this why they are reacting this way so far.

[jones1328]

https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2111936/club-statement-on-plans-for-european-super-league

Ahead of today’s Premier League meeting involving the 14 clubs who haven’t signed up to be part of a European Super League, Brighton & Hove Albion has issued the following statement on behalf of Tony Bloom (chairman), Paul Barber (chief executive and deputy chairman), Dan Ashworth (technical director), and Graham Potter (head coach):

Brighton & Hove Albion are totally opposed to plans for a breakaway European Super League as it would destroy the dreams of clubs at every level of the domestic game. 

[sne]

Just now, KenjiOgiwara said:

Pretty obvious Agnelli and Perez have been desperate to get the English clubs on board with this. Their losses will be far bigger than the English clubs as match day income (or the lack of it during covid) means more due to a worse TV deal than the English clubs.

Barcelona are by far the ones in the most dire financial trouble.

Spurs and Man U both took our £200m emergency loans last year.

[sne]

 

[Sulberto21]

If Sky produced a streaming only premier League product they and the clubs could make a killing whilst making it cheaper for us.

[KenjiOgiwara]

I literally can't get any work done.

[HanoiVillan]

2 minutes ago, dudevillaisnice said:

Most likely why the tories have taken interest to be honest 

 

1 minute ago, lapal_fan said:

Absolutely my thoughts when I saw Boris was heading up a meeting.  

I bet the tax the Gov get through these clubs (and players) is absolutely eye-watering. 

Nah. These companies loom large in our imaginations because we all care passionately about the sport, but as businesses they're smaller than an averagely-sized supermarket in a market town.

The Premier League, as an organisation, is a bit more important, but it's still much more useful for 'soft power' reasons than anything financial.

[VillaJ100]

4 minutes ago, Silent_Bob said:

The Silly League will of course fail if the other clubs realize who actually has all the power.

Assume you were a stand up comedian doing your shows at a comedy club and people came to watch. You think you are very successful, but in fact the crowd is there just because they want to see stand up comedy. They are not there to see you spesificly. But you want to earn more money. You move your shows to a different location and think that people from now on will stop going to the old club and go to see you instead. But they won't. 

Same thing here. People will want to watch the Premier League. For sure those that have decided that they support one of the breakaway clubs might try to find enjoyment in watching this Silly League instead. But ten years down the road and the next generation of supporters just pick another club from the menu. 

Behind the Premier League there will be Sky and others promoting the league. This Silly League is supposed to be pay per view. nobody to promote. I think the breakaway clubs totally misjudge their own appeal. Initally they probably could attract some attention, but only if they can get the credibility they will get from being successfull in their domestic league. 

Admitting you watch this Silly League will be like admitting you're watching child pornography. Everyone will hate it. Unless they can borrow credibility from their domestic league.

So they are the ultimate parasites in my opinion. They want the exposure that will follow from being in the PL. They want financial advantages that ensure they are at the very top. But they will treat the league as shit. They only need it for the exposure and they don't even care if they ruin the Premier League while they are filling their own pockets.

As long as the other clubs actually realise that what makes these clubs great, they also understand who holds the power. If it is Liverpool FC, Premier League champions, they can attract people to watch their Silly League. If it is Liverpool FC, a club from Liverpool, they will soon be forgotten.

 

Thing is though they are banking on silly kids growing up and not caring just wanting to watch the 'ballers'. Coupled with some Instagram muppets they are probably right

[villa4europe]

1 minute ago, Sulberto21 said:

If Sky produced a streaming only premier League product they and the clubs could make a killing whilst making it cheaper for us.

£8 a month from sky Germany, every game

they dont do it in the uk out of choice, not been that long since they wanted £15 a game

[Sulberto21]

5 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

£8 a month from sky Germany, every game

they dont do it in the uk out of choice, not been that long since they wanted £15 a game

They'd get at least 15-20million subscribers potentially. Then there's the access all areas type nonsense they can do. But they want to live in 1992 with their dishes and shit.

[Tommo_b]

12 minutes ago, jones1328 said:

https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2111936/club-statement-on-plans-for-european-super-league

Ahead of today’s Premier League meeting involving the 14 clubs who haven’t signed up to be part of a European Super League, Brighton & Hove Albion has issued the following statement on behalf of Tony Bloom (chairman), Paul Barber (chief executive and deputy chairman), Dan Ashworth (technical director), and Graham Potter (head coach):

Brighton & Hove Albion are totally opposed to plans for a breakaway European Super League as it would destroy the dreams of clubs at every level of the domestic game. 

Solid statement, not Everton level but solid. 

[magnkarl]

The more I think about it the more I want them to make a proper example of these Representatives for Wellingborough (clearing in the woods), so do all my Tottenham and Chelsea supporting friends. They're sick and tired of paying through their teeth only to be treated like this. Many are calling for bans from all competitions so that the owners essentially have no other place to go than home, so that the fan groups can start a club from the ashes of these hulking imbeciles. 

Strip them of all their titles, reinstate the clubs that these clubs beat to the CL and make their life living hell from the government down.

Edited April 20, 2021 by magnkarl

[villa4europe]

2 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said:

They'd get at least 15-20million subscribers potentially. Then there's the access all areas type nonsense they can do. But they want to live in 1992 with their dishes and shit.

thats why as good as neville is i cant start chest thumping with him because he works for an organisation that is incredibly greedy and chases money rather than putting the fan first, they share the same insatiable greed, they'e part of the same monster

there is so much wrong with football this SL is just the tip of the iceberg

[villa4europe]

1 minute ago, magnkarl said:

The more I think about it the more I want them to make a proper example of these Representatives for Wellingborough (clearing in the woods), so do all my Tottenham and Chelsea supporting friends. They're sick and tired of paying through their teeth only to be treated like this. Many are calling for bans from all competitions so that the owners essentially have no other place to go than home, so that the fan groups can start a club from the ashes of these hulking imbeciles. 

Strip them off all their titles, reinstate the clubs that these clubs beat to the CL and make their life living hell from the government down.

[The_Steve]

Very sceptical that any of these snakes are having ‘second thoughts’ or felt ‘lied to’ - they know what they signed up for. 

[Sulberto21]

2 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

thats why as good as neville is i cant start chest thumping with him because he works for an organisation that is incredibly greedy and chases money rather than putting the fan first, they share the same insatiable greed, they'e part of the same monster

there is so much wrong with football this SL is just the tip of the iceberg

It also shows their lack of business acumen and refusal to update. They can potentially double/triple their revenues by going to the streaming model. Knob heads.

[Stevo985]

15 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said:

If Sky produced a streaming only premier League product they and the clubs could make a killing whilst making it cheaper for us.

I've been saying for ages that the premier league should **** Sky and BT off and do it all in house.

Streaming service that shows every game. £10 a month (Even £20 a month would be worth it and I think most football fans would pay that to see every game their team plays plus any others they want to see) and they would make an absolute killing.

Even just 5 million subscribers at £20 a month (and I expect they'd get more if it was a worldwide thing) is 1.2billion a year. Plus I'm sure they could run ads and make a shit load more on top

[villa4europe]

1 minute ago, The_Steve said:

Very sceptical that any of these snakes are having ‘second thoughts’ or felt ‘lied to’ - they know what they signed up for. 

comes with its own questions

if man city released a statement saying that liverpool and man utd misled them what does that say about the very expensively assembled team mansour has put in at the top there? if levy back tracks on this on the basis that liverpool led him astray how does he keep his job?