Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted April 18, 2021 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2021 Tarts, the lottofem. So far, on one side we have eleven clubs and a bank and on the other we have UEFA, FIFA, the Premier League, the FA, the Football Supporters association, supporters of every club and some of the major TV companies. The problem is that these clubs can't find a way to reduce the wages and transfer fees they pay out without allowing other clubs to also succeed on the basis of lower fees and wages - so they're having to try to find ways to prevent those clubs competing. The problem is that all of those clubs have business models that don't account for periods where they aren't the worlds biggest clubs. All of those clubs have business models that refuse to accept the realities of sport. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2021 I think it'll be dead in the water by the middle of the week, but I don't think the fans, UEFA or Sky are going to forget it in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Kick Madrid out of this season's CL. The corruption utterly stinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Horrible to think that the corruption and greed in the game will prevent some good organisation from taking our domestic game by the scruff of the neck and making it a fair and honest league cup scenario where any of a number of clubs can go on and be successful and maybe win something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) like general society currently, football is becoming ruled from the top for the benefit of the few, the people at the top seem to have flipped the situation, seemingly now both in football and life the celebrities and power brokers are the ones "hard done by" and need to ensure they are given more and more control and sway, and have some innate right to gather everything both materially and intellectually towards them. I think the western world is f*****, and this scenario is a microcosm of that. Edited April 18, 2021 by MaVilla 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said: I think it'll be dead in the water by the middle of the week, but I don't think the fans, UEFA or Sky are going to forget it in a hurry. Well hopefully the matches won’t be given priority to the so called Sky 6, I’m hoping sky feel a bit burned by this themselves and take a stance, we need to stop feeding the egos and their greed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Kroenke, Henry and Glazer all listed as Vice-Presidents. What a massive surprise. Levy will be the receptionist just so he can get his greedy mitts on some of the extra revenue. Total bellends, each and every one of them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 The Lannisters send their regards. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2021 The absolute key one that football has to stay strong on is collective broadcast incomes - the minute that goes, the game is done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The_Steve Posted April 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2021 Good strong statement from the German League. Principled. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 17 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: So half of the 12 teams that signed up are from the Premier League... that’s embarrassing. It is inevitable given its the worlds richest football league. Disgusting the lot of them. The Champions League proposal is also awful as well. These sort of days makes me wonder why I bother following the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Stop calling it a SuperLeague BTW, it’s a Franchise League funded by investment banks with the focus on making financial returns for investors, there’s nothing ‘super’ about it in any way, shape or form. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 There's many options for things to watch when football becomes an Asian TV revenue fest anyway. I quite like to go to Guildford to watch ice hockey, and rugby is still good. It's been going down the drain for decades, FFP, City, PSG, Malaga - you name it. This is just the most recent attempt for the ultra rich to line their pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I think it'll be dead in the water by the middle of the week, but I don't think the fans, UEFA or Sky are going to forget it in a hurry. I think the whole thing is just a power play, like any mention of a european super always is. They are hoping the backlash against it puts pressure on UEFA to cave into the demands of the "big" clubs. They don't intend that it will succeed, they just want more control and a bigger slice of the champions league pie. This will ensure guaranteed income for the "big" clubs and create an unofficial monopoly at the top level of European football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) If players get banned from playing for their national teams I'm all for it just to see the meltdown from the waistcoat wearing pecker nose. "Please leave Chelsea mason please" Edited April 18, 2021 by Sulberto21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) I doubt too many players will be that bothered about not being able to play international football. Edited April 18, 2021 by villa89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I wouldn’t be surprised if the English clubs try to use this to negotiate with UEFA. ”Ok, we will stop all this talk of a Super League if you guarantee us a place in the CL until the end of time.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tomaszk Posted April 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Stop calling it a SuperLeague BTW, it’s a Franchise League funded by investment banks with the focus on making financial returns for investors, there’s nothing ‘super’ about it in any way, shape or form. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2021 I think they've seriously misjudged it. The reaction from the league and from UEFA is really, really encouraging. They haven't ended up putting pressure on UEFA to give them a bigger share of revenues, they've created a situation of real anger in the game and I think generated a will to change things in a way that won't be in their favour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 18, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 18, 2021 Just now, jacketspuds said: ”Ok, we will stop all this talk of a Super League if you guarantee us a place in the CL until the end of time.” And I think right now UEFA are together in a room planning how to stop these clubs ever getting into a position where they can threaten to remove UEFA's revenue ever again. I think the answer to that proposal you've put above is going to be very different to the one they want. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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