Lazarus

Surely they can't turn it down based on the saudis or PIF or even MBS being the owners now. Any argument they make along those lines would just be laughed out of the room. So that leaves what? the piracy argument? the human rights argument? How many premier league kits/boots/merchandise are made in sweatshops by 8 yr olds? Human rights?? Dont make me laugh.

I would have loved that but its an emotional, petty response that could bite them in the arse at a later date.

Most of those seem pretty minor compared to whats happenned over the last few days. Point deductions in the order of 3 figures would seem to be proportionate.

Just catching up.... Premier league teams leave Uber league but Euro teams stay in. So PL teams will not be able to play against ESL teams for the foreseeable?

Wonder how much coding the Football Manager team have to bin?

Great cliffhanger to the end of season 1 of ESL. When does season 2 start?

Weve lost our titles

That may well be - but my 'pitch meetings' reference appears to have fallen on its arse

Pulling out is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

"considering all actions" means their still faffing about yeah?

That could be tasty. Then i remembered who our captain is.

Theres 55 members of UEFA? Ive just checked and bloody hell there is Thought it would be about half that

Like that but with more teeth.

Who holds the player registrations by the way? Is it the FA? Premier league? Can they refuse to release them so the players cant be registered elsewhere?

Havnt real madrid always had massive debt problems? Im sure its been mentioned on here a few times about them being bailed out by local authorities

Yep - well said everton. Any other clubs made a similar statement?

If hes got any sense, Demarco will have been asked to sit with him.

Im waiting for someone to shoehorn Corbyn into this somehow......

Yes it does. If it falls through, their actions will probably force the tv rights companies, sponsors and commercial partners to pay LESS because theyll now be worried that their investment won't be realised.

How do you punish them though? A 25 point deduction might still get man city into europe but then relegate arsenal. Or just put all six just above the relegation spots? Ban them from europe for 3 years? If you punish them financially it just exacerbates the existing problem and pushes the same problem further down the line. Let them go and price ordinary fans out of the game?

In 3 years time we'll all be watching the 'league winners cup' between the ESL winner and whatever UEFA compeitition is running.

If i remember correctly, the hillborough tragedy had a lot to do with setting up the premiership due the cost in upgrading 20+ stadiums to the recommended safety levels.

Changing FM shouldnt be as difficult as it sounds surely? SortitoutSI and the like are full of downloadable custom leagues and stuff.

Theyll be gagged no doubt as theyre employed by the clubs. However, i would imagine those players who are internationals may be seeking clarification on where they stand