TheBrownBottle

If it meant breaking away from English football (which it would), you’d still be ok?

Eh?

So they’ve went to the European Court for anti-competitive practices to enact anti-competitive practices?

Unclear, but no doubt if it were possible then several English clubs would already be in the top tier. The PL will boot anyone out who joins anyway, so the whole thing is moot. UEFA won’t abolish their competitions, and the FA holds the gift of UEFA qualifications. So a Super League, if it existed, would likely exist parallel to UEFA Comps, with none of those in the Super League in UEFA comps and potentially not in their domestic leagues. Ive never heard of a more obvious non-starter.

US sports have salary caps, and other weird stuff like worst performing clubs getting first choice in drafts etc The home of red-in-tooth-and-claw is oddly egalitarian with this, but also operates closed-shop franchise models.

Yep, that’s how they described it on the radio. Effectively one team relegated from the top division per season to the next tier - the Reals and Barcas of the world making the assumption it won’t be them

Then they won’t be able to play in it. The Spanish FA made it clear to the two Spanish clubs. The PL will expel any club that leaves to join - even without legislation. The clubs have a legal right to leave, but that swings both ways - they don’t have a legal right to stay if they do

And their domestic league

No, it’s still pretty much a closed shop. It’s not a revamp as it wouldn’t be a UEFA competition.

Yep, though I don’t doubt that the legions of weird cunts around the globe who ‘support’ them will be rejoicing on Twitter right now. The ones who treat a football club as a penis extension, which they picked because it had Messi or C Ronaldo playing

The Super League was a closed shop which excluded all of those clubs. It’s not just the domestic leagues that are the issue - the greed of the same clubs who wanted this super league pish are the ones who wrecked European competition as it existed. And you think that they’ve suddenly decided to share everything? Give over.

Have any clubs come out yet saying they’re joining? Haven’t seen owt, but I’m not on Twitter etc

He comes across as someone who tortured animals and insects when he was a kid

A closed shop of rich clubs playing each other forever? Sounds great that.

Aye, that’s what is being forgotten. There was never a ‘legal’ issue - the clubs don’t have a legal right to play in both via the ruling. They can piss off and play in a different competition if they want; UEFA etc don’t need to have them registered with them. That also applies to the PL & FA

Good to know there is one

Just on 5Live explaining it. Sounds like pretty much another closed shop. Utter shite

The European Court’s ruling has no impact on English clubs tbf - a change to the UK Competition Act likely could block clubs joining

Doesn’t sound hellish to me, either.

Doesn’t sound like the drama being put out by the papers according to 5Live.

UEFA and the FA need reform, not smashing on the altar of a pack of greedy cunts

Or calling bullshit on it if their ‘custodians of the club’ patter is genuine

I take your point, but it’s still hard to see how that happens. European places are in the gift of the FA, the FA is a member of UEFA - I don’t see circumstances where the FA allows English clubs to effectively break away from UEFA.

Yep ‘The atmosphere is crap’; yes Jurgen, and the reason for it is that local young’uns are priced out and rich day trippers are priced in - maybe if you all drop your salary expectations, the locals and the atmosphere might return. I won’t hold my breath …

Golf is a sport for individuals - wealthy individuals, mainly. It’s not comparable for me - there was no real outcry re LIV on a national level (there was within the sport); no-one views Graeme McDowell as a national institution.