toontownman Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said: Would love it if there's a leaving fee. You want out, you need to pay £300 million. Paid to each club in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 It's mad like, I genuinely still can't believe they've done it. I don't think I could have any less respect for anyone who supports it. Lowest of low. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Think they'll keep this season's competitions going - if ESL falls through, you don't want history to show a mark against this season. I'm a stickler for things being completed. But after that? Ban them from everything, fuck 'em. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 If the UK government legilate against it so it's not possible surely English clubs wont be liable for any lawsuit for leaving or previously arranged fee because it is no longer lawful? @Shays Given Tim Flowers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Ketsbaia said: Think they'll keep this season's competitions going - if ESL falls through, you don't want history to show a mark against this season. I'm a stickler for things being completed. But after that? Ban them from everything, fuck 'em. Everything completed? You got the stamina to be putting all that work in all the time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosenrot Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: If the UK government legilate against it so it's not possible surely English clubs wont be liable for any lawsuit for leaving or previously arranged fee because it is no longer lawful? @Shays Given Tim Flowers? Potentially would be frustration of the contract under English law but we don't know what jurisdiction governs these contracts, for one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Theres 55 members of UEFA? Ive just checked and bloody hell there is Thought it would be about half that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Oof a declaration. I bet they're shitting themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Just now, Joe_F said: That could be tasty. Then i remembered who our captain is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Premier League club captains are brought into a meeting, so something big is happening. I wonder if they are going to throw them out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Just now, Lazarus said: That could be tasty. Then i remembered who our captain is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Getting exciting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lazarus said: That could be tasty. Then i remembered who our captain is. Appoint Ritchie captain before this takes place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 hours ago, jdckelly said: honestly one of the things I don't get and maybe the amercians on here can explain it to me what the fuck is the appeal of the regular season in nfl etc I can explain it but I don't agree with it. The regular season IS losing appeal, That is one reason for expanded playoffs: more teams are in a race later in a season which supposedly gives the regular season more meaning. So they manufacture interest to somehow make the regular season more appealing. Of course more teams in playoffs also means more money, let's not forget that. I'm not a good barometer for the American sport fan I suspect. I'm almost 60 and have followed sports all my life (including English football). It is nothing like the sport of my youth and I have become quite cynical...for good reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 hours ago, jdckelly said: but also has a system in place where owners can cheerfully underfund the team and bank the cash without fear of any punishment in the form of relegation, hell the worse they do the better the draft pick so they are incentivised to do so! Can't speak to baseball and basketball but that's very much not the case in the NFL. The salary cap dictates the maximum they can spend on players per season but the owners are also obliged to spend a minimum of 89% (over the course of a 4 year period) of it too. You'll occasionally get teams "tanking", which is when they trade or cut their best/players for extra picks in future drafts, but this is all done with the aim of it allowing you to be really good a few years down the line. The Browns did an extreme version of this a few years back and were pretty much a laughing stock, four years later they have one of the best rosters in the league and are a legitimate Superbowl contender next season. Not to say that the NFL is devoid of problems, it certainly isn't. But I do think it's as close to perfect as you can reasonably expect in terms of creating a level playing field. As others have said though, that's a system that's come together organically over decades and is massively dependent on it essentially being a one country sport whose athletes only have one league they can play in. Attempting to uproot the system that football has in place and just implementing a US sports model is completely unfeasible, and the way this ESL is structured doesn't even seem to want to do that as the bigger teams will still be dwarfing their fellow "super clubs". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said: Getting exciting! It is mental. Can't imagine being an honest fan of one of those 12 clubs right now (there must be a few right?). I'd be absolutely sick to my stomach. As it is, getting the popcorn back out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, r0cafella said: Another thing about US sports is they actually have a balancing mechanism which is the draft which helps attempt to keep things competitive. As a lifelong Jets fan the draft is infinitely more appealing than their seasons! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 This whole thing is doing nothing for my work productivity like. Ever since the announcement on Sunday night this has consumed my life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Sima said: Appoint Ritchie captain before this takes place. Surely send ASM for the memes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Anderson said: Was always going to be him wasn't it. He's fucking mint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Full expect a barrage of negative comments, but great analysis from Russel Brand. Yes, I said it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ggsqrqoWyc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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