mighty__mag Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Just bring in a special footballer tax and give it to the lower tiers) Just nationalise the league and give broadcasting rights to the beeb for nowt. Not sure about giving it to the BBC? I'd love to see the same format for the EFL that the prem have across sky Bt, and now prime etc. I dont think they would make as much as the prem, but over time I could see it growing, sky only show EFL here and there, but a dedicated broadcaster who schedule multiple games over the week like the prem have would be a good place to start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 £14.95 PPV going neewhere. 39,000 mugs have bought one so far. What you gonna do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 39k is the average so far. Still crap figures, mercifully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 39k is the average so far. Still crap figures, mercifully. It’s still £5m compared to £300,000 to charity which is a shame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 True but a couple of million quid a game week across all clubs for all that dreadful publicity isn't too clever tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 True but a couple of million quid a game week across all clubs for all that dreadful publicity isn't too clever tbh. minus the costs to bt/sky for cost of showing it etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Looks like that Euro Super League is in the works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Of course it is, and if the Saudi's buy us we'll be in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomson Mouse Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Looks like that Euro Super League is in the works. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54713209 Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has resigned under increasing pressure, but said he had accepted proposals for the club to join a European Super League. Fans had been trying to remove Bartomeu, who became president in 2014 and had fallen out with Lionel Messi. He stood down on Tuesday, along with the entire board of directors. In a leaving speech Bartomeu said Barca had begun proceedings to join a Super League to help its financial future. Last week, BBC Sport reported talks had taken place over the creation of a new £4.6bn European Premier League involving the top sides from across the continent, although discussions are at an early stage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 39k is the average so far. Still crap figures, mercifully. A big caveat on that data is that the figures are guessed. BT, SKY or the PL havent actually released the figures "These figures come from BARB viewing estimates, with 5,300 households sampled and the figures extrapolated for the population." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 39k is the average so far. Still crap figures, mercifully. A big caveat on that data is that the figures are guessed. BT, SKY or the PL havent actually released the figures "These figures come from BARB viewing estimates, with 5,300 households sampled and the figures extrapolated for the population." Ahhh didn't realise it was BARB figures, cheers for pointing that out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 39k is the average so far. Still crap figures, mercifully. A big caveat on that data is that the figures are guessed. BT, SKY or the PL havent actually released the figures "These figures come from BARB viewing estimates, with 5,300 households sampled and the figures extrapolated for the population." That's more than yougov sample for the elections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 The government needs to do something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Football and sport is a major part of the fabric of this country, changing it to some supper euro league will have a cascading effect down the leagues and affect wider interests in the UK/England. Its a terrible idea as the buzz of football was playing against other sides across the country and building up rivalries which has been developing for over 100 years. A European league will have none of this, it will look and feel cosmetic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 The vast majority of us won’t be involved though. There’s no reason why the premier league and football pyramid couldn’t continue in their current format, and we could still have a European cup for teams not in the closed shop super league. The only problem would be a large reduction in TV revenue leading to a few years of cost cutting. I’m not opposed to it at all, as long as those taking part are expelled from the premier league and are made to start from the bottom if they want to rejoin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 The vast majority of us won’t be involved though. There’s no reason why the premier league and football pyramid couldn’t continue in their current format, and we could still have a European cup for teams not in the closed shop super league. The only problem would be a large reduction in TV revenue leading to a few years of cost cutting. I’m not opposed to it at all, as long as those taking part are expelled from the premier league and are made to start from the bottom if they want to rejoin. Agree that if clubs change their minds they shouldnt be allowed straight back into their domestic leagues. But what about transfer fees and wages. Both of these are already distorted without the super league. Superleague wages will be astronomically high. Who outside of the superleague, is gonna buy a player from that league using their reduced tv rights budget?? When they say its a closed shop, that could be exactly what they mean. for clubs and players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 When players go to the super league they will be stuck there, which does happen now to an extent with players stuck at rich clubs on big contracts, but it will obviously be more extreme. Maybe with the reduced revenue clubs will be forced to be less reliant on transfers and dodgy agents, a situation which is completely out of control. There will be a standard of player which is pretty much off limits to the premier league, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the competition will be worse off overall IMO. The frustrating part would be being used as feeder clubs for the super league, but again that is already happening to an extent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 The vast majority of us won’t be involved though. There’s no reason why the premier league and football pyramid couldn’t continue in their current format, and we could still have a European cup for teams not in the closed shop super league. The only problem would be a large reduction in TV revenue leading to a few years of cost cutting. I’m not opposed to it at all, as long as those taking part are expelled from the premier league and are made to start from the bottom if they want to rejoin. Agree that if clubs change their minds they shouldnt be allowed straight back into their domestic leagues. But what about transfer fees and wages. Both of these are already distorted without the super league. Superleague wages will be astronomically high. Who outside of the superleague, is gonna buy a player from that league using their reduced tv rights budget?? When they say its a closed shop, that could be exactly what they mean. for clubs and players. Make them agree to licences that say if they don't join from one of the 'super' teams academy or from one of the other 'super teams', they are not eligible to play in domestic leagues. Also total squad sizes (including under21s) to be limited to 40, and loans to be abolished barring the exception that a team would not be able to field a team without one Yes there's probably some EU fair trade garbage in there, but if the non top -6 grow a spine it could be doable...especially as we may not be bound by EU law for much longer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Has there been any word on if FIFA will recognise the superleague and allow its players to represent their country? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 The vast majority of us won’t be involved though. There’s no reason why the premier league and football pyramid couldn’t continue in their current format, and we could still have a European cup for teams not in the closed shop super league. The only problem would be a large reduction in TV revenue leading to a few years of cost cutting. I’m not opposed to it at all, as long as those taking part are expelled from the premier league and are made to start from the bottom if they want to rejoin. Agree that if clubs change their minds they shouldnt be allowed straight back into their domestic leagues. But what about transfer fees and wages. Both of these are already distorted without the super league. Superleague wages will be astronomically high. Who outside of the superleague, is gonna buy a player from that league using their reduced tv rights budget?? When they say its a closed shop, that could be exactly what they mean. for clubs and players. Not necessarily. Player contracts will end and they will become free agents. The ball is then in their court as to how much they're prepared to play for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoForJoy Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Has there been any word on if FIFA will recognise the superleague and allow its players to represent their country? They should ban 'super league' players from playing for the national teams, like they did in cricket with the Kerry Packer tours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 The vast majority of us won’t be involved though. There’s no reason why the premier league and football pyramid couldn’t continue in their current format, and we could still have a European cup for teams not in the closed shop super league. The only problem would be a large reduction in TV revenue leading to a few years of cost cutting. I’m not opposed to it at all, as long as those taking part are expelled from the premier league and are made to start from the bottom if they want to rejoin. Agree that if clubs change their minds they shouldnt be allowed straight back into their domestic leagues. But what about transfer fees and wages. Both of these are already distorted without the super league. Superleague wages will be astronomically high. Who outside of the superleague, is gonna buy a player from that league using their reduced tv rights budget?? When they say its a closed shop, that could be exactly what they mean. for clubs and players. Not necessarily. Player contracts will end and they will become free agents. The ball is then in their court as to how much they're prepared to play for. How will the bosman ruling work when we leave the EC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 We could potentially end up with an exciting league if you remove the current top 6 from the prem league but it will have an initial damaging effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Has there been any word on if FIFA will recognise the superleague and allow its players to represent their country? They should ban 'super league' players from playing for the national teams, like they did in cricket with the Kerry Packer tours. FIFA are backing all of this more than UEFA, aren't they? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Meh, I'm not arsed what they do, I don't care about football anywhere near as much as I used to. Maybe this takeover will reel me back in, maybe not. If it does and this happens we'll be near the top of the league playing against other decent sides that also don't have world superstars in every position. It'll make for more entertaining games in my opinion. Be like watching football in the 90's again, just with less players called Ian, Darren etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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