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If the PL had a spine, they could take the view that the owners of the 6 clubs who signed up for the European Pooper League have - by that action - demonstrated that they are not 'fit and proper' persons to own a PL football club.
And kick them out...
(Maybe they're too rich to have the rules applied to them, though.)
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I wouldn't have been surprised if Juve and Milan had pulled out because their security couldn't guarantee the owners' safety.
In a way it's a bit disappointing the "Big" Six caved in so easily. I don't think their owners have had long enough to absorb the lesson.
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What we’ll never know is if the other corrupt organisation, uefa, caved and just offered them the cash they’ve been cryarsing about for years.
In truth I was sceptical it would ever get off the ground and it seems they’ve either less backbone than we thought or got what they deserved.
I’m fed up of hearing Neville go on about unscrupulous owners and the like though...hypocritical big nosed girl private.
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Beep beep beep......6 clubs reversing.....beep beep beep....6 clubs reversing
Funny how once these type of plans come out in the open the clubs suddenly don't want anything to do with them, sitting in a private meeting staring at cash projections the whole scheme looked great..... Has a ring of Fenty, Day and May to it.
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Was very impressed by Guardiola last night. Summed it up perfectly
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Was very impressed by Guardiola last night. Summed it up perfectly
Yes but it was a rearguard action and it is still very naive to think an ESL will not happen. Those US backers have invested too much for it not to come back in some other form. Their model is the franchise system and wage cap from the other sports. Football in short bursts is their aim for the game. Just like cricket limited overs, designed for a) short attention span kids and Homer Simpsons and b) time gaps for plugging, selling and advertising. It will come in the finish. The best we can hope for is that the traditional game will continue to attract kids but personally I don’t see too much sign that is the case and the Woodwards and co. know that. They are right, a digital speeded up version of the game is the most sustainable way to make money. Eventually the players on the pitch will be largely from poor third world countries and the watchers will be first world kids on couches.
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Drip feed approach.
Each time they see how much people will tolerate. They haven't backtracked at all. They took 5 steps forward with this one and have taken 3 back. Not a chance in hell that they've abandoned the plans just because fans have protested and Chris Sutton has cried about it on Radio 5.
It's brinkmanship. UEFA know full well their competitions are dead without the bigger clubs. Fair play for Bayern and PSG, Dortmund too, not getting involved but you're not going to get an elite competition with those 3 clubs. Absolutely certain there will have been a demand put in front of UEFA for a concession to be made in the near future, one which was very quickly accepted.
UEFA are hanging onto their sphere of power by a thread, they'll do anything to keep it for another few years. As an organisation it's had its day and along with the Premier League and other leagues is now doing whatever it can to prolong itself. Ultimately though the power has gone, it's gone to the bigger clubs and they'll dictate what they want.
This isn't the end of this Super League or Project Big Picture, or the 39th Game, or PPV games, or franchised teams....it's coming.
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As usual a constructive opinion from John Barnes. (On BBC Sport I think - can't find the link) This is nothing to do with the ripped off fans - its about who has the power over the gravy train - EUFA/FIFA/ SKY/P/L etc . He even alludes to the fact that this will have no impact on the likes of Grimsby Town.
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As usual a constructive opinion from John Barnes. (On BBC Sport I think - can't find the link) This is nothing to do with the ripped off fans - its about who has the power over the gravy train - EUFA/FIFA/ SKY/P/L etc . He even alludes to the fact that this will have no impact on the likes of Grimsby Town.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFO3vzH3yug&feature=youtu.be
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If the 14 “non-Big” clubs had any sense they’d vote through a change in distribution of foreign TV money back to how it was before (i.e. split evenly between all 20 clubs) they changed it to part performance related.
You need a 14-6 majority to make changes in the PL. The 14 could rewrite the rules of the entire league if they wanted.
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