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It's an interesting power play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ollie the Optimist
"If you join that super league then you can't play in the PL". OK. Good luck selling Sky subscriptions without the big clubs...
Same with the World Cup. Without many of the top players it would be like the Olympic Football, and who cares about that?
Who is going to blink first? It's an interesting test case of where the power really lies.
The league & UEFA will blink first because money talks. The super league now has the money in place so they dont give a shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
The last tv rights in the premier league went for billions. Do you think sky will pay teh same amount if the biggest game of the season is Burnley v West Ham? Not a chance. Same with the champions league games.
I’d be interested to see what the players think because being told you can no longer compete for the CL or even play at a World Cup, and instead have to play for some made up trophy, can’t really sit will with them on a sporting level.
Then again their wages would probably be doubled as a sweetener anyway.
It’s all fucked, greed has always existed but you could argue it was proportionate but now this is a total disregard for everything football has ever been.
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No disrespect Ollie but are you 12?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ollie the Optimist
FIFA 22, Pro Evo...I DON'T GIVE A F*CK!!!
I need a dark corner :ilt:
Right, but as Ollie has suggested, it could be an idle threat. Because if you don't have the prestige teams in the CL or the prestige players in the World Cup then does it harm those things to the point where the powers that be are going to have to buckle and stand down. It would be nice if they finally showed some backbone and stood up to them, but it's plausible that when push comes to shove they won't be able to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
As has been pointed out on twitter earlier today, the premier league talking about respecting the fans etc is a bit rich when they tried to flog Brighton v Fulham for £15 earlier this year.
It also shows where the power lies. They had to reverse that decision as no one was paying £15 to watch the shit games so why would people pay for sky etc if those were only ones on offer? They wont, they’ll pay to watch arsenal v spurs or Liverpool v united etc and the league knows that. Money will talk but right now, the super league has all the cards imo.
We also know the day after the Qatar World Cup, PSG sign up to this league
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Originally Posted by WGC Goon
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I haven’t brought FIFA in years, it was just one of the stories i saw going around and it made me laugh
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
That link doesn't work. I clicked and nothing happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xhaka Can’t