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    Quote Originally Posted by Ollie the Optimist View Post
    Apparently the super league clubs wont be licensed to appear on FIFA 22 game this year

    I doubt the clubs earn very much money from those games so I’m sure they will be shaking in their boots at that threat.


    Plus i think several the super league clubs, arsenal included already license themselves to Pro Evolution anyway. I suspect if fans really want to play as Arsenal or Real Madrid etc, they’ll buy Pro Evo rather than FIFA.
    It's an interesting power play.

    "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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    It's an interesting power play.

    "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.

    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.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
    Modern players can't take corners properly, so that'll be one of the cheap slots. I suspect diving and rolling around screaming will be prime time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ollie the Optimist View Post
    Apparently the super league clubs wont be licensed to appear on FIFA 22 game this year

    I doubt the clubs earn very much money from those games so I’m sure they will be shaking in their boots at that threat.


    Plus i think several the super league clubs, arsenal included already license themselves to Pro Evolution anyway. I suspect if fans really want to play as Arsenal or Real Madrid etc, they’ll buy Pro Evo rather than FIFA.
    No disrespect Ollie but are you 12?

    FIFA 22, Pro Evo...I DON'T GIVE A F*CK!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    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.
    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.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by WGC Goon View Post
    No disrespect Ollie but are you 12?

    FIFA 22, Pro Evo...I DON'T GIVE A F*CK!!!

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    It’s enough to just switch off from football altogether. I’ve zoned out this season more than I ever thought possible, to the point where I genuinely don’t know when games are on or what the league table looks like. Without Maccy’s threads I wouldn’t know shit unless I saw it in passing.
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