i.e, a road towards the death of modern football as we know it.Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winner
i.e, a road towards the death of modern football as we know it.
I think a European Super League would probably be enough to see me call time on this sport.
Yeah I'm not interested in that at all.
Would destroy football as we know it
Football as I knew it has been destroyed for ages.
It would make things worse but it's the logical conclusion of the game being all about the rich clubs and sod the rest.
I don't think it will happen - there is too big a gravy train in the Premier League for clubs to shun that and only have a Super League as the main source of TV income.
I am still holding on to the hope that the football we used to know and love will come back from the ashes
Define rich clubs? Clubs who spend lots of money on players ala Chelsea and City? Or clubs with rich boards/managers who wont spend? No need to give an example there
perhaps but if it opened up opportunities for each club to negotiate their own packages in each region - europe, asia, north america etc, there is a lot more to be made in terms of revenue from TV companies, advertisers wanting a piece of the action and of course the internet.
A Euro Horror League would mean all the cash they are getting now plus the cash that is given out to the smaller clubs so they can survive. 32 clubs sharing the entire European football pie instead of hundreds of clubs. Plus a whole new audience as football becomes more of a carnival than a sport. Bigger brands, more merchandising, media companies having to club together just to afford the hugely expensive rights. The holy grail of pay-per-view. You think they wouldn't want that? The PL was a compromise to stop the big clubs splitting away. These clubs already have a "gang" that dictates the terms of their participation. And it all fits in so nicely with the whole Euro project, one Europe, one football league. The smaller clubs could become official feeders for the big 32, they could be owned by them, it could be like the collegiate system in the States with the whole aim being to shift on the best talent in an organised manner. The traditional fan could be cut out of the picture completely as the new consumer fan takes over. There could be cheerleaders, McDonalds franchises right the stadiums, bands, razzmatazz, draws could be outlawed in favour of penalty shoot-outs, pop stars could put on a half-time show, tickets could be £200 a game with corporations getting first pick and the leftovers being fought over. The CL could be rolled right in as the end of season extravaganza, it might even be called the SuperBowl. Governments could start blabbing on about how important these clubs are to the economy, to big to fail. They could start using our taxes as handouts, just like they do with the banks and other privatised leeches. The trillion dollar (sorry Euro) pie is not unthinkable. It's so horrendous it's inevitable.
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And that would be exactly why the 'lesser' teams of the ones mentioned for this probably wouldn't go for it, for us anyway it would just be a reenactment of La Liga. Plus we'd never supercede Man Utd and I would suggest many other clubs wouldn't either - in the Premier League there is a 'certain' amount allocated.
The Champions League will expand before a Super League ever comes to fruition.
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