I see the angle you're taking. To that end, its probably the FA's fault more than anyone and really they'd have been better off with the crown jewels owned by Saudis and the like who never paid enough attention to the "business" to ever dream up something like this. Instead they courted the clean boardroom investors, who absolutely looked at the whole thing like a turkey to be carved up.
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This project exposes the reality of Fundamentalist Free Market Capitalism, which is not about maximising competition but instead about exploiting Capital to secure Monopoly Status for those with the deepest pockets and most privileged access to Finance (in this case, the banker scum of JP Morgan). To get all Marxist for a moment.
Just like Covid-19 was a wet dream for Big Pharma (which was granted unlimited access to human test subjects, all R&D taxpayer- funded even if their particular drug failed, and fast track, minimalist regulation for drugs with an ongoing market of the entire human population), so the Fat Cat, often heavily leveraged, owners of the world's biggest football clubs ultimately want to minimise or even eradicate Risk.
The NFL American football model has franchises with no relegation, so your team can suck for decades and, well, that's just the way the cookie crumbles for fans of those clubs. The Fat Cat owners still make huge profits from monopoly TV rights deals, stadiums funded by taxpayers, sales merchandise etc even when their franchise loses every single match it plays. There is no jeopardy of relegation, of losing your place amongst the elite.
Also, NFL owners don't have to worry about developing young players as all youngsters are legally obliged to go to college teams, essentially without remuneration, risking their bodies & health for the chance of getting drafted. Which means being told which team they're going to play for as the Fat Cat owners allocate their free lottery tickets (draft picks) to hoover up the best young talent.
And finally, NFL owners benefit from a salary cap, which exerts significant control over salary inflation and makes medium term financial planning easy. Plus no astronomical transfer fees, as players are "traded" for lottery tickets (draft picks), not for tens of millions of pounds. Again, the eradication of financial risk.
So, no need to put performance clauses in a manager's contract around say Champions League qualification. This new, bastardized-American sports model, essentially creates a status quo for the 23 years the clubs have signed up to.
I still bleed Spurs. And I want us have the best team possible playing the very best teams.
But I loathe this Uber-Capitalist destruction of the beautiful game by scum like the Glazers who have never kicked a ball in their lives.
All these things have played a part in creating the beautiful game. Now it feels like someone has taken that thing of incredible almost natural beauty and turned it into the equivalent of some fake Botox filled plaything for the amusement of geriatric old men
I think this is the point of the “additional” invitation teams. Eventually this ESL will expand to allow the highest finishing clubs in their leagues to be invited in every year.
Let’s face it, the CL is pretty much a cartel of the same 8-10 clubs every year anyway, The financial hegemony these clubs have mean they are effectively already part of a super league, the notion of relegation from it for them is more symbolic than real,
Look at ManU, even with a buffoon like Solskjaer in charge they have still made their way back there, because they can buy their way into it with transfers and wages, regardless of them getting outplayed by teams like Brighton every week.
At least now we’ll be there every season.
Tell me that the ESL won't have VAR and I'll buy the t-shirt
Good post. Sickening but true
Everyone can say what they want about this, but we will all watch it. I'd definitely rather watch Spurs play Real Madrid every season more than I'd like to watch us play Burnley.
Yep, as I mentioned a couple pages back, we basically have a de-facto super league now.
A real fix to football would require teams like Barca, Real, Man United, and yes, even us, to make ourselves drastically less successful from an on field performance stand point. I know it's an American concept, but a salary cap might actually make sense and be good for the European game. Teams would be limited in how much they could spend on transfers and/or player wages which means that the financial might of the Man U and Real Madrids of the world would matter far less.
In a league like that, talent scouting and development would be rewarded more than anything else and you would have far more parity. Right now the "super league" clubs guarantee near top of the table finishes every season just based on how much they spend.
A system where teams were limited in spending would make the seasons far more competitive and enjoyable. The problem with the American system is the lack of promotion and relegation. So the salary caps are good in that they promote parity, but you also need the downside consequence that relegation poses in order to ensure teams are competitive.
speak for yourselves, If you want to watch it your welcome.
I won't be
It's not even about the teams that you are facing. Its about earning the right to face them.
This is a none contest, yeah you play Madrid, but come Jan when we can't win it every game is pointless as there is nothing to play for, the same for the Prem if we stay in it, there is no fighting for Europe, it is win it or be a filler team.
We have sold our soul to be a filler team for the financial elite. Lets not pretend we are one and lets not pretend this will elevate us. The teams in it are the teams we cannot compete against currently and it will continue to be that way.
Lets pray the PL and the 14 have the courage to boot the 6 out for the long term good of the game.
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Really don't like this kind of disrespect for proper football clubs.
No person or club should ever feel above their competition just in terms of sportsmanship.
We will have a lower win % than under Mourinho in the ESL. I definitely prefer watching us win matches.
He might not be joking but that is certainly not what Holloway said
These are smart business people, they have all of this figured out. The players aren't going to go anywhere.
The money will be too big and too tempting, and none of the top talent is going say "You know I'm really upset by the lack of meritocracy in this system, I'm going to go play for Southampton because I'm such a big believer in the pureness of football."
This decision wasn't taken lightly and they weren't uninformed. They planned for all the negative consequences and fall-out and still made the same decisions. I believe that they probably spoke to a number of players about this to get their thoughts and prepare them for potential consequences. I'm sure that they spoke to agents as well.
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Well at least its done now
To be fair, seeing as you don't support spurs, your opinion is irrelevant.
You can guarantee that the heads of all the major networks were probably part of the discussions, and are already lining up bids for rights to coverage.