wheres the game going

[Amber Rebel]

just seen this on the bbc,absolutely unbelieveable

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7232390.stm

[HorshamRebel]

especially as FIFA and UEFA keep on at them to reduce the season.

 

Plus, playing on the other side of the world during the transfer window, and as the points count, someone could be relegated purely on one of these exta games.

 

Total loonacy and purely to make money without thinking of the consequences

[GarySTFC]

I could perhaps see the appeal for the top five/six teams if they were facing one another, but who would really be enthralled by watching Derby vs Fulham somewhere in Asia? As fanatic as they are for our football, I think they prefer the higher profile clubs/players and as such only certain teams will hold any sort of global appeal.

[Martin]

But they have also said that they will potentially be seeding the games so that top clubs will avoid playing each other. This works nicely because instead of possibily having United v Liverpool which would be a huge draw you can have United v Blackburn and Liverpool v Middlesborough which would be two big games and draw two big crowds.

 

Purely commercial. It is a farce. No thought for the genuine fans and the integrity of our league.

[brighton_rebel]

But that's the way the top level is going - and why I say [****!!****] to it.

[Matt]

I heard about it on the radio whilst driving home earlier. I actually had to think for a few seconds before realising it is February 7 and not April 1.

[Mr Rebel]

they aint at all thinking of the consequences and arguments when it affects relegation, the title race or the european places. you can see the outrage now that could be caused by this

 

no one is going to agree about their extra match either. for example to play the whipping boys of the league 3 times a season if your a big club means 9 easy points whereas a mid table team could have to play another midtable team and only get 3 points. basically fingers crossed your team gets to play that seasons derby county

[GarySTFC]

Wouldn't it be strange though if the title hung on that one game. Say Arsenal and Man U are level on points, random opponents are drawn. Arsenal get the bottom club, Man U get the toughest club they could (presuming the seeding kicked in) and as a result Arsenal win the title. I can see Fergie going even redder!

[Tom]

On a more clever note from the Premier League they are allowing 7 subs on the bench next season as opposed to the current 5.

[Chris]

It's just really following on from what the Yanks did with the American Egg ball chasing that stops every thirty seconds at Wembley.

[Barry Scott]

Originally Posted By: Chris

It's just really following on from what the Yanks did with the American Egg ball chasing that stops every thirty seconds at Wembley.

and that was infinitely more entertaining than most friendly matches I've seen!

[BFR]

As a happy punter who attended the NFL game last year and will hopefully be doing so again in October this year, it would be hugely hypocritical for me to moan at the Premier League for looking to spread their brand overseas and make lots of cash.

 

That said, making it a 39 game season does seem a little bit flawed.

[Martin]

Don't think it would be hypocritical at all. The NFL took one game to see if it worked. And what was the last Superbowl are they even in the forties yet? Their game has no real tradition and a one off game overseas does not ultimately effect the destiny of the games biggest prize. They are talking about screwing up our domestic league which is mental.

[Barry Scott]

From what I've read the whole way the Premier League is going to work this is flawed. They are going to pay the clubs £5million each from their own coffers to play these games abroad but they aren't going to make any immediate money. All this is is a cunningly designed power play by the clubs and not the League to sell more shirts and more money. The Premier League MAY see an eventual upturn in revenue from TV deals, but if say the United States gets Bolton vs Middlesborough and Wigan vs Derby as their games, are the TV networks in the States really going to want to increase the cash the pay for games if that's what the Premier League will give them?

 

And as for the point about the NFL Martin, while the Superbowl as an entity has only been around for 42 years, that was the result of a merger between two distinct pro leagues in America. The NFL Championship itself has been contested amongst pro teams since the 1920s if not earlier, and the game was flourishing in college at the turn of the 20th Century.

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

They are going to pay the teams £5million each, £100million in total.

 

Would that money not be better spent on supporting teams lower down the pyramid to survive - no the premiership has long given up supporting lower teams to bring through new tallent, they just go aborard and buy in forign players and then we end up with a $hit national team as we have so few English players in the premiership - it is now time to boycot Sky and the others who pay over the odds to the foreign players managed by foreign managers of clubs who are foreign owned - they are all WainKerrs and are killing football!!!!

[Amber Rebel]

the other end of the equation bournmouth docked points for going into administration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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