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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7232390.stmThe English Premier League is considering the idea of staging some matches around the rest of the world.
At a meeting in London on Thursday, all 20 clubs agreed to explore a proposal to extend the season to 39 games.
Those 10 extra games would be played at several different venues, with cities bidding for the right to stage them.
For fuck's sake :rolleyes:
This is exactly what's wrong with football today. Greed and money overriding every other consideration.
I'm starting to think that the defunction of Wimbledon FC and the subsequent creation of non-league AFC Wimbledon is the best thing that could have happened to me football-wise. Top flight football is little more than a money-spinning show now. Roll on the cheerleaders and 4 quarters of play.
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Its not helped Rugby League fucking off to France every damn week.
And once again, the FA constantly promises us changes that will improve the national team, and the next day do something that completely goes against what they said. As if there aren't enough games, they now want to add one in the middle of the season to be played half way around the globe. Like everyone said when Capello was appointed, the problem with English football isn't the managers, it's the incompetent fools at the FA. Sack the lot of them and get some people in who actually care about and understand the game.
absolutely ridiculous, i really hope this doesn't happen.
We of course all know the reason why.
£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££
Wigan v Birmingham in Ulaanbaatar anyone?
If they really want to take more games abroad, expand the pre-season Asia Cup.
Funny you should mention rugby league, what with them abolishing relegation from the Super League and running clubs as franchises. That will be the next thing to happen to the Premiershit- 20 franchises ploughing their lonely furrow.
At least Super League was always marketed as a pan-European league, and was always meant to be such. And at least where they play the games is a rugby league heartland where people care about the game.
What link does Seoul have to Manchester?
I don't believe that the rest of the world have any interest in watching half of the fixtures it would throw up anyway - Wigan vs Fulham, Middlesborough vs Birmingham etc.
would be far better than messing with the league.
I suspect that other lower league clubs will rub their hands with glee over this type of suggestion because fans will flock to see them...
It's the birthplace of Ji-Sung Park
:hyper:
easy..easy..
Fair play but I cannot see petitions as being effective, the only way to threaten the clubs is to hit them where it hurts, in the pocket. Money is the only thing these people see. Boycotts are more effective if the fans actually give a toss.
Neither can I, but it is a start and will at least show that fans are against the idea in large numbers.
It'd be nice if nobody was to show up at any Premiership game on a given weekend.
Admittedly clubs will have already taken some money through season tickets, but they would lose out on day sales, away travel, and the associated food, drink and merchandise sales. And the bad publicity such action would create would put extra pressure on the Premiershit.
A boycott of all official products including programmes for the rest of the season would drive the message home as well.
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oh wait...
I don't...it completely undermines the domestic league we have in basketball and ice hockey and it completely undermines the European American Football league.
and it fucks up the national team's football pitch!
I used to follow the BBL and I've played American Football for a couple of years whilst at university. The BBL already has quite a few American exports who play in the league who are unable to make it in the NBA, but it would be great to see more UK players like Luol Deng play over in the US. The NFL Europa League collapsed last year because the NFL was not making overseas profits and yet ticket sales for the Wembley game earlier in the year sold out in under 72 hours, so clearly the sport is growing. Showcasing the best of the NBA and NFL around the globe has and will continue to encourage more kids to get involved in the sports (last year the Houston Rockets played the Milwaukee Bucks which saw the clash of two Chinese NBA players- the audience in China was reported to be between 100 and 200 million.
Addict,
It says a lot for sporting facilities in England that we only have one really decent stadium...
Not true, we have plenty. Thankfully though, the proprieters of most of those stadia aren't stupid enough to let American sports come over and turn their pitch into a trench!
No, we have the rugby club to do that for us.
Still it does mean that other teams have been failing to handle the conditions and we have ten games unbeaten at home currently!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7239788.stm
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2256966,00.html
I do fucking hate the Premiership plc. The worst thing that has happened to English footbal.