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Enough to stave off world allegations of corruption amongst their staff and to allow them criminal collusion on the world political stage over a so called competitive award process for a World Cup.
Quite a lot.
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"supporters" should have got more involved with owning their clubs
e.g. I said way back that the fans could have bought Man united instead of the Glaziers
too many fans want someone else to finance and run "their" clubs, but stand back and watch business investors buy them
Maybe the FA / UEFA/ FIFA should have done something about ownership rules way back instead of being surprised at the logical outcome of letting billionaire businessmen buy up football "clubs"
stopping a company from doing its normal business would also be something that could be challenged in law surely?
The companies themselves are ceasing their own 'normal business' activities by starting up a closed-shop league that is there to wipe the 'normal business' Champions league off the map.
There is also the matter of the clubs declaring that games will be midweek. That means every other competition fixture will have to be formed around those dates, thus putting the new "abnomal business" at the top of the pile and pushing the clubs "normal business" further down the line.
So I'd like to see the clubs complain that they were being prevented from conducting their normal business when it is their own decision to shit on their normal business.
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If the six clubs are booted out of the Prem and you are a senior bod at Sky or BT or any of the overseas broadcasters who have paid handsomely for rights to broadcast Prem games do you think they won't rush to check their agreements to see if there is a way to get some money back for a product that is significantly different from the one they paid for?
And will the next round of renewals not be for significantly less? And when Super League 2 comes along in a couple of years won't it be for even less?
There are way too many implications and ramifications that could take years to resolve in the courts, and that's in nobody's interest. Especially with FIFA and UEFA being such morally sound institutions.
I still believe that this is a play to reduce the Prem and use the vacant dates for more European games. It seems to be the simplest iutcome.
“the 15 founders will share 32.5% of all revenue, with a further 32.5% split between the 15 and five clubs that will qualify to join them in the competition each season.
The remaining 35% will be shared on merit, dependent on where clubs finish in the league and knockout stages, and for commercial rights.”
So those that do get in don’t even get a fair playing field.
It will be an unregulated, self governing league which might as well have 12 players on each side with 9 subs allowed.
Those of us who support small clubs have sat and watched as the Champions League became more and more closed off, watched as the likes of Ajax, Red Star Belgrade, Prague, Celtic, etc slowly got squeezed out. Then we watched as the same few clubs trousered tens (hundreds?) of millions year after year after year, utterly distorting domestic football and all cheered on from the sidelines by the likes of Sky and the Premier League. We watched as the same fourteen clubs made the last sixteen year after year after year. The likes of Boris Johnson and Alan Shearer and Liverpool supporters associations had fuck all to say when England ended up with five places in the so-called "champions" league, at the expense of genuine champions from countries with a rich history of footballing heritage. They were happy to lap it all up because Eng-er-lund Eng-er-lund Eng-er-lund were doing quite nicely out of the whole thing.
So if these elite clubs have decided that a virtual closed shop wasn't quite good enough and they want a literal closed shop - well for starters, as a fan of a small club how would I tell the difference and secondly, there's an element of you reap what you sow here. Watching the people who stole competition from us diddy clubs getting it stolen from them means bugger all to me!
Give a gambler £10 a week and he'll need £15 - Give him £100 and he'll need £150 - They should have more than enough ability and funds to run their business within the their income - They've chosen not to for whatever reason for so long - What will Perez do in 10/20 years time when they need even more money
And just think, when the Yanks get their claws into the whole commercial aspect of this
a) Spurs will be playing Arsenal in Florida sometimes - Maybe 2 matches on the same pitch that day/evening - No away fans as such for any policing issues
b) 4 x 1/4's to a game not 2 x 1/2's - more commercial breaks so more income
c) bigger goals - some hate a good 0-0 draw
d) pre match extravaganza with Diana Ross trying to kick the ball in the net from 2 yards out
Then watch out for a Facebook, Amazon or Disney sports channel, via subscription, to watch matches
Yep, quite true. There is a sense that some greedy people are getting pissed because some people are even more greedy and there is a lack of sympathy. Those people you mention do have to face up to their approach before.
That still doesn't remove the fact that the Super League has the potential to fuck football across Europe. be angry at the established arses but the looming arses are far far worse.