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[mr-villa]

I agree  but sadly though dave , money seems to be the main incentive  - clubs will go to the wall, its like the supermarkets killing the smaller shops - the rich will get richer and those who cant survive will go out of business.

But why make it easier for the 'Supermarket clubs' to force the 'local shop clubs' out of business? We should be trying to even things up a little not widening the gap further surely?

And do you think this will be good for the likes of Villa? The big clubs will negotiate deals far in excess of anything we will manage, further adding to the gap between ourselves and Man Utd and Chelsea.

Quite right. There needs to be as level playing field as possible. The gap's already wide enough as it is.

And the only way you will get that is if Platini and his lazy chums at UEFA get off there arses and introduce a max salary cap per player per week across all UEFA affiliated clubs.  I'll go first and propose £50k per week maximum for any player.  2.5 million per year is plenty to live comfortably on.

Not in my fantasy football world!!

[eastie]

As you - quite rightly - can't show Saturday 3pm kick-offs live, the idea's a non-starter anyway.

For now maybe , but sometime in the future i wouldnt rule it out .
It is not difficult to find villa live at 3 pm on saturdays on an internet stream.

The day that happens every non-league club may as well pack up.

Well maybe the non league clubs could go the same route as college football in the US.  Over there the college game is played and televised (to a massive audience) on Saturdays with the pro game being played on Sundays.  No reason why that couldn't happen over here Dave.

Cant imagine non league footie getting a massive tv audience on a saturday in england.

Well no the principle I was alluding to was that the non league game has an entirely separate game day to that of the pro game.

I dont think there is  any need to go down that route, if people want to watch non league or premier football it is their choice , the idea of only non league teams playing on a saturday would not work .

[mr-villa]

I agree  but sadly though dave , money seems to be the main incentive  - clubs will go to the wall, its like the supermarkets killing the smaller shops - the rich will get richer and those who cant survive will go out of business.

But why make it easier for the 'Supermarket clubs' to force the 'local shop clubs' out of business? We should be trying to even things up a little not widening the gap further surely?

And do you think this will be good for the likes of Villa? The big clubs will negotiate deals far in excess of anything we will manage, further adding to the gap between ourselves and Man Utd and Chelsea.

Quite right. There needs to be as level playing field as possible. The gap's already wide enough as it is.

And the only way you will get that is if Platini and his lazy chums at UEFA get off there arses and introduce a max salary cap per player per week across all UEFA affiliated clubs.  I'll go first and propose £50k per week maximum for any player.  2.5 million per year is plenty to live comfortably on.

Would that not get thrown out by the law courts under some restriction of trade law?
It would not happen in any case .

Not in my fantasy football world!!

[mr-villa]

I agree  but sadly though dave , money seems to be the main incentive  - clubs will go to the wall, its like the supermarkets killing the smaller shops - the rich will get richer and those who cant survive will go out of business.

But why make it easier for the 'Supermarket clubs' to force the 'local shop clubs' out of business? We should be trying to even things up a little not widening the gap further surely?

And do you think this will be good for the likes of Villa? The big clubs will negotiate deals far in excess of anything we will manage, further adding to the gap between ourselves and Man Utd and Chelsea.

Quite right. There needs to be as level playing field as possible. The gap's already wide enough as it is.

And the only way you will get that is if Platini and his lazy chums at UEFA get off there arses and introduce a max salary cap per player per week across all UEFA affiliated clubs.  I'll go first and propose £50k per week maximum for any player.  2.5 million per year is plenty to live comfortably on.

Sorry duplicate post

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

How about zoning TV football subscriptions. For example, here in the Midlands, you could only get access to Midlands teams or even further down to here in Birmingham only being able to access Villa/Blues.

Half joking post really.

[Dave]

I agree  but sadly though dave , money seems to be the main incentive  - clubs will go to the wall, its like the supermarkets killing the smaller shops - the rich will get richer and those who cant survive will go out of business.

But why make it easier for the 'Supermarket clubs' to force the 'local shop clubs' out of business? We should be trying to even things up a little not widening the gap further surely?

And do you think this will be good for the likes of Villa? The big clubs will negotiate deals far in excess of anything we will manage, further adding to the gap between ourselves and Man Utd and Chelsea.

Quite right. There needs to be as level playing field as possible. The gap's already wide enough as it is.

And the only way you will get that is if Platini and his lazy chums at UEFA get off there arses and introduce a max salary cap per player per week across all UEFA affiliated clubs.  I'll go first and propose £50k per week maximum for any player.  2.5 million per year is plenty to live comfortably on.

Why would they want to do that though?

As far as they're concerned everything is working perfectly. Worldwide interest and revenues are at an all-time high.

Why would they see anything needing to be changed?

[Dave Cooper please]

fans of football go to support their teams, not to watch a game of football no matter who is playing ( especially if their supported team is playing at the same time).

So I, and many like me, don't actually exist then?

..and you go and pay to watch other teams while Villa are playing?

Yep, most weeks, why?

[atticus snood]

fans of football go to support their teams, not to watch a game of football no matter who is playing ( especially if their supported team is playing at the same time).

So I, and many like me, don't actually exist then?

..and you go and pay to watch other teams while Villa are playing?

Yep, most weeks, why?

Can't see anything wrong with it myself... apart from it must be really expensive, unless you go and watch Halesowen Town

[mr-villa]

fans of football go to support their teams, not to watch a game of football no matter who is playing ( especially if their supported team is playing at the same time).

So I, and many like me, don't actually exist then?

..and you go and pay to watch other teams while Villa are playing?

Yep, most weeks, why?

Why don't you go and watch Villa playing?

[Mister E]

How about zoning TV football subscriptions. For example, here in the Midlands, you could only get access to Midlands teams or even further down to here in Birmingham only being able to access Villa/Blues.

Half joking post really.

You know what you can do with your zoning idea (clue: see my location).

Only half-joking, like.

[Dave Cooper please]

fans of football go to support their teams, not to watch a game of football no matter who is playing ( especially if their supported team is playing at the same time).

So I, and many like me, don't actually exist then?

..and you go and pay to watch other teams while Villa are playing?

Yep, most weeks, why?

Why don't you go and watch Villa playing?

Is it compulsory?

I'm not alone in this you know, on my travels around the non-league grounds of the Midlands and beyond I meet plenty of fans of other clubs, at Gornal a couple of weeks back there were Wolves, Olbiyun and Villa fans a-plenty.
There are many reasons why people may want to watch other clubs, groundhopping, finances, unable to get to where Villa are playing, unable to make the strange kick-off time that Sky have set, a chance of a good pub crawl or even just a preference, that week at least, for something a bit different to the usual Premier League fare.

 Not every football fan is as set in their ways as some of you seem to be, I'm happy to watch a bit of Villa, a bit of Tamworth and then whatever takes my fancy on other days, if that doesn't fit in with your blinkered view of watching the game then tough really!

[eastie]

  Come on now coops , theres only one non league team worth watching - nuneaton ( up the boro)   

[Clampy]

I'm not sure i could go and watch another team while Villa are playing but it's something Dave seems to enjoy doing so fair play. I'd probably be checking my phone every 5 minutes to see how we were getting on. 

[paul_e]

I agree  but sadly though dave , money seems to be the main incentive  - clubs will go to the wall, its like the supermarkets killing the smaller shops - the rich will get richer and those who cant survive will go out of business.

But why make it easier for the 'Supermarket clubs' to force the 'local shop clubs' out of business? We should be trying to even things up a little not widening the gap further surely?

And do you think this will be good for the likes of Villa? The big clubs will negotiate deals far in excess of anything we will manage, further adding to the gap between ourselves and Man Utd and Chelsea.

Quite right. There needs to be as level playing field as possible. The gap's already wide enough as it is.

And the only way you will get that is if Platini and his lazy chums at UEFA get off there arses and introduce a max salary cap per player per week across all UEFA affiliated clubs.  I'll go first and propose £50k per week maximum for any player.  2.5 million per year is plenty to live comfortably on.

Would that not get thrown out by the law courts under some restriction of trade law?
It would not happen in any case .

As far as I'm aware no, so long as it was implemented correctly.  There are plenty of examples where jobs are given upper salary caps by a parent organisation.  Image rights would be the bit that caused problems but that could be handled without too many issues as well.

[Dave Cooper please]

I'm not sure i could go and watch another team while Villa are playing but it's something Dave seems to enjoy doing so fair play. I'd probably be checking my phone every 5 minutes to see how we were getting on. 

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