Something clearly has to change. Whilst the current cartel arrangement suits Sky and BT the law of diminishing returns must surely eventually apply.Genuine supporters are already disinterested and Sundays will appear far from Super when teams are regularly playing in half empty grounds.The hype of continues to generate decent attendences at the moment but when sport becomes non competitive who will be bothered to watch it?It doesn't strike me as a viable long term business model.
With the members of the "Top six" clubs increasing their ground capacities the average attendance in the PL will keep on rising for a few years yet. Those grounds will fill up with the tourists/day trippers.
The number of times the double has been done in the periods before and after the start of the Premier League is a decent indicator as to what has happened in terms of competition:1888-1992 - 5 times (Preston x1, Villa x1, Spurs x1, Arsenal x1, Liverpool x1)1993- - 6 times (Man Utd x3, Arsenal x1, Chelsea x1)6 times in 21 years, against 5 times in 104 years.
Quote from: fbriai on September 30, 2014, 03:54:21 PMThe number of times the double has been done in the periods before and after the start of the Premier League is a decent indicator as to what has happened in terms of competition:1888-1992 - 5 times (Preston x1, Villa x1, Spurs x1, Arsenal x1, Liverpool x1)1993- - 6 times (Man Utd x3, Arsenal x1, Chelsea x1)6 times in 21 years, against 5 times in 104 years.Isn't that 5?Doesn't alter your point though.
Another thing that is depressing about mod£rn football, Ashley Cole has won the FA Cup as many times as Aston Villa have.