Premier League reform proposals

[danno]

I'm not sure who does care about the community shield, but scrapping a game that raises money for charity is incredibly poor form.

[PeterWithesShin]

That they want to bin 1 game that benefits loads of charities around the country in favour of a bunch of lucrative friendles that benefit a handful of clubs tells you everything you need to know.

[Steve67]

Why don't they just fuck off and start their own European league? We all know it's what they would prefer.  Also, those clubs who come up to the Premier League, do they get a vote as they are not part of the head table, due to being so new to the league?  Sounds like the so-called big clubs trying to bully the smaller clubs and paying the lower league clubs off with a bribe so they vote this through?

[old man villa fan]

I do not agree at all with the voting changes proposed.

I am not against a reduction to 18 in the PL but the number of teams to be relegated would have to be reduced to two to bring some financial stability.  The Championship should be reduced to 20 teams and look to have 5 divisions with the bottom 2 split north and south to help the finances of the clubs and the fans travelling.

The league cup should continue but without the teams in Europe.  Also, keeping midweek dates clear for just European matches should be scrapped so that the league cup matches could be played and to cut down on fixture congestion.

Agree with what everybody is saying in that this is a power grab by the 'top 6' to take control of English football.  Take away true competition and the fans will start to leave football.

[Holte132]

Seems the Premier League itself has criticised the plans

https://www.90min.com/posts/premier-league-criticise-project-big-picture-plans-to-shake-up-english-football

[frank black]

This will get teams talking, but I can’t see it getting voted through. It’ll be like Turkeys voting for Xmas for most teams.

[Louzie0]

Sorry, but where are all these clubs right now and where are Villa in the PL?

[Risso]

What utter scumbags they are. A transparent way of ensuring that the so called 'Big 6' don't have their status quo threatened, and end up with a much bigger slice of an already enormous pie so that they can compete with Europe's elite every year.  The fact that they've done it on the back of a global pandemic on the pretext of helping the Football League teams is truly disgraceful. Cûnts, the lot of them.

[paul_e]

Reading through this whole thing there are a handful of good ideas, but the vast majority is exactly what you'd expect from a plan backed by ManU and Liverpool. So much of it is about ensuring they make the most money, get the best deals, have access to the most young talent and generally get to do what the fuck they like and the rest of the clubs should just be happy with the scraps they let fall.

Ignoring almost all of it though there's 1 line which is clearly the most important bit of the whole thing:

"Two-thirds of the long-term shareholders can veto the Premier League board’s approval of a proposed new owner."

Whoever decided to include that is a complete and utter c**t and anyone who votes in favour of these proposals whilst that line remains is a complete and utter c**t.

[charlatan]

What utter scumbags they are. A transparent way of ensuring that the so called 'Big 6' don't have their status quo threatened, and end up with a much bigger slice of an already enormous pie so that they can compete with Europe's elite every year.  The fact that they've done it on the back of a global pandemic on the pretext of helping the Football League teams is truly disgraceful. Cûnts, the lot of them.

Even the goverment has rumbled them.

A spokesperson for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said: ‘We are surprised and disappointed that at a time of crisis, when we have urged the top tiers of professional football to come together and finalise a deal to help lower-league clubs, there appear to be backroom deals being cooked up that would create a closed shop at the very top of the game.

‘Sustainability, integrity and fair competition are absolutely paramount and anything that may undermine them is deeply troubling.

‘Fans must be at the front of all our minds, and this shows why our fan-led review of football governance will be so critical.’

[KevinGage]

In football as in life never trust a Red!

Yeah.  And Bolsonaro and that orange chimp in the white house are just grand.

[Brazilian Villain]

I think it's a no from Martin as well.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8829033/MARTIN-SAMUEL-Liverpool-Man-Uniteds-Project-Big-Picture-disgusting-Big-Six-power-grab.html

[Billy Walker]

I'm seeing people on the web referring to these clubs as "The Big Nine"(!)...West Ham, Southampton... If the "Big Six" grouping was a load of contrived old bollocks this "Big Nine" concept is beyond ludicrous.   

[Brazilian Villain]

In football as in life never trust a Red!

Yeah.  And Bolsonaro and that orange chimp in the white house are just grand.

Good to get confirmation that they've recovered from Covid.

[KevinGage]

It's an odd parallel universe if Southampton are seen as kingmakers in any way shape or form.

I'd be quite happy to see the big 4/ 6 bail and just play each other week after week in perpetuity. They can call it Super Six Sunday and fill up any gaps in the fixture window with 2/3 hour motivation videos from Jim shouty shouty White and that pair of twats spending hours talking about transfers that never materialise.

Gorge on the initial international TV funding until even the Chinese market and the plastics in Ireland and Scandinavia are thoroughly sick of the product.

The current format works because the smallest team in the league can realistically give Yanited or whoever a nosebleed.