Premier League reform proposals

[andyh]

The EFL are just as grubby in all of this.
They are backing the plans based on some £250m worth of crumbs falling from the PL table.
That won’t go very far for very long.

Also, the PL wanting to cut parachute payments means that any charity they give to the EPL means all they are doing is redirecting money from parachute to hush money, plus a few million.

And how the fuck are Southampton suddenly one of the 9 clubs who can dictate the future of British football, it’s simply based on where they are rather than who they are.

[Steve67]

Extra pre-season for the big six so they can fuck off to Thailand and the States to satisfy their shirt sponsors and other plastic fans.  Football will eat itself and I hope the inevitable split comes sooner rather than later so the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City are considered small fry by Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Boca, PSG and Flamengo etc.  Special status, my arse.  Trying to bribe the EFL with an immediate payment, trying to bribe the FA with an immediate 100 mill payment, fucking shameful.

[lovejoy]

A lot of the plans are fairly reasonable regarding the change in fees supporting the EFL and restructuring the number of teams, lets go with that and ignore the power grab elements of voting rights. Do you think they'd go with that?

[charlatan]

Where the fees come from is not fair. It should be a share of all revenue. Their status as Champions League participants and so on is contingent on having made their name in what is now the EFL and abandoned it, not just their Premier League status.

[SaddVillan]

The socialism I believe in is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share of the rewards. It's the way I see football, the way I see life.

Bill Shankly, Manager Liverpool FC.
Currently turning in his grave.


Number of seasons in the Premier League

28 – Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Everton
25 – Aston Villa, Newcastle
24 – West Ham
23 – Man City
21 – Southampton
18 – Blackburn
16 – Sunderland
15 – Middlesbrough
14 – Fulham, Leicester
13 – Bolton
12 – Leeds, West Brom
10 – Stoke

[garyfouroaks]

This is shameless opportunism on the part of Liverpool and Man United, as is the £15 PPV charge being proposed.

The EFL and Rick Parry are simply victims of their own ineptitude. Most EFL clubs will run out of money to pay the wage bill by 1st January. 2021, yet they have kept on playing as though nothing was happening.

Common sense says the EFL should have mothballed the 2020/21 season before it started until a sustainable way forwards can be agreed.

[OCD]

I've been disgusted by this since I first read about it. It's myopic greed. No understanding the reason the Premier League is such a successful product is because of the parity between it's members. Ask clubs in Spain how it is for them with Barcelona and Real Madrid having all the power and clubs having to negotiate their individual TV deals.

[SaddVillan]

Am I right in thinking that in the Prem, it requires a vote of 14 clubs to pass a motion?

If so, why don't the 14 non-Big6 just vote them out of the Prem - cast them adrift and see if they can get by on a diet of Chumps League and summer exhibition games.

Happy to be corrected.

[Clive W]

Am I right in thinking that in the Prem, it requires a vote of 14 clubs to pass a motion?

If so, why don't the 14 non-Big6 just vote them out of the Prem - cast them adrift and see if they can get by on a diet of Chumps League and summer exhibition games.


Happy to be corrected.

Nice thought but the FA has a golden share in the PL and can veto anything

[VILLA MOLE]

How about taking into consideration how many seasons in top flight football rather than just the premiership years

[Clive W]

How about taking into consideration how many seasons in top flight football rather than just the premiership years

But I thought football was only invented in 1993!!

[PeterWithesShin]

There's a weird obsession with the 'special status' considering it's a meaningless title and votes that are only there to deflect from what would be a dictatorship.

[robleflaneur]

There's a weird obsession with the 'special status' considering it's a meaningless title and votes that are only there to deflect from what would be a dictatorship.

This is the crux of the matter and not whether Villa should have 'special status'.
The top 6 will be able to dictate terms.Let's invite Celtic and Rangers and lose 2 more clubs from the PL.Individual broadcasting deals.Extend the Champions League.Asian spin off tournaments.Anything to increase their revenue and their owners' profits and safeguard their clubs' positions .

[Drummond]

And now the EFL are laying down a story about clubs going out of business imminently.

They are all a bunch of bastards.

The 6 develop a stranglehold whilst professing to save football. Greed is such an ugly, ugly thing.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd be amazed if there aren't quite a few EFL clubs close to going under, doesn't mean this package should be given anything but the contempt it deserves.

Be interesting if any of the other 6 knew about it or if it was all the work of just the 2 named.