I do not think these people who come up with these ideas know why fans go to football , and they probably do not care either . it is all about overseas subscriptions
Quote from: VILLA MOLE on October 20, 2020, 04:55:46 PMI do not think these people who come up with these ideas know why fans go to football , and they probably do not care either . it is all about overseas subscriptions Exactly right. Doesn’t matter if we’re there or not, they can stick some fake crowd noise on and just pretend. I wonder if there are people who would currently be going to games, who may never go again the way things are heading.
Fixture congestion suddenly stops being an issue again.
Mr Edge, I hope you didn't answer your own question. USA doesn't care if we still pay to watch Liverpool, Man Utd getting their arse kicked every week. Once we pay, they don't care.
My objection to this is nothing to do with Villa not being invited. I genuinely think it sounds incredibly dull and I wouldn’t want Villa involved. The basis of performing well domestically to qualify for European football underpins the game - and a certain degree of the joy when you qualify is playing different teams on an infrequent basis. It’s already a bit dull with the way the existing Champions League works, and that’s with a residual bit of surprise in respect of the teams you draw. The idea of an invitational league with pretty much no stakes sounds crushingly dull. I doubt after a couple of years it’d hold a global audience either.
Quote from: Baldy on October 20, 2020, 07:07:52 PMMr Edge, I hope you didn't answer your own question. USA doesn't care if we still pay to watch Liverpool, Man Utd getting their arse kicked every week. Once we pay, they don't care.I get that. What I'm saying is the interest in the competition would be short lived. "Fans" of the top clubs are used to their team winning trophies in their domestic leagues. They would all go long periods with nothing to celebrate. But fuck em the glory hunting bastards.
Just say they invent some “16 team super duper league”.One of those humongous world brands will finish bottom.