Champions League restructuring

[cdbearsfan]

West Ham have announced that they're against the Super League.

[TonyD]

Let’s hope the 14 stay strong. 

[PaulWinch again]

You’d have to be mental to be one of the other clubs and be in favour.

[sickbeggar]

I think they will stick together. Nothing to lose really.

[Nev]

You’d have to be mental to be one of the other clubs and be in favour.

Like those that vote for rich, privileged politicians in the hope that one day they will be rich and privileged too.

[cdbearsfan]

Yep. Votes over the last few years haven't exactly left me full of confidence.

[PaulWinch again]

You’d have to be mental to be one of the other clubs and be in favour.

Like those that vote for rich, privileged politicians in the hope that one day they will be rich and privileged too.

But in this case the “founders” have made clear that won’t be the case. You’d have to be extremely stupid in this case.

[Nev]

It's at times like this, when the debate is lifted above the level of cliche driven football banter, that the limitations of certain pundits are cruelly exposed.

Micah Richards coming over like a proper ignoramus on 5live.

[pauliewalnuts]

Is there any way back from this now?

I don't think these charlatans are going to back down with this threat, and it's hard to see how the wounds would heal from it even if they did.

For me the tipping point is whether they stay in the PL and do the super league thing. If that's the case, then that is football squarely dead.

[sickbeggar]

The next stage is making sure the split is financially damaging for them, They're going to have to show the ESL somehow. Whoever shows it, don't subscribe and cancel your satellite/cable if they offer the option to view it.

[cdbearsfan]

They're being given £300 million just to turn up. They HAVE to be removed from the Premier League. No half measure can be acceptable.

[Hockley Lion]

Nobody's going to forget this, even if they change their minds. It'll be unbearable being their supporters at matches.

I think they should be thrown out permanently tbh. They are clearly untrustworthy and treacherous. I don't want them anywhere near football.

However, if they were only to be demoted to Div 2 (old 4th div to be clear ) it might be the best way to get money into the lower divisions. Especially if gate receipts were equally divided both home and away or better still across the division so that even when Arsenal play Spurs the gate money is shared throughout the division.

They'd have no option but to sell their players because they couldn't afford them and they'd put in transfer requests the following day anyway. Sky/BT or whoever would probably bid for TV rights even.  Change promotion and religation to 2 teams up 2 down and let them fight it out. It'd be un-missable to watch and it'd take 2 of them at least 6 years to get back to the Prem. I don't think teams in that division would mind not getting promotion for a few seasons because they could be raking it in. They'd also be able to leave a mark on them and maybe teach them a little humility. The longer they stay there the wealthier the "little" teams would get making it more difficult for them. It has a certain poetic justice feel to it I think.

Mind you. I can could see a lot of angry big six supporters trashing towns across the country.

So nah. Kick them out. Permanently!

Utv.

[cdbearsfan]

https://mobile.twitter.com/PodcastPharaohs/status/1384218033023971333

[PaulWinch again]

Is there any way back from this now?

I don't think these charlatans are going to back down with this threat, and it's hard to see how the wounds would heal from it even if they did.

For me the tipping point is whether they stay in the PL and do the super league thing. If that's the case, then that is football squarely dead.

That’s it. If they do it they absolutely must be kicked out.

[Toronto Villa]

The one thing that simple must not happen is that there is a compromise in the PL where they allow these teams to play if the SL goes ahead. They already have the lions share of the revenues anyway, so the compromise to give them any more in some sort of attempt to find peace will kill off the competition for good. Because at some point in the next year they will do this again. There will be no end to it. Time to call their bluff. Stop fucking threatening to leave. Same with UEFA. They have tried to placate these teams by restructuring the CL and they still did this behind their backs. This is over. You heard that from the comments of the President. Those words cannot be taken back.