Seathestars
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Champions League revamp
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Lapeno77
Player Valuation: £35m
La Liga President Javier Tebas holding meeting tomorrow with all top 2 league clubs except the 3.
He sounds committed to punishment of Real, Atletico and Barca.
Raises an interesting point. Are the 3 leagues going to have to coordinate responses and punishments. What would happen if La Liga expelled their 3 and the PL chickens out?
He sounds committed to punishment of Real, Atletico and Barca.
Raises an interesting point. Are the 3 leagues going to have to coordinate responses and punishments. What would happen if La Liga expelled their 3 and the PL chickens out?
cjuk87
Player Valuation: £10m
Hardly, let's be realistic, the plan is undoubtably to take this circus around the world eventually. There will be games played everywhere but their home grounds.
“Everton’s Dominic Calvert Lewin in race to be fit for their European Champions League ‘Wildcard’ semi-final against PSG”
Yep, and what do you achieve anyway? The chance to get your arse handed to you 18 times by the 'giants of European football?
Big_nev
Player Valuation: £25m
Honestly wouldn't be surprised to find out they are crunching the numbers. Front it as fans taking back control whilst heavily investing themselves.
tsubaki
Player Valuation: £90m
TBF I'd hope this bit of the UEFA statement means this (and the PL meeting) is just to explain to them all what happens next (emphasis added):
As previously announced by FIFA and the six Confederations, the clubs concerned will be banned from playing in any other competition at domestic, European or world level, and their players could be denied the opportunity to represent their national teams.
Spot on that mate. Would probably rate as my best ever PL moment. The moment it will all blow up.
Blueclouds
Player Valuation: £35m
But its dreadful without fans tho, empty stadiums in the super league. Lom
Noisy noise annoys
Player Valuation: £70m
Very good point
...I presume you mean the ‘ESL’. That is very interesting.
I agree. I’m just saying the clubs won’t be arsed either way if fans boycott it or not. They’re getting billions just for being in the league. Think they’re arsed if they sell tickets or not?
Jamiednm
Player Valuation: £40m
In this world, money talks. So being totally realistic, this has got some serious legs. It's backed by a massive American financial institution and the biggest football clubs in Europe. If they want to make it happen, it is a real thing.
But it's not without obstacle. For it to work, they NEED national and international football associations and leagues to agree to it. This is the main problem, because we're talking about financial compromises vs. sport.
The Premier League as an elite tournament and financial giant would be diminished if the ESL6 were to be thrown out. But it would also be diminished (probably more permanently) if they allowed 6 clubs to lock in a massive and permanent competitive advantage. It would confirm a 2-speed Premier League which goes against the foundations of sport. It wouldn't be sporting in the slightest and it would cause huge structural problems throughout the football pyramid.
If those clubs are truly that committed to this concept, then the only workable solution would be for them to withdraw from their national leagues and associations and form their own governing body outside UEFA and FIFA. That in itself is a massive legal challenge and would probably need some tweaks to the rules so that they aren't technically playing Association Football.
The clubs themselves would operate in isolation, like NFL franchises.
Players, managers and coaches are employees, so should be able to be employed by anyone (and therefore go to any club in any league) as long as they have the appropriate credentials. The clubs themselves though would need to choose between the status quo, or withdrawing from the game entirely and starting under a totally new structure which isn't part of the FIFA hierarchy.
But it's not without obstacle. For it to work, they NEED national and international football associations and leagues to agree to it. This is the main problem, because we're talking about financial compromises vs. sport.
The Premier League as an elite tournament and financial giant would be diminished if the ESL6 were to be thrown out. But it would also be diminished (probably more permanently) if they allowed 6 clubs to lock in a massive and permanent competitive advantage. It would confirm a 2-speed Premier League which goes against the foundations of sport. It wouldn't be sporting in the slightest and it would cause huge structural problems throughout the football pyramid.
If those clubs are truly that committed to this concept, then the only workable solution would be for them to withdraw from their national leagues and associations and form their own governing body outside UEFA and FIFA. That in itself is a massive legal challenge and would probably need some tweaks to the rules so that they aren't technically playing Association Football.
The clubs themselves would operate in isolation, like NFL franchises.
Players, managers and coaches are employees, so should be able to be employed by anyone (and therefore go to any club in any league) as long as they have the appropriate credentials. The clubs themselves though would need to choose between the status quo, or withdrawing from the game entirely and starting under a totally new structure which isn't part of the FIFA hierarchy.
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