New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

[Dr Baxter]

Yeah
I would love the German model .
But our league is now entirely about finances .
We are following the American model where going to a game is an event to be enjoyed once or twice a season for most and only the well off can afford season tickets.
The majority will watch it on TV .

I'd love the American model of something like draft picks. Seems to make their sports more competitive. Could be done be having regional academies, not connected to any club. Worse team gets first pick of 18 year old player and keeps the player for a few seasons. It will never happen, of course, but something along those lines would be my choice.

 

[witchdoc187]

It will be nice if one day we as fans can just concentrate on football and not all this financial stuff. It's not as though I don't have enough to worry about. It's supposed to be sport.

 

[pfim]

We've had one since 2017, first Blackwell: https://www.globalbankingandfinance...d-brokerage-partner-of-everton-football-club/

Then Moneycorp in 2019: https://intrademagazine.com/everton-football-club-signs-new-partnerhsip-with-moneycorp/

Then Sokin in 2021: https://sponsorship.org/everton-agrees-partnership-deal-with-sokin/

Truly baffled we've now had 4 official FX partners.

 

[pfim]

We did choose a certain model, but regardless of that the huge advantage our league has over all others is that it is the oldest and therefore the one that most football fans around the world traditionally recognise as the most senior and therefore the one to follow. It has been incredibly well, marketed and sold around the world (which it could have been regardless of how it was set up in England).

We also stole a march on Spain and Italy with selling matches abroad because the time their matches kick-off traditionally being in a Sunday afternoon/evenings when a lot of viewers in Asia and other parts of the world are in not able to watch or are already in bed.

As for the German model. Nein danke. If anyone thinks City have got it wrapped up every year, take a look at the Bundesliga.

The PL generates more than 50% of it's TV revenue outside of the UK. Thank the British Empire.

 

[pfim]

I'd love the American model of something like draft picks. Seems to make their sports more competitive. Could be done be having regional academies, not connected to any club. Worse team gets first pick of 18 year old player and keeps the player for a few seasons. It will never happen, of course, but something along those lines would be my choice.

Salary caps make it more competitive (or perhaps more accurately, add parity). The draft really only works because of that, it doesn't work in baseball.

 

[Blue_Eagle]

Everybody get ready to lean back.

Everton's ascension to being competitive near the top places of the premier league is in motion.

Professionalism is here.

A plan will be in place.

The quality of the squad will improve.

It's all going to be rather beautiful to watch over the next few years and I can't wait for the excitement along the way as we see quality being added in the dugout and in the playing squad.

Wonderful.

 

[Curtis]

It will be nice if one day we as fans can just concentrate on football and not all this financial stuff. It's not as though I don't have enough to worry about. It's supposed to be sport.

What about the fans who are also giant dweebs? Who get all amped up talking about financial intricacies

 

[Dr Baxter]

The PL generates more than 50% of it's TV revenue outside of the UK. Thank the British Empire.

Football didn't spread particularly due to the British Empire. Cricket and rugby did. Most parts of what were the Empire became football nuts long after the British had left. It's down to the product. Our grounds are full, we have huge away followings, dozens of teams with loads of history. It's just more interesting to people outside of Europe than any other league.

 

[torontotom]

I'd love the American model of something like draft picks. Seems to make their sports more competitive. Could be done be having regional academies, not connected to any club. Worse team gets first pick of 18 year old player and keeps the player for a few seasons. It will never happen, of course, but something along those lines would be my choice.

Eh All sounds fine until a generational talent ends up in fecking Edmonton.

 

[AS Roma_fan]

I think it only becomes a concern or relevant if Roma and Everton are direct competitors in European football - even then there are certain rules about that which would need to be negotiated. We’ve a bit to go before that’s an issue.

Actually it wouldn't be a problem even then technically speaking. As you can see, City and Girona, Leipzig and Salzburg etc. all compete in the same European cup without problems. They reformed the law this summer. UEFA requires clubs with the same ownership not to have the same people in their boards of directors. That's it.

 

[pfim]

Football didn't spread particularly due to the British Empire. Cricket and rugby did. Most parts of what were the Empire became football nuts long after the British had left. It's down to the product. Our grounds are full, we have huge away followings, dozens of teams with loads of history. It's just more interesting to people outside of Europe than any other league.

It's not the playing, it's the watching. The PL gets $433 million/year from the largest English-speaking nation in the world, and doesn't play a single match there. It's a huge advantage, the language.

 

[kiss the crest]

I think whatever happens now with these new owners, the fans need to trust them, who they want as a manager go with that, because what's been happening for the past many years hasn't been working

 

[Dr Baxter]

It's not the playing, it's the watching. The PL gets $433 million/year from the largest English-speaking nation in the world, and doesn't play a single match there. It's a huge advantage, the language.

I know. Equally, the fact is that lots of the countries which are fanatical about football in Asia and African were part of the British Empire has nothing to do with it. Just like the States. It's just the best league in the world. Period (or full stop, if you prefer). Nothing to do with history or language.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

- Out of nowhere decisions. Since they don't speak, journalists are clueless about their moves. Everytime it's a big surprise. For example, nobody had linked Roma with Mourinho until the official statement was published on asroma.com.

I'd love this to become true here.

I doubt they'd be able to replicate that at Everton though.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

I'd love this to become true here.

I doubt they'd be able to replicate that at Everton though.

We've got to many Miss Marples in the fanbase.

They'd have sniffed Mourinho weeks before.