By hospital you mean a ditch right?
That if is absolutely massive. That’s the point I literally made in the post you quoted, it wouldn’t. It might for a few at the start and then the big boys who’s players get injured in this match will request compensation. Then they will want preemptive compensation for lost training time and the negative effect it has on them, then before you know it all the money goes to the clubs providing the players and only perpetuates the hegemony.
That is fair. I do think that despite it being morally wrong, we have to be realistic and realise PL owners aren’t going to be giving away their PL tv money or giving money away for “free” essentially to the lower league clubs. I agree that you’d need to see a fully drawn up plan to see if his comments are disingenuous or not but it is a ‘decent’ alternative for me to generate money for them.
Well that depends on how the contract is made up. There could be an insert clause that the lower league clubs are guaranteed x amount of profits. Who knows.
I'm a multi-time poster of the year, scrolling up is beneath me.
No one with an understanding of English football would suggest it though.
Indeed, get used to scrolling down with Boehly at the helm.
I don't care about an all star game but I'd love a play off for the final champions league spot.4th to 7th.
How exactly do you get the maximum profit though? MLB and NBA make money on these events because they are mid season events and fans and players care about them. Where exactly do you hold a mid season game in pl? The managers will go ballistic if you ask them to let their star players gp to play an extra meaning less friendly in december or january. Put it at the end of the season and you have a pro bowl, an event that neither fans nor players care much about and could cancelled even though american football is much more popular than either baseball or nba in america.
Yeah agreed, ideally in these situations it's economically viable/worthwhile while being beneficial for the other clubs. As you said the big owners will need recompense of some kind.
In which case clubs like Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham, Arsenal just aren’t going to allow their players in and interest decreases from very low to “oh, is that a thing?”
Him saying "Liverpool, United and Everton players in the same team?" was particularly clever, especially the day before international squads are announced.
would they have a choice?
You just proposed a contract, very easy to just not sign it.
Yeah Nations league is an abomination. Don't think I've watched a single game of it.
True, but I’m sure they’d take an extra bit of money in their pocket without having to do much in terms of organisation, just in the case of releasing players, especially if they don’t have to give away the big pot of tv money. I have a feeling that PL clubs would be fine releasing players to do this one off game if it meant they could pocket an 80% share and the lower pyramid could pocket 20% or something. Still very unfair of course but it is what it is.
Let's start having quarters instead of halves so we can sell more ad-breaks.
cheerleaders and halftime shows too!!
and at that point the one positive of this kind of move gets entirely destroyed, the revenue would just as I said go to supporting the current hegemony and those at the top would be pocketing that money and further be able to blow those below out of the water.
Oooh Chelsea boys are out to bat for ToddyBit overdramatic, no?
He's talking about a poxy all star game here, not getting rid of relegation or adding playoffs to the top race ffs.
Throw in the VAR breaks to make it more attractive for advertisers too.
It’s the Vanarama now
Let’s see what you say when Anthony Gordon breaks his leg playing in a pointless friendly with feck all to do with club or country other than brand awareness amongst some sort of fake north - south rival match
Would they? Why, cos you think you've got everyone pegged? You've got American's in here saying they don't give a feck about the All-star setups up they have over there, yet suddenly European football fans will be tuning in to their bastardised iteration for God knows what reason. Hilarious really.
"This VAR decision is presented by Gillette, unless it's a wrong decision then it's presented by one of our competitors."
You mean apart from the fact that basically all of us would watch it, just to talk shite about the players from other clubs?
I’d probably feel the same if Gordon broke his leg in any other game. It’s shit luck.
Something like this would be fun to watch with top players.
I was sceptical about him at first but I finally bent the knee and swore allegiance to our dear leader. I'm now duty bound to leap to his defence to quell any discontent anywhere on the internet.
Not a bad shout actually!
Still couldnt stop a bully takeover
Americans have had all star games in all their sports for decades, bit different to the first ever football one. If it happens , we can check how many million people tune in how about that? I could be wrong but I doubt it. It'll be popular as feck.
3 point contest- free kick challenge
A combination of players and fans. maybe media
