I fear it won't be long until it starts happening with domestic games in England.
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You might get a Charity Shield abroad but anything else would result in WW3 in England/Germany etc. Can't see it anytime soon.
The Athletic did a podcast about this last week.
I don't think this will be straightforward but it's the direction we're going
I don't think this will be straightforward but it's the direction we're going
The Charity Shield being moved is how it starts though. Spain moved their equivalent to Saudi and this is the inevitable next step.
I bloody hope not!
We already that game 39 idea floated around at one stage didn't we?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_39
I think there's 2 things that might save us from that. Fan backlash, and that the Premier League is top-dog when it comes to income already. Other federations/clubs see this kind of a thing as a way to catch up with the Premier League. We don't really need it although it didn't stop our clubs wanting to join the Superleague so never underestimate greed.
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As a Yank I love this, but I understand why all of you would be bothered by it.
That being said, the NFL has started having several games each season in London and Munich and everyone (expect the players) seems to love it.
That being said, the NFL has started having several games each season in London and Munich and everyone (expect the players) seems to love it.
Awful idea - hope the fans will fight any move for anything similar in England
I'd also question what the point is - how much money can something like this actually generate?
I'd also question what the point is - how much money can something like this actually generate?
What did the American fans of the teams that got picked to play in London make of it? Were they not bothered about being unable to go to the stadium to see them play, especially local season ticket holders?
Edit: Think they only have 8 home games a season too, so as a percentage one being moved halfway across the world is a big chunk of it. I'd be well pissed off!
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IMO one of the things I love about the league system in Europe is the double round-robin nature of it. Everyone plays everyone else, once at home, and once away. This change takes away from that symmetry and makes the fixture list less fair.
to Orlando, Florida
NFL is not comparable, they are franchises. No-one 'really' cares.
Spanish football culture is very different. If you thought the super league protests were decent wait and see what happens if they try this.
Obscene. If they try pull that in the PL, there needs to be protests bigger than the super league.
The majority of them don't attend every match, anyways, so most people didn't kick up a fuss about this. With that said, even if people had concerns, they didn't air them in any way, so they weren't that bothered by it.
It's a much bigger deal in the rest of the world than it is here, but then again, most people don't have any strong connection to their local sports team.
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Surely this damages the fairness of the competition? Not that those in power care about that, but still.
It'll go to unfortunately the few places NBC goto thesedays in their "fan fest" quests, L.A/Nashville/Boston and Orlando, I'd love it to come to New Orleans but that won't happen (though we are getting WWE + Superbowl next year)
Nothing too wrong with it, fans are all over the globe, players are totally beyond a normal fan thesedays and it's a good marketing tool in a big untapped market, the MLS might be miffed but they dent their own product by exclusively putting everything behind a paywall Apple TV anywho.
Nothing too wrong with it, fans are all over the globe, players are totally beyond a normal fan thesedays and it's a good marketing tool in a big untapped market, the MLS might be miffed but they dent their own product by exclusively putting everything behind a paywall Apple TV anywho.
Just a matter of time until it happens in England as well. Not next year, but in 5 or 10 years? I wouldnt bet against it in 2032 for example. A lot can happen until then, and football is evolving, for the worse.
Strange.
Game went ages ago. I don’t see how people can possibly be surprised by this.
Don’t Barca & RM need cash?
Only reason I can see why this is happening.
100% won’t happen in the PL
Most fans don't go to every game anyway, as it's cost-prohibitive. For a pair of season tickets (because nobody really goes to games alone out here) you're looking at probably $5k for the season for decent seats.
As a Yank it's nonsense. Those tickets won't come for cheap. And way to diminish your own domestic league that you're trying to grow by hosting La Liga games. A spit in the face of La Liga supporters who have home games and revenue taken away from them.
That's ignorant Eurosnob rubbish but ok
I know people love their NFL teams - but they aren't ingrained community hubs like they are in the UK (still).
Is that how desperate they are for money? Surprised the Middle East posse haven‘t already dug them out with that one.
But he is kinda right no? I mean it seems to be normal for a team to swap cities/states whatever so surely there is no big difference if they play in another country?
Globalisation of sport is already happening and is inevitable with the Premier League. I'm quite happy every year we get to see NFL games in London, I don't necessarily have a huge problem if the FA decided to give the U.S. a league cup or league game. Just be happy in this case it's the U.S. and not Saudi Arabia.
Tell that to Packers fans living in Green Bay. There is definitely a level of ignorance with believing that the NFL teams losing games doesn't matter as much because they are corporations rather than teams.
Disney World's in Orlando.
They aren't children of the community, but a lot of teams are involved in community activities and outreach in their areas. It's not a blanket-wide soulless franchise model like Zara
If Depor is in Primera in 2025 and I am a member, I would sacrifice myself to go to Miami / Los Ángeles with all expenses paid. Someone has to do it.
Yeah this is my main issue with it. Unless you're going to do both legs of a season in the US, it screws up the symmetry. And that's not factoring in that the fixture needs to be something quite neutral and "boring" (you can't have the fecking Clasico in the US), which is the antithesis of what you'd assume La Liga would prefer if they are trying to make waves in a new country.
Yeah people saying that haven't actually lived in a city with huge support for the franchise there. It's very much ingratiated into the culture in plenty of cities (doesn't necessarily have to be NFL either). I think people assume otherwise because US based franchises are almost always in major cities that dwarf almost every UK town that has a club, so the extra population gives the idea that it isn't as important (which is sometimes true but othertimes VERY false)
There's something really tin pot about sending league games abroad.
I bet they get the Classico or at the very least the Madrid derby. Maybe not the first year but before long. No way does Barcelona V Getafe garner any interest or money.
It happens, which is tragic. But it's not under consideration for the vast majority of teams
Recent example: Columbus Crew's former cnut owner tried to uproot the team from Columbus to Austin TX and got rebuffed primarily by the community.
They definitely are eyeing El Classico, which is just... If you want to see it, go to Madrid or Barcelona. I have no desire in paying $3000 to see them play in Jerry's World in Dallas
can't see muricans bothered to see any other games of La Liga not involving Barça or Real
Will Americans even understand as they big mac big mac bald eagle gun? 
Can they do it on a windy night in the windy city?