It's disgraceful because go back 20 years and these plastic clubs like Chelsea and Man Citeh wouldn't have been even at the table..
Worst thing they are doing is not looking after the lower league clubs which is where all the grassroots talent comes from. They start stealing talent from them at 9-14 years old.
English league going same way as Italian league back in mid 90s...Can't sustain when greed overtakes passion for the culture of the game. Italy wised up and limited amount of foreigners in their league. Quality of football in the league went down but their talent went up... Small clubs like Palermo.
Season ticket prices
Arsenal 2012 - £1955 / 2020 - £2013
Chelski 2012 - £ 1250 / 2020 - £1250
Aston Vulla 2012 - £595 / 2020 - £
Everton 2012 - £672 / 2020 - £680
Fulham 2012 - £959 / 2020 - £
Liverpool 2012 - £780 / 2020 - £869
Man Citeh 2012 - £745 / 2020 - £900
Manyoo 2012 - £950 / 2020 - £950
Noocasell 2012 - £717 / 2020 - £
Tottenham 2012 - £1845 / 2020 - £1895
West Bromwich 2012 - £449 / 2020 - £
West Ham 2012 - £850 / 2020 - £899
They been eating for a long time so per year they're making about £40 million from season tickets alone per year without adding worldwide TV deals and sponsorships.. smh
It's always about the money. Just like why the PL was started in the first place. And yes they should look out for then lower league clubs, but there are far too many professional teams and many of them have been running at a loss for years and years and years. Look at what happened to Bury? Theyve always been struggling to survive, I remember about 15-20 years back Gary Neville dad was outside the ground and with a bucket trying to collect money for the club. Fast-forward to 2019. The guy who owned it was dodgy as phuck and had been bankrupt on a couple of occasions. Shyt half if not the majority of the National League are pro in all but name. Reality is we got over 100 professional clubs down the English football pyramid, how is that really sustainable?
The current schedule pre covid was already hurting players and now, it's totally phucked. This NL should of been cancelled, but it wasn't, 6 international fixtures in Oct/Nov
on top of a condensed domestic and European schedule. How long can pro athletes maintain their levels with only 3 weeks off a year? Year in year out? And people wonder why players all of sudden fall off. And the PL is already the most physically demanding league and game in general is getting even quicker, the players will burn out, or even worse some could die. Yes that is extreme, but we don't really know what these teams are shooting these players up with and do we really want another Foe situation? Fabrice Muamba was lucky. Which is an interesting case within itself considering his club doctor at the time, is currently under investigation for testosterone with British cycling.
Serie A died with the Calciopoli scandal. Their inability to trust young players and development since then has nothing to do with what happened in the 90's. Serie A decline mirrors what happened to Italy as a country, no surprise in went hand in hand. Serie A has actually improved and hasnt been the boring defensive league that the critics like to portray it is for at least 3-4 years now. La Liga has taken that crown.
The passion for the game probably died some time ago with most people if they really sit down and think about it.
I'm pro players, without them and especially the high level ones the league isn't shyt.
