Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[Yehuda]

Someone said this will be Mbappé in 2030 after winning his 8th consecutive UCL final against Aston Villa.

 

[NSSVO]

Contracts binding. Issa wrap

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

I just noticed the title change

it had a good long run while it lasted guess its time to find a new sport

trying to figure out which sepak tekraw team to bandwagon now

 

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it had a good long run while it lasted guess its time to find a new sport

trying to figure out which sepak tekraw team to bandwagon now

 

[Montez]

Bro... get out of here, lol. Next you're gonna suggest we give them timeouts.




Please don't do this

That's going to happen.

Water breaks where they will sell advertising. They missed a trick with this during project restart.

 

[H.J.Duck]

That right there should stop every real football fan from supporting this bullshyt.

 

[StoneColdSteveAustin]

Champions League has become stale. Same teams, boring matches.

So the solution is a league with even more of the same ol matches?

Money in football has to be distributed more evenly so teams like Belgrad, Rotterdam or Kopenhagen can make a deep run in the CL.

 

[concise]

This was released just days before the Super League announcement.

 

[Blessings]

UEFA quick to speak out on Super League, but loses its voice on racism - Shaka Hislop

 

[JDH]

but that's what American owners will want. That's the end game.. Capitalism doesn't sleep..

Looks like there will be some type of salary cap

Another key attraction is the introduction of new cost control mechanisms.

Super League clubs have committed to spending only 55 per cent of their revenues on “sport spending”, such as player salaries, transfer and agent fees, according to people familiar with the terms. Currently, European clubs typically spend 70-80 per cent of their income on footballers’ wages alone.

The competition’s structure would resemble that of “closed” North American sports leagues, where franchise owners enjoy reliable profits and team valuations have risen steadily over time.

That model has proved lucrative to many billionaire US backers of the Super League. This includes: John W. Henry who owns Liverpool and baseball’s Boston Red Sox; the Florida-based Glazer family that owns the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester United; and Stan Kroenke own several US sports franchises such as Los Angeles Rams, as well as Arsenal.

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[frush11]

He's not wrong on this.

The Champions League has become stale. Same teams, boring matches. I don't know if this helps but I do miss the old days.

And it's gonna be the same ole matches In the Super League.

Unless you talking bout the straight knockout days. What exactly is different now then say 10 years ago? Other then different players and Coaches.

Champion League like everything else it's all about the matches.

My early memories off watching CL, were the absolutely boring matches involving Juventus. Most CL, WC, Copa, AFCON, Gold Cup or as matter of fact, most games period are boring unless its a team you support.

 

[frush11]

Looks like there will be some type of salary cap


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I knew this was the end game

These players better have a strong union situation

 

[The axe murderer]

 

[The axe murderer]

Maybe they're gonna do like the nfl and have 5 million ads with like 15 minutes of actual gameplay

 

[Babyshambles]

That's going to happen.

Water breaks where they will sell advertising. They missed a trick with this during project restart.

Please no. One of the greatest things about football is just getting to kick back for 45 minutes at a time, without interruptions. I love the NBA, but I can't get myself to watch a live game with all the time-outs/ads. Gets me right out of the game.