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The Super League is a uniquely American idea so if they're bashing America then that's fine. It's the further NFL-ization of European football where you can be as mediocre as ever as a big name club (Cowboys) and still get all the reward of having a big name (TV money). Glazer wants a system where he can just get piles of money regardless of how well United does each year and doesn't want a fluctuating system. 

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1m ago 12:25

Boris Johnson: 'It is against the basic principals of competition'

At his 5pm press briefing Boris Johnson has just been asked if he really believes he can stop the the ESL from happening. Here is what he had to say:

Our first step is to clearly to back the football authorities in this country in the steps they’re taking. There is no doubt that we don’t support it. It is not in the interest of fans and football. How can it be right that you create a cartel where you stop clubs playing against each other. It is against the basic principals of competition. Wee will seek a legislative solution but we hope they can find a way forward themselves.

What would he say to the billionaire club owners?

Football was invented and codified in this country. These clubs came from famous towns and cities in our countries and it’s not right they should be dislocated from their home cities and turned into international brands to circulate the globe [to suit the banks].

Updated at 12.26pm EDT

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7 minutes ago, mdmost said:

The Super League is a uniquely American idea so if they're bashing America then that's fine. It's the further NFL-ization of European football where you can be as mediocre as ever as a big name club (Cowboys) and still get all the reward of having a big name (TV money). Glazer wants a system where he can just get piles of money regardless of how well United does each year and doesn't want a fluctuating system. 

the glazers, henrys & kroenkes think they are jerry jones.  if the europeans even half understood that the evil 12 would have been seized by force overnight

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3m ago 17:30

The Guardian’s Jessica Elgot asks what is Boris Johnson’s own view on the German model of ownership (50+1) whioch gives fans a controlling stake in their clubs?

Johnson says it’s a matter for the minister for sport Tracey Crouch to address in her review and and he is of the opinion that she is impressed by those models.

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16 minutes ago, mdmost said:

The Super League is a uniquely American idea so if they're bashing America then that's fine. It's the further NFL-ization of European football where you can be as mediocre as ever as a big name club (Cowboys) and still get all the reward of having a big name (TV money). Glazer wants a system where he can just get piles of money regardless of how well United does each year and doesn't want a fluctuating system. 

Precisley

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2 hours ago, alincoln said:

Kill the indefensible and irrelevant Nations League and Club World Cup and place control of the CL and the distribution of its proceeds in the hands of the Big 5 leagues (not just a cadre of the super clubs) instead of UEFA bureaucrats.  UEFA and FIFA should manage their own legitimate international competitions (Euros and WC) but their oversight and control over club football should be greatly diminished.  Additional layers of bureaucratic middlemen increase inefficiency, waste and corruption, but that is the European way.

Agree with this as well as agreed financial/spending requirements and reporting with some actual teeth.

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1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

one of the big six that joined is in emergency meetings due to the sharp backlash from their fans

dont know which one

whoever it is I hope all other teams follow and realize how they fucked up.....I am a Spurs fan and it makes me sick that they are jumping ship

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3 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

one of the big six that joined is in emergency meetings due to the sharp backlash from their fans

dont know which one

Please be Liverpool....please be Liverpool....

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9 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

3m ago 17:30

The Guardian’s Jessica Elgot asks what is Boris Johnson’s own view on the German model of ownership (50+1) whioch gives fans a controlling stake in their clubs?

Johnson says it’s a matter for the minister for sport Tracey Crouch to address in her review and and he is of the opinion that she is impressed by those models.

Germany went from a not-for-profit model in which all clubs were owned by members associations to a 50+1 model that permitted limited private investment and ownership.   

England would be going the exact opposite direction from entirely private ownership to a 50.1% "fan" ownership. The Big 6 alone are collectively valued in excess of $20 billion.  The economic and legal implications of simultaneously requiring divestment of more than 50% ownership of all English clubs would be unworkable and in the long run Man United and Liverpool would be the greatest beneficiaries given that future spending would primarily depend on legitimate operating income.     

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29 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

the evil 12 are fucked

MP on sky

parliament can introduce a windfall tax on ESL earnings and fuck their work permits because.....

the UK are sovereign now (BREXIT)

woops

So BREXIT saves English football? 

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the evil 12 are fucked
MP on sky
parliament can introduce a windfall tax on ESL earnings and fuck their work permits because.....
the UK are sovereign now (BREXIT)
woops


They’ll just move the teams, NFL style.
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1 minute ago, MoJames said:

I've been thinking and if this goes thru I'll become a Leeds fan.

that is my #2 (soon to be #1) team......I have already told myself that too

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5 minutes ago, MoJames said:

I've been thinking and if this goes thru I'll become a Leeds fan.

This was my exact thought too lol. I guess there is some commonality amongst Blues.

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1 hour ago, mdmost said:

The Super League is a uniquely American idea so if they're bashing America then that's fine. It's the further NFL-ization of European football where you can be as mediocre as ever as a big name club (Cowboys) and still get all the reward of having a big name (TV money). Glazer wants a system where he can just get piles of money regardless of how well United does each year and doesn't want a fluctuating system. 

Maybe don't let them buy the teams then. German teams don't have this shit. 

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I'm already an Everton casual fan and have a jersey in my closet. It, Bayern and the German national team are the only kits I own. Bought the German one in Berlin as well immediately after they won the World Cup. I can't believe that beloved Liverpool is owned by a fucking American. I haven't paid attention much to Premiere League other than random fixtures.

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1 minute ago, usmc0331horn said:

How does Jerry Jones not own Chelsea as well? Seems like it'd be a match made in heaven.

Chelsea actually win stuff.

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Just now, mdmost said:

The Russian oligarch is going to save English football? Did not see that one coming. 

Probably worried about having his property seized by the state.  Wait, what?

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4 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

 

 

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I'm not a math major, but if Chelsea withdraw, that means 15 of the 20 current clubs (75%) could vote to expel the other five. Right?

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52 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:
56 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

one of the big six that joined is in emergency meetings due to the sharp backlash from their fans

dont know which one

Please be Liverpool....please be Liverpool....

 

As if John Henry cares about his fans.

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