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Posted July 13, 2016 03:29 · last edited March 18, 2021 06:03

Surge wrote:
brumbys wrote:

I think his point is that the global interest in the Chinese market won't be that big.

Yes they have a huge enough market to sustain themselves, but why would someone from a western background get excited about a brand new league in SE Asia when they have established to focus on first.

I think my point was that the point for them is not to get people from western backgrounds excited at all. We have our own leagues... some of which are in many ways not far ahead of theirs; and in other ways far behind.

The Chinese don't need outside interest. Their population self-sustains a league without relying on any overseas revenue and even paying these huge wages and transfer fees will see them reap a profit. They aim to have 50 million children and adults playing football by 2050 and if they do that, they will dominate. They couldn't care less about overseas interest.

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Surge wrote:
brumbys wrote:

I think his point is that the global interest in the Chinese market won't be that big.

Yes they have a huge enough market to sustain themselves, but why would someone from a western background get excited about a brand new league in SE Asia when they have established to focus on first.

I think my point was that the point for them is not to get people from western backgrounds excited at all. We have our own leagues... some of which are in many ways not far ahead of theirs; and in other ways far behind.

The Chinese don't need outside interest. Their population self-sustains a league without relying on any overseas revenue and even paying these huge wages and transfer fees will see them reap a profit. They aim to have 50 million children and adults playing football by 2050 and if they do that, they will dominate. They couldn't care less about overseas interest.