> 20Legend, re: tv timeouts, how is the crux of that any different to the wholesale selling out of the premier league to the broadcasters? They've not introduced timeouts but the PL schedule is absurd, 100% tailored to the tv market, fans be damned.
Yeah I can see your point but at least current state has some semblance of competitive integrity across it. By completely handing ownership over to a few clubs the dynamic changes even moreso than the Premier League.
I don't buy these comparisons with the change to the Premier League. Yes it was commercially driven, but fundamentally teams still have to perform on the field.
Yeah I can see your point but at least current state has some semblance of competitive integrity across it. By completely handing ownership over to a few clubs the dynamic changes even moreso than the Premier League.
I don't buy these comparisons with the change to the Premier League. Yes it was commercially driven, but fundamentally teams still have to perform on the field.
Sorry man- as a 90s United fan we've gotta realise that money talks. Sheffield have gone back down, so have Bournemouth.
United won with financial muscle as much as with the class of 92. They started the move to this era. And this just makes it stark. Maybe they factor on a lot of fans outside Europe and enough in Europe?
It's also a comment on greed- two clubs famously financed by petro-dollars as we fail to meet climate challenges...
Edit: thinking about it a bit further Manchester and Liverpool were history we could drape over the sport we follow to pretend it's not the America's Cup.