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Posted July 05, 2019 04:38 · last edited July 05, 2019 23:55

I may of course be wrong here, but I think that promotion and relegation only works in countries where football is the number one spectator sport. FIFA may make special cases for countries (=markets) where there is chance to expand football's presence commercially, but in general any significant growth of football would not suddenly topple other (top) sports commercially in any given country and tap into their funding. And promotion / relegation requires more clubs to have decent money than in a franchise model.

Examples to the contrary are welcome!

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Unknown editor edited July 05, 2019 23:55

I may of course be wrong here, but my own view is that promotion and relegation only works in countries where football is the number one spectator sport. FIFA may make special cases for countries (=markets) where there is chance to expand football's presence commercially, but in general any kind of even significant growth of football will not suddenly topple other sports commercially in any given country and tap into their funding. And promotion / relegation requires more clubs to have decent money than in a franchise model.

Examples to the contrary are welcome!

Unknown editor edited July 05, 2019 04:40

I may of course be wrong here, but my own view is that promotion and relegation only works in countries where football is the number one spectator sport. FIFA may make special cases for countries (=markets) where there is chance to expand football's presence commercially, but in general any kind of even significant growth of football will not necessarily topple other sports commercially in any given country. And promotion / relegation requires more clubs to have decent money than in a franchise model.

Examples to the contrary are welcome!

Unknown editor edited July 05, 2019 04:39

I may of course be wrong here, but my own view is that promotion and relegation only works in countries where football is the number one spectator sport. FIFA may make special cases for countries (=markets) where there is chance to expand football's presence commercially, but in general any kind of even significant growth will not necessarily topple other sports in any given country. Examples to the contrary are welcome!