European Super League - the case for (not against)

[malumbu]

Well it's been coming for some time. I'd like to hear from those with a case for it. A good case, rather than it is just getting return on your investment. I'll be with many here and be watching Peckham Town when the fans are allowed back in. The word of the day is ?ingordigiousness?: extreme greed; an insatiable desire for wealth at any cost.

My case for it is below:

[DuncanW]

There is no case for it. It's a travesty, and the available sanctions should be used against clubs and players who participate.

The Premier League would be diminished greatly without those clubs, so hopefully they will see sense, but the game is bigger than any one club (or even six).

[holloway]

ESL organisers have said that the teams involved would still be part of their domestic leagues. Obviously the reason against the ESL relates to how seriously would our six teams take PL games on Saturday if they were playing a top European team on the following Wednesday? The PL would also be forced to make major re-scheduling arrangements.

This is terrible.

[????]

It?s a US coup manufactured by the US owners and their vulture partner JP Morgan that rides roughshod over European football culture and supporters. I haven?t spoken to any supporter of the so called big 6 who even vaguely supports this, they are as horrified as the rest of us. Premiership should grow a pair and immediately expel all 6 in my opinion.

[????]

Won?t happen

[Sephiroth]

Annoyingly it's knocked Jose being sacked off the agenda - I always enjoy this time of year

But yeah - the whole thing is a massive pile of shite and only underlines why many people I know have been drifting away from the game in recent years anyway. Even if whole thing collapses tomorrow, it leaves a great big cloud and has sucked any joy out of "supporting" a team.

[malumbu]

This is supposed to be about the case for. Here is the case for:

1. Football is now sold as a lifestyle, in particular for those with money to spend

2. It will be a further boost for on line betting

3. It's a global business, and will follow the money

4. Many in this country will still buy into it, come what may

Not that I am happy but always good to have a balanced argument.

On a similar subject strong arguments were put forward when test match cricket was taken off the list of crown jewels, ie home tests on terrestrial. I thought the opposite, wrote to government, and was proved correct.

[Alan Medic]

I'm boycotting this thread. There's a perfectly acceptable thread already where this topic could have been raised, which has been around a lot longer than this one. Unfortunately, I can't post there just now.....

[diable rouge]

Me neither, there's no way I'm joining a breakaway thread with it's fancy dan ideas of balanced arguments...

[Alan Medic]

Good. Say something interesting on the other one then. I promise to reply.

[malumbu]

Touche DR

AM, did you get out of bed the wrong side?

[????]

Dead as a dodo 🦤

[Sephiroth]

Suspect there will be quite the long tail on the fallout tho

What a clusterf@@@

[malumbu]

TF I didn't post last night when I assumed that the six had done their homework. I didn't see this one coming, and must be highly embarrassing for the six. It's the Prime Minister wot done it of course.....

[diable rouge]

Well, at least it was more entertaining than a lot of the football that's served up...