Champions League revamp

[GrandOldTeam]

The Champions League has all of those clubs, and BT paid £1.2 billion for the rights. The Premier League deal is worth about 3x that.

Because those 6 clubs play significantly more in the Premier League.

Anyone who thinks for one moment the TV deal would be anywhere near what it is without the audience's those 6 clubs bring are very, very wrong.

 

[Vax]

Here is Pep saying he found out a few hours before the release of the statement on the website and no one was spoken clearly about the details to him and he is in the same position.

How can they still call themselves football clubs (all of them) if it's just their big boss who take the decision and don't even inform the players and the managers?
Unless they are all lying but I bet they are not that good as actors.

 

[Death]

Pep says the Super League is not a sport.

What drugs are they on that they haven't had meetings with players and managers to see if they are onside. This is batshid crazy. They have it all set up yet the players, managers and fans are all against it. By far the weirdest period in football history.

 

[JammyP]

I know it's yesterday, but Gaz the Nev hits the spot (apart from getting the wrong people's club)

 

[DaChunk]

Pep just went off hahaha

 

[Lee Smith]

I know some of us like to laugh at clips of him from his Watch-Alongs when Man U lose, but Mark Goldbridge has been putting out some really good content over the last couple of days. Decent watch for another club’s perspective

 

[Martin Alvito]

Lets hope they are tied in mate - our best chance since 1992 to actually become a top club again except we wont be ran with the arrogance of the "top 6".

They're tied in with certainty. The question is how hard. A 50 million pound exit fee is not a 500 million pound exit fee. That's one variable we don't know.

They can all put in transfer requests and look to move to smaller clubs for less money...or they can go on strike....they have that freedom if they so choose....

i bet they won't do anything that costs themselves money

So let's talk about that one.

The mid-career ones are in a bad spot. They're accustomed to the money. They have WAGs that live a certain lifestyle. They may, or may not, have mistresses and love children to quietly support.

The late-career ones have the choice of an immediate payday or banking on life after football. Messi and Ronaldo will make far more from having their images plastered everywhere after they retire than they will from a contract now. See: Jordan. Even paid fairly at the end of his career, Nike was still paying him more IIRC. There's also things like broadcasting and managerial jobs to consider. Their call isn't clear cut. Some of them will take the money. Some of them may not.

The early-career ones haven't yet had the big payday and have international football to consider. Let's be direct - James made himself a lot of money at that World Cup. It's not clear to me how many of them will be advised to play the long game, how big the monetary discrepancy will really be and how many of them will take the long game advice.

Then there's the problem of legacy - they want to compete against the best, but don't know where the rest of the herd is going to go. They know where it is, but they don't necessarily know where it'll be, and some of them have contracts to negotiate.

My advice to them would be to sit down collectively, start talking, and for the English ones, work through the PFA. Get into the discussions in Parliament and get heard, but perhaps more importantly hear what's going on. Your bosses just tacitly said that you don't matter. They made a massive decision with massive implications for you without consulting you. That's a sign that there's a problem in the relationship. If you don't square that, and fast, they're going to keep treating you like that. Are you OK with taking their money, now knowing how they really feel about you, or is it going to eat at you?

 

[blaze]

These managers and players have all been thrown under the bus by the owners if we're to believe what they're saying (which they've all said they weren't told and heard about it at the same time as the rest of us). Hilarious the owners are still in hiding.

 

[Thomasc]

....l understand Bill Shankly’s grandson asking for the statue to be removed from the ground.

Oh hi Chico

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Pep now proceeding to drive the knife into UEFA here. Interesting development.

 

[tsubaki]

Because those 6 clubs play significantly more in the Premier League.

Anyone who thinks for one moment the TV deal would be anywhere near what it is without the audience's those 6 clubs bring are very, very wrong.

that’s true, but as a second or third rate competition that is what’s going to happen anyway

 

[degsy]

looks like the Government are going to get involved

Radio Caroline operated in international waters...well, outside the 3mile limit at least...and the Govt couldn't touch them.
So they amended the law in a roundabout manner that effectively shut them down
If the political will...aka, it's a vote winner or they think the law is being shown to be ineffective or whatever - it will be done.

 

[Tubey]

... and now he's gone off on one about absolutely nothing.

I think he was just suggesting if a big club has a big player injured, then cup competitions should be re-scheduled.

Which is... bonkers.

 

[BlueToff]

The problem with our model is that the absolute worst thing you can do is be mediocre. Be exceptional, or exceptionally dismal. 8-8, .500...those are for suckers.

Yeah and I'm by no means saying footy has it perfect. Just, it can't be a franchise sport...

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

If Chelsea and City are indeed wobbling then maybe they'll back out and be allowed to stay with some punishment?

At that point the other four can conceivably be removed and they'll at least have two cash cows left

City and Chelsea do very well when it comes to international casual fans who watch on the telly, so if the PL can keep them then they might not need the other four

City and Chelsea can "apologise", eat their fine and maybe a transfer embargo for one summer and still have more than enough money and squad depth to have a go at the Title

The PL then just needs to sort out four replacements, which could partly be the Old Firm and a few extra sides from the Championship