Whats wrong with football?

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

But it’s not about being competitive - it’s about making money. I’d imagine at least 4 of the English clubs are going to make a complete arse of themselves year after year.

Franchise football has arrived!

[Nemo]

Cor, UEFA are going nuclear. Ceferin's quotes are great fun, he's giving everyone involved a proper shoeing and suggesting that three CL semi-finalists might get kicked out.

Football administration is going to be more entertaining than football for the next month or so. Sky should bid for press conference exclusive rights.

Oh, and the government has announced an enquiry into the possibility of locking the barn door as the horse disappears into the distance.

[donkey]

Cor, UEFA are going nuclear. Ceferin's quotes are great fun, he's giving everyone involved a proper shoeing and suggesting that three CL semi-finalists might get kicked out.

I wish this would happen, but there's zero chance, sadly.

[BambooToTheFuture]

Asking Tottenham to join this Super League is akin to asking Bananaman to become an Avenger

That's fucking brilliant 

'When Eric Dier eats a banana...'

[RobertT]

You have to hope the various authorities actually have a back bone, I doubt it though.  They need to pull the drawbridge up behind these clubs before they have left - we will offer you nothing, not a jot to stop this from happening.  Go if you want, but we won't be giving you anything to not go.

The worst outcome here is that the leagues offer them incentives to stop the idea, which will only further break what is already a pretty broken sport for most at the fan level (not the paying consumer level - TV fans).

[chalkies shorts]

You have to hope the various authorities actually have a back bone, I doubt it though.  They need to pull the drawbridge up behind these clubs before they have left - we will offer you nothing, not a jot to stop this from happening.  Go if you want, but we won't be giving you anything to not go.

The worst outcome here is that the leagues offer them incentives to stop the idea, which will only further break what is already a pretty broken sport for most at the fan level (not the paying consumer level - TV fans).

Tell them to fuck off. If it doesn't happen now then it will eventually. Make them pariahs. They can only play each other. No friendlies. Nothing. Which franchise will pop up to swell the numbers, a Berlin team?
In fact, just kick them out now. Leicester league champions. Call off the caribau cup on Sunday. Give Leicester the FA cup, they do the double. Fuck them.

[BambooToTheFuture]

I wonder what *dons Richie Wellens voice* Pep Guwardeeyoewlohh thinks about it all?!

Still amazes me how RW couldn't say his name right. Where the fuck did he get that "W" from? 

[Matchworn Shirts]

Football already had been ruined years ago - by Sky and other TV money

[pauld]

Football already had been ruined years ago - by Sky and other TV money

Minded to agree. In a lot of ways this is just the logical conclusion of the Premier League and Champions' League. Which makes the Premier League and UEFA's bleatings about "integrity", "individual greed" and "good of the game" almost as nauseating as the Super League itself

[horlock07]

[flammableBen]

If 60% of 16 to 24 year olds are interested in football then it's got audiences figures that almost anything would dream of.

[flammableBen]

that would be an insanely large number

[4D]

I bet tht number would rise if they could watch it on their phones, whilst wearing headphones 

[flammableBen]

There is a bigger problem: How many of those '60% of 19-24 year olds' know the difference between the regulatory duties of the FA and League? PaulD only has so much time on his hands.

[4D]

I don't think he does