European Super League - Dead on arrival

[StephenH]

We are saved, Boris is on the case, so relax people.

European Super League: Boris Johnson says 'we'll do everything we can to make sure league doesn't go ahead'

https://news.sky.com/story/european...all-clubs-including-six-from-england-12279893

 

[Raziel]

We are saved, Boris is on the case, so relax people.

European Super League: Boris Johnson says 'we'll do everything we can to make sure league doesn't go ahead'

https://news.sky.com/story/european...all-clubs-including-six-from-england-12279893

which amounts to "he will do absolutely nothing except run his mouth"

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

as a fan of a club from another country in another sport I loved being able to see them play a proper league game in London

What your talking about is not a sport but rugby with protective clothing for junkies.

 

[StephenH]

which amounts to "he will do absolutely nothing except run his mouth"

Correct!

 

[Finney Is Back]

Same, the big London derbies, banter between fans get me far more excited than Tottenham Vs Barcelona etc. The atmosphere will be gone because the kind of fans that create atmosphere won't be in support of Derp

Works quite well for us as we keep our derbies with Arsenal and Chelsea. Do we really care about any of the others anyway? I guess West Ham a little bit.

 

[Baleforce]

What your talking about is not a sport but rugby with protective clothing for junkies.

I also loved the Tour coming through my village a few years ago

 

[Finney Is Back]

If they tried it, the other 14 clubs would be the first ones complaining, they are bankrolled by TV money that comes their way because of the big clubs

Not necessarily. I think we'd have to see how this one played out. It may depend on what the existing rights holders did (i.e. would Sky, BT, Bein, etc demand partial refunds?)

 

[ShipOfTheseus]

Works quite well for us as we keep our derbies with Arsenal and Chelsea. Do we really care about any of the others anyway? I guess West Ham a little bit.

Always liked beating SCBC. Will miss that a bit.

 

[Finney Is Back]

Always liked beating SCBC. Will miss that a bit.

We'll still be able to do that.... In fact we'll be virtually guaranteed to do so due to having a budget about 3 times bigger than theirs.

 

[ShipOfTheseus]

We'll still be able to do that.... In fact we'll be virtually guaranteed to do so due to having a budget about 3 times bigger than theirs.

We’ll be playing the kids in Prem games. A win isn’t nailed on.

 

[Baleforce]

This made me laugh, that's literally what United did in the 90/00's

https://twitter.com/x/status/1383983343323160581

 

[glasgowspur]

See a few mentions for celtic getting an invite, I'd be all for that if I can get an away ticket

 

[ShipOfTheseus]

Spurs Twitter will become odd. Message boards are only for elderly curmudgeons these days, so will remain the preserve of “legacy fans”. But there will be so many kids globally choosing an ESL team at random and landing on Spurs.

 

[Raziel]

We’ll be playing the kids in Prem games. A win isn’t nailed on.

Have you seen the money figures? paper talk is

- $300M for joining, $200M+ per season
- As for perspective, CL used to net us 40-98M a season

Our fudging B team will be a lot more impressive ..

 

[ShipOfTheseus]

Have you seen the money figures? paper talk is

- $300M for joining, $200M+ per season
- As for perspective, CL used to net us 40-98M a season

Our fudging B team will be a lot more impressive ..

yeah, fair point

 

[milo]

This made me laugh, that's non-figuratively what United did in the 90/00's

https://twitter.com/x/status/1383983343323160581

His best mate started a franchise in the US that his brother manages. Is it ok there but not here?

 

[Baleforce]

Spurs Twitter will become odd. Message boards are only for elderly curmudgeons these days, so will remain the preserve of “legacy fans”. But there will be so many kids globally choosing an ESL team at random and landing on Spurs.

I've long considered myself a fan of the future

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

I also loved the Tour coming through my village a few years ago

That is a sport.

 

[Danishfurniturelover]

I've long considered myself a fan of the future

Garlic bread?

 

[spurspinter1]

Dumb question (maybe naive) but is this actually going to happen then? I don't like change (apart from possibly the other big change of the day).