Money Talks
It was announced today that the Premier League is considering plans to extend the season to 39 games by staging some games abroad.
Plain and simple this is a case of the rich getting greedy and the poor being left behind. If you were to visit the BBC website you would notice that this is the lead football story for obvious reasons, yet a smaller headline reads ‘Bournemouth enter administration’, there is something truly wrong with today’s game.
Whilst clubs like AFC Bournemouth, and Luton Town, enter the obscurity of administration, and face the possibility of closing their doors for good, the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, and others, lick their lips at the prospect of not only expanding their ever growing fan base but literally sell their souls for extra income.
The main aspects of the plans are:
- An additional round of Premier League fixtures, extending the season to 39 games, from January 2011
- Four clubs to travel to one of five host cities, with two games taking place in each venue over a weekend
- Cities would bid for the right to become a host, not for individual matches
- Points earned from the games would count towards the final Premier League table
As we’ve seen with television companies bidding for the rights to the Premier League the amount of money being offered is crazy. This will be the case with cities bidding for the rights to host those games.
Now, I’m all for playing some type of exhibition game, like the Community Shield abroad, but to hold actual league games in a far off country is ludicrous.
The game nowadays is evolving faster than some may like, and it seems that money is the main culprit of this. Chairman’s can longer give a manager the luxury of time. Instead it’s deliver the goods or be axed.
Remember, these are just ideas at the moment, let’s hope for the good of the game that this stays that way.
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http://thisissoccerusa.blogspot.com/ - a football fans thoughts
Plain and simple this is a case of the rich getting greedy and the poor being left behind. If you were to visit the BBC website you would notice that this is the lead football story for obvious reasons, yet a smaller headline reads ‘Bournemouth enter administration’, there is something truly wrong with today’s game.
Whilst clubs like AFC Bournemouth, and Luton Town, enter the obscurity of administration, and face the possibility of closing their doors for good, the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, and others, lick their lips at the prospect of not only expanding their ever growing fan base but literally sell their souls for extra income.
The main aspects of the plans are:
- An additional round of Premier League fixtures, extending the season to 39 games, from January 2011
- Four clubs to travel to one of five host cities, with two games taking place in each venue over a weekend
- Cities would bid for the right to become a host, not for individual matches
- Points earned from the games would count towards the final Premier League table
As we’ve seen with television companies bidding for the rights to the Premier League the amount of money being offered is crazy. This will be the case with cities bidding for the rights to host those games.
Now, I’m all for playing some type of exhibition game, like the Community Shield abroad, but to hold actual league games in a far off country is ludicrous.
The game nowadays is evolving faster than some may like, and it seems that money is the main culprit of this. Chairman’s can longer give a manager the luxury of time. Instead it’s deliver the goods or be axed.
Remember, these are just ideas at the moment, let’s hope for the good of the game that this stays that way.
soccer football premiership la+liga serie+a mls premier+league
http://thisissoccerusa.blogspot.com/ - a football fans thoughts
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