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[SWP's back]

To be fair MJ is still probably the most well-known sportsman in history. Not necessarily because of his incredible career, but more so because of his sponsorship deals.

He's was the greatest ever basketball player, with the greatest marketing team, in the biggest economy in the world. The stars aligned for him.

I’m aware of him because Nike stuck everything into him and his shoes but I still wouldn’t recognise him if he sat next to me on a train.

 

[Zenmanc]

this is a horrible take on sports in america

It's how it is, it isn't a take.

 

[Damocles]

We’ll see.

To my reading, the Government intervention is the only thing that can stop this and I'm not sure how far they would be willing to go legislatively.

I presume a lot. I presume that the owners knew the fan reaction and that they would have to ride it out. I presume that before launching this, they consulted various top legal firms in order to see what possible sanctions could be held and got an answer that UEFA and the PL are somewhat toothless. And I presume that the contracts they signed, if they exist, would have stringent penalties for reversing their decision.

So my opinion is mainly based on that but I could be wrong. It has been known to happen once or twice a century ;)

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Perez :" If Bayern Munich doesn't join the European Super league we will create our own Bayern Munich."

Fucking lol

 

[aguero93:20]

Yeah 150m just a random number but you get my point. Plenty of people can't afford Sky/BT or whatever equivalents around the world but if they could just do a one off payment to pay for a super league game of their choice I think the figures would be bigger than you think. If I could I would pay just for the City games, instead I have to spend a fortune monthly and get all the other shite.

Now tv already do close to that mate. Difference is the money goes to all clubs. You want to see the rags get 80% of the money from the derby?

 

[BobKowalski]

Interesting. I'd have thought they'd be all over this.

They will. All they said was they haven’t been involved. No where do they say they won’t be involved if approached.

 

[Steve68]

It’s rounders isn’t it?

Very slow, long drawn out Rounders. Not as bad as Armoured Rugby though. ;)

 

[Gumzy97]

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Can everyone stop posting for an hour so I can actually get some work done...

 

[Akiva]

German newspaper Bild have inside info on Liverpool wobbling over European Super League

Liverpool are growing ‘increasingly doubtful’ about the European Super League project after the wave of fan anger regarding the plans. The new European competition was announced on Sunday, with Liverpool, one of the ‘top six’ in the Premier League, announcing their plans to leave and join the...

sportwitness.co.uk

Come on City, move before the dippers if you have any credibility.

 

[aguero93:20]

Yeah. The football club with two local owners who aren't at all dodgy.

Agree, but still, the messenger might be a **** but the message is true.

 

[MCFC1993]

this is a horrible take on sports in america

It's not far off, half of the games end up meaning nothing especially in NBA. In the NFL fans start cheering against their teams to ensure the best draft picks.

 

[Gremlin]

The Super League plan could only be ended once it was brought out of the shadows and into the public domain. But that could only happen if City and Chelsea were on board.

By signing up on Friday City and Chelsea have allowed for the opportunity for this to be shot down in the way it is currently.

It's high risk and the club is quite rightly taking a monumental amount of stick, but if this sees the collapse of the super league and the demise of the people who have spent a decade working against us, the end game might be worth it...

This suggests all this is some sort of 4-dimensional chess game by Khaldoon and whilst I would love that to be true, I'm just not sure it is.

 

[Blue Pete]

Any competition ESL or CL where places are not based on open qualification but on historical performance is wrong.

 

[decmancity]

Now tv already do close to that mate. Difference is the money goes to all clubs. You want to see the rags get 80% of the money from the derby?

Not in HD and its 40secs behind live TV, NowTV is pretty crap in comparison to what will be done by Amazon etc but I get your point.

Well nobody knows what the weights of each team are etc so cant speculate on that.

 

[Maldeika]

Perez :" If Bayern Munich doesn't join the European Super league we will create our own Bayern Munich."

Background:
After Bayern got some critic in Germany and by the fans because of their press release yesterday - it still was too diplomatic for a lot of the fans - they did it again.

 

[Mellowyellow]

Organize the resistance! The superleagues collapse without the English clubs. You gave the game to the world, don't kill it in the end.
Greetings from Dortmund, happy with my Club not to join this all American system of greed

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

What's the strike in this context? Is it joining them and being needed to help them achieve what they want? Or is it a different game, to lead them down a garden path and make them look bad?

However bad we might make them look, we've hardly covered ourselves in glory here. If this is part of some devious master plan then it'd better be a bloody good one.

 

[MCFC1993]

Sterling and Mendy have retweeted Pep's press conference.

 

[Akira]