Are 12 American owners a serious threat to our game ?

[Chris-NCL]

For what it’s worth, the next World Cup final is going to have an extended half time break for a half time show.

 

[better dead than red]

While your “statistics” might be right, you’re talking about sports contracts in sports that play over 162 games in a season, often playing for 3 days in a row, with multi-billion dollar TV contracts, across multiple channels, and TV time outs every few mins to get the ad dollars flowing. They also have wall to wall TV talk programming about each game for a couple of hours before and after the game, AND this all takes place both regionally and nationally.

Ergo, you can’t compare US sports with UK sports on the metrics you describe.

However, how would you like NO TRANSFER FEES, which keep small clubs alive?

How about revenue sharing?

A draft, where the worst team get the best players next season, and only being able to protect “franchise players” every year?

A salary cap?

No relegation or promotion, just the same teams in the same league every year?

Or billionaire owners who decide all these rules, with a “League CEO” who is in their pocket to protect the billions that keep flowing TO THEM?

How about $130 (£100) tickets?

Oh and those tickets require a “seat licence” that “entitles” you to buy that ticket?

How about £10 for a 12oz beer?

How about £10 for a hot dog?

How about $250 for a parking spot for 9 games?

If we are going to laud a few things, let’s talk about the whole package, shall we?

Not to take anything away or add to your post other than this but saw recently, can't confirm yet, that a pint of domestic at Los Angeles Dodgers games next season will be 30 USD!!

 

[better dead than red]

That's not really true. A fair number of NFL players make more than Haaland, for example, to play 16 "guaranteed" games. Same with MLB pitchers, who will play about 30 and rarely finish those games. Haaland plays 40-50 a year.

Very few, very few NFL contracts are "guaranteed." On the other hand, many if not most NBA contracts are guaranteed money.

 

[WT86]

Very few, very few NFL contracts are "guaranteed." On the other hand, many if not most NBA contracts are guaranteed money.

I meant guaranteed in the sense that the player's commitment is at least 17 games if healthy and the team needs him, not guaranteed money.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Football in no way should be changed by Yanks or to be like yank sports.
That's the end of the story

We are already getting previously unheard of light shows at matches
(which I am not a fan of!).
I could probably tolerate some ra - ra girls though...... ;- )

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

A large part of Ireland supports the Rags or Wall Pushers/CoachWreckers/SystemHackers/TicketSnatchers!.

Let's have the full indictment.

 

[dadnlad]

Yanks have been trying to manipulate football since the 80''s when they won the world cup in 94.

US TV channels asked FIFA if they could have a break midway through the first and second halfs as they said American audiences wouldn't be able to concentrate for 45 minutes as they were used to ad breaks every 5 minutes. Fortunately FIFA said no.

Nowadays FIFA follow the money so if US channels ask for that again in 2030 and grease FIFA's palm I'm sure they would think about it

Arteta is already trialling the idea

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Not to take anything away or add to your post other than this but saw recently, can't confirm yet, that a pint of domestic at Los Angeles Dodgers games next season will be 30 USD!!

I checked…highest price for a beer at a Chicago sports arena is $18 for a 24oz beer ($15+ $3 tax!!).

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Yanks have been trying to manipulate football since the 80''s when they won the world cup in 94.

US TV channels asked FIFA if they could have a break midway through the first and second halfs as they said American audiences wouldn't be able to concentrate for 45 minutes as they were used to ad breaks every 5 minutes. Fortunately FIFA said no.

Nowadays FIFA follow the money so if US channels ask for that again in 2030 and grease FIFA's palm I'm sure they would think about it

Wait for the “water breaks” in the US summer sun. They’ll be a nice 2-3 minute advertising break in each half and we will essentially be at 4 x 22.5 minute Quarters. Make the halftime 20 mins instead of 15, and you can add another 4 mins to the already 12 mins at HT, too!

Throw in the stadium advertising, much of it “green screen” and AI, plus a sponsorship panel on the screen at all times, plus the “slo-mo replay sponsored by Toyota” for every highlight, and you’re almost AMERIKA!!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

They'd just pretend it was a water break

Just saw this. Sorry I repeated it and expanded on it.