Closed shop football league wanted by FIFA

J J

JASR

Well-Known Member
Joined
1 Sep 2015
Messages
7,792
Buried in an article about leadership of African football, is an interesting snippet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51344314

Snippet:
On Saturday, Fifa's president Gianni Infantino spoke to Caf members at a seminar in Morocco on the development of African football where he proposed that the Africa Cup of Nations be held every four years rather than two.

He also said he wants to create a pan-African Super League with 20 permanent member clubs and build new stadiums in every member African country with $1 billion US dollars earmarked to finance the program.

dry-run for their longed for static istree clubs super league of Europe?
 
JASR said:
Buried in an article about leadership of African football, is an interesting snippet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51344314

Snippet:
On Saturday, Fifa's president Gianni Infantino spoke to Caf members at a seminar in Morocco on the development of African football where he proposed that the Africa Cup of Nations be held every four years rather than two.

He also said he wants to create a pan-African Super League with 20 permanent member clubs and build new stadiums in every member African country with $1 billion US dollars earmarked to finance the program.

dry-run for their longed for static istree clubs super league of Europe?
Click to expand...

I'd say it's more likely a move towards a proper world club tournament. To me, it's inevitable. Financially, why would you stop at the European CL ? But to do it you need powerful leagues across the world otherwise you end up with fiascos like that thing Liverpool were in.
 
Not read the details but from the sounds of it could it be that he wants 20 clubs to create a solid foundation for a number of years so that the whole continent can benefit? Sounds as right or wrong as positive discrimination is. Not fair if you are not in the 20 but has a greater good.
 
TonyM said:
Not read the details but from the sounds of it could it be that he wants 20 clubs to create a solid foundation for a number of years so that the whole continent can benefit? Sounds as right or wrong as positive discrimination is. Not fair if you are not in the 20 but has a greater good.
Click to expand...
I don’t think it has a greater good unless there’s relegation/promotion, and in a league of 20 that’s for 3 going on 4 teams.
It’s a US style competition, everyone in it benefits, but you can’t get in it, and you can’t be pushed out of it. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

It would be for the greater good of the 20 teams and their owners and the competition runners, but there’s no way the other hundreds and thousands of teams in Africa would benefit except as being grateful for the scraps thrown at them, helping them to survive the vacuum of incoming money.
 
JASR said:
Buried in an article about leadership of African football, is an interesting snippet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51344314

Snippet:
On Saturday, Fifa's president Gianni Infantino spoke to Caf members at a seminar in Morocco on the development of African football where he proposed that the Africa Cup of Nations be held every four years rather than two.

He also said he wants to create a pan-African Super League with 20 permanent member clubs and build new stadiums in every member African country with $1 billion US dollars earmarked to finance the program.

dry-run for their longed for static istree clubs super league of Europe?
Click to expand...
An NFL-Like franchise setup would certainly be appealing to our American owners.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top
✖
  AdBlock Detected
Bluemoon relies on advertising to pay our hosting fees. Please support the site by disabling your ad blocking software to help keep the forum sustainable. Thanks.