North v South.

[bovril]

[Golden Fox]

Christ, what a moronic idea.

 

In every US sport, the All Star games have become less and less relevant as the years have gone on, and have problems making the Star players actually attend and then have to keep tinkering with the format to try and generate interest (e.g. having team captains who then hold a player draft). Non-competitive games like are a dying breed in our sporting landscape: we don't need to invent more.

 

And where is the space in the calendar for it? The players play too many games as it is. Ideas to cut down number of games would be useful - not the other way around.

 

 

[grobyfox1990]

Calendar wise it would be pre or post season surely. Clubs are happy to flog their squads around the world doing pointless media appearances 'in the vital preparatory weeks leading up to the start of a brutal season' so i'm sure a few £m each would convince them to stop the plane in Singapore for an all-big 6 jamboree.

[davieG]

35 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Will never ever ever happen. The likes of Klopp and Conte et al are very happy whinging about the amount of games being played and the scheduling of them, but are also more than happy to take the OTT ludicrous completely unjustified salaries. It's 24/7 football that pays your funny money fellas. There are very few instances where you can have your cake and eat it, football i dont think is one of them. The game is about money, not glory.

You're talking about managers I'm saying the players should do something they earn enough without all these games having a potentially serious affect on their ability and careers.

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, Aus Fox said:

The game if it happened, would 100% be played in the States where the fans would lap it up and pay big money for a ticket. They wouldn’t risk the protests like when they introduced the super league idea to ruin “their product” by holding the game in England.

Yeah it starts off with one in the states, and then 6 months later, fhe next one in Asia etc... 

[grobyfox1990]

6 minutes ago, davieG said:

You're talking about managers I'm saying the players should do something they earn enough without all these games having a potentially serious affect on their ability and careers.

Yes sorry should have made it clearer, i include players in the same bracket. Its a short career, the sun does not shine forever, you're only one hamstring tear away from it all ending. Players want to make as much money as possible in the short time they have, cant blame them for that. I highly doubt you will ever see a player pulling out of prestige games like this, rather pull out of international friendlies, internationals are pointless at the best of times and i think the FA only pay players around £20k a game lol, peanuts.

 

In a game like this they will turn up, play at max 25% effort, bank the cash, go home.

[Finnegan]

Said it in the Premier League thread as well but absolutely fvck this and fvck American owners in the sport.

 

I have sympathy for American fans and the average American citizen, I don't have any ill feeling for anyone really as a nation. 

 

But the sad fact is that wherever American interest goes, so do American billionaires looking to cash in. I hate it. The greed and commercialism in football is bad enough now, if we keep getting an influx of American owners and interest it'll only get worse. 

[Lako42]

Nobody in the US gives two ****s about the pro ball game in the NFL. 

 

Would be no difference with this shit 

[CosbehFox]

2 hours ago, filbertway said:

Games will end up being played all over the world and will target a world wide audience to help gain as much income as possible. Maybe they can even tour the league and have countries host an entire gameweek of fixtures.

Gameweek 1 in Australia
Gameweek 2 in China
Gameweek 3 in Qatar
etc

 

UEFA will do this before the domestic leagues do - I have no doubt in the next five years aka the next European competitions loop we see the first European fixtures played at weekends.  That greatly helps logistically raise the TV revenues - 7.45pm kick-offs don't really work for the Asian market. 

[ealingfox]

This is why Americans should be banned from football in this country.

[Fox92]

It's always the American owners.

[davieG]

We could take this further by going more local there's plenty of teams that are quite close to each other that they consider as their rivals. Now that would be something worth watching.

[Corky]

How much more money does this sport and the people involved actually want? 

 

Shit idea but I'm sure the more it is pushed the closer it will get.

[Goober]

I should hate the idea but I don't. Could be worth trialling at least

[jonthefox]

Yet another reason to start hating football.

[HybridFox]

People think it will the best vs the best. Reality is it'll be a glorified training match giving 15 min cameos here and there so players don't get injured.

 

It will be less competitive than Soccer Aid

[Jon the Hat]

7 hours ago, davieG said:

We could take this further by going more local there's plenty of teams that are quite close to each other that they consider as their rivals. Now that would be something worth watching.

Its an interesting idea.  What if almost every area with enough interest had a team?  You could organize into a league structure with points for winning, and maybe fewer for a draw.  Then have teams move up and down between leagues based on who wins and who loses over a season of games.  All this brilliant idea needs is an Aussie injection of some more points for a goal - maybe 6?  And give them a point for just missing too.  Lets say 1 point for that.  Its genius.

[marbles]

12 hours ago, ealingfox said:

This is why Americans should be banned from football in this country.

Damn Americans should be banned from everything!!

[Bert]

Absolutely despise Boehly. 

[Foxdiamond]

Horrible idea. Chelsea should be relegated leaving only two places for us to worry about.