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basilrobbie
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.... for the select few clubs.
I am sure that we are regularly told that the EPL is too big and needs to be reduced in size. But apparently fatigue doesn't extend to playing in lucrative European competitions. And if you are Liverpool or Man United, the coefficient rule means that you can probably climb abroad even if you finish tenth.
The consequences for the rest of us? Well, Cup replays will probably vanish altogether. You might eventually find that Cup games and ever more League games get moved into midweek when they realise that TV audiences for the EuroGroupWank will probably be bigger at the weekend.
If you are a fan of a smaller club, you aren't even a consideration. If you are a subscriber to Sky and the like, regrettably, you are underwriting this, whether you intend to or not.
Football isn't like the NFL ; travelling often long distances to watch games is part of the culture here in a way that it isn't over there. But the two might start to look more and more similar as we go forward. Speaking as someone who loves both, I think it is a shame that both cultures can't co-exist. But when TV broadcasters effectively bankroll the sport, then one of those cultures almost certainly has to go.
I am sure that we are regularly told that the EPL is too big and needs to be reduced in size. But apparently fatigue doesn't extend to playing in lucrative European competitions. And if you are Liverpool or Man United, the coefficient rule means that you can probably climb abroad even if you finish tenth.
The consequences for the rest of us? Well, Cup replays will probably vanish altogether. You might eventually find that Cup games and ever more League games get moved into midweek when they realise that TV audiences for the EuroGroupWank will probably be bigger at the weekend.
If you are a fan of a smaller club, you aren't even a consideration. If you are a subscriber to Sky and the like, regrettably, you are underwriting this, whether you intend to or not.
Football isn't like the NFL ; travelling often long distances to watch games is part of the culture here in a way that it isn't over there. But the two might start to look more and more similar as we go forward. Speaking as someone who loves both, I think it is a shame that both cultures can't co-exist. But when TV broadcasters effectively bankroll the sport, then one of those cultures almost certainly has to go.