That reason it's still going and is 7 days a week is so Sky/BT/Amazon can pump the most value from their contracts and the reason it's still going is cos the betting industry would shit a brick if it stopped and football is hand in glove with it. The data industry has so much invested in football and betting too. Football needs the TV contracts.
Sadly that's why it's still going. It's not a romantic gesture on behalf of the nation. It's cos they're financially screwed as the model is based on those incomes if it stops.
I dunno. I look forward to the games as much as anyone, but there comes a point with the amount of cases where you wonder if it's the right thing to do. Ok, the players get paid a lot and there's testing and procedures, but we've seen with Steve Cotterill one example of problems. Players go home to families. Families who might have vulnerabilities and so on and so forth. Their wages are really not the point in all this.
I really don't know. I'd be bereft without it as I'm really struggling with the boredom of it all atm and Madine's goal today had me off my feet and screaming but I'm not sure I want to see the players dancing for my entertainment right now either.
I'm not that bothered about the integrity of the league or cup. It's just a game and money always fucks that over anyway, but I am concerned at the number of players going down week in, week out and the potential impact of that, whether directly or indirectly.