- Aug 22, 2006
- 15,981
- 33,235
Yeah but none of this is based on past history. It's been designed purely around infrastructure and drawing as big an audience as possible. No one in Asia is going to e interested in watching Forrest v Villa at a run down old stadium. 2 clubs that have been up and down the divisions for the last decade. I'd wager both clubs pale into significance as far as younger world wide support. That is the money they are trying to attract as that is sustainable income. I completely understand why these clubs don't want the governing bodies making the money they do off their backs. It's stink for the longest time tbh. It was set up badly, and poorly executed but a change is needed, and that can't be based around teams that were mostly relevant 20+ years ago. The closed shop was bs, and should never been a thing. The rest I could easily get on board with.
Yeah I agree, it was just the "nothing club" comment regarding Everton I thought was a bit daft, putting it politely.
The problem for me (apart from the closed shop bs) is that this cartel were targetting kids who have zero interest in football outside perhaps playing FIFA and scoring every goal by dribbling round 6 players with a dozen stepovers. When they start watching Real vs Juve for the 3rd time in a season and realise that in reality it doesnt work like that they'd soon bugger off again.
I'm still incredulous with rage that "legacy" supporters are thought of so dismissively.