Hi Guys,
I haven't posted in a while but thought I should in light of the whole Liverpool TV money debacle...
Anyways me and a few friends follow the NFL as well. Whilst some teams do better than others due to good management, it is generally a level playing field with different teams doing well each year. The reason for this is that each team has a salary cap where they can only spend so much on players salary each season. The worst teams also get the best draft picks for players coming out of college as well as getting an easier schedule the next year.
The most important thing however, is that all the money created from merchandising etc goes towards the NFL organisation who gives it equally to the 32 teams.
My questions is, would you prefer it if all the money teams made from merchandising, ticket sales etc went to the Premier League who would distribute it evenly along with the TV money? Or do you think it should stay the way it is?
Should we be more like the NFL?
posted on 14/10/11
comment by ArryRaptorlovesBenAE.Ade is here to score goal... (U1071)
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Lol, but it's a good system if used well, which happens all the time.. You only have to look at last years Superbowl winners to see that.
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No worries RDBD. It just makes a change watching something where you know teams have a fighting chance, unlike the PL where only teams with lots of money win
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Only problem with the draft is that there is so much competition for the first few picks that the value of the contracts is inflated to ridiculous levels. You have unproved rookies earning tens of millions of dollars through their first contracts. Still, contracts are generally worth about as much as the paper they are written on in the NFL so it's not so bad.
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As a Spurs supporter, and in general, this is quite an interesting season for me. Citeh have pretty much entered the final phase of project Sugga Daddy, and for Spurs to do PL top 4 again, this team they will have to oust one of the bigger "Sky 4" who have had yrs of CL trough money.
The NFL draft system might be interesting if it could spread the youth talent out among the PL clubs for a couple of seasons. it wouldn't affect the final outcome (the better players still go to the big clubs) , but at least those clubs have them for a while.
posted on 14/10/11
The NFL draft system might be interesting if it could spread the youth talent out among the PL clubs for a couple of seasons. it wouldn't affect the final outcome (the better players still go to the big clubs) , but at least those clubs have them for a while.
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Yeah that's why there are salary caps, and you're able to franchise a key member of your team so that it would cost extra for other teams to try an sign them. The draft would be too complicated to work in football, I think, but salary and transfer caps should be enacted throughout Europe if possible .
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In fairness, the PL is much fairer compared to the Spanish League, where I believe all the teams except the top two have met to discuss what to do about all the TV money Barca and Madrid receive
posted on 14/10/11
Is it true that Germany basically did a "year zero" after Euro 2000 (grass roots, Bundesliga, national side etc) to ensure that at all levels of the game, there would be a strong/competitive aspect ??
Would be nice to do this in England, but the PL is all about the snouts in the trough. And the FA are well .. the FA.
posted on 14/10/11
i suggested something like this on 606 about 2 years ago and god roundly booed.