I also hope you're right LIW, but - as Macca said a few posts above - when the money starts talking...
Unfortunately, I can see the ESL gaining traction and support amongst the gilded clubs - after all, it really is all about money and so, if the ESL is offering a bigger pot of money, the clubs will follow.
However, I can also see the lower leagues continuing, albeit with less media exposure and hence less money, and people still following their team. Wages will be far lower, less ad-revenue, the quality will necessarily be lower, but it will still be your team.
Sadly, I can also see the two diverging over the next couple of decades.
A grass-roots game of football and the Soccertainment provided by the ESL.
Seems to me to be sad times.
comment by RadebeTedd (U17015)
posted 7 hours, 39 minutes ago
… and the Soccertainment provided by the ESL.
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Indeed … the travelling theatre that’s “coming to your town” like a Harlem Globetrotters show.
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 3 hours, 19 minutes ago
What a shame we no longer have Meadowlark Lennon playing for us....
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Nice 😁👍
Bloodied nose
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posted on 22/12/23
I also hope you're right LIW, but - as Macca said a few posts above - when the money starts talking...
Unfortunately, I can see the ESL gaining traction and support amongst the gilded clubs - after all, it really is all about money and so, if the ESL is offering a bigger pot of money, the clubs will follow.
However, I can also see the lower leagues continuing, albeit with less media exposure and hence less money, and people still following their team. Wages will be far lower, less ad-revenue, the quality will necessarily be lower, but it will still be your team.
Sadly, I can also see the two diverging over the next couple of decades.
A grass-roots game of football and the Soccertainment provided by the ESL.
Seems to me to be sad times.
posted on 23/12/23
comment by RadebeTedd (U17015)
posted 7 hours, 39 minutes ago
… and the Soccertainment provided by the ESL.
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Indeed … the travelling theatre that’s “coming to your town” like a Harlem Globetrotters show.
posted on 23/12/23
What a shame we no longer have Meadowlark Lennon playing for us....
posted on 23/12/23
comment by Jonty (U4614)
posted 3 hours, 19 minutes ago
What a shame we no longer have Meadowlark Lennon playing for us....
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Nice 😁👍
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