Based on income and economic inequality, education, and healthcare we are more like the 1870s than the 1970s. The oligarchs of the 1870's would be proud of their 2020s counterparts and jealous of their success in rigging the system to an ever greater extent than anyone in the 1870's could even imagine. Though I'm personally hoping for a correction like the French Revolution.
If The English Game on Netflix was any indication true story or not, soccer was a sport for amateurs, the wealthy and well-connected in England. A working-class soccer player who wanted to get paid for his role was considered taboo. Thus, the professionalism of soccer was born and therefore money in sports.
So the "Super League" is imploding in less than 72 hours. Chelsea is out, Man City is apparently backing out and the lead guy pushing it at Man U is out effective 12/31. PSG, Bayern Munich and Ajax all publicly said "no" as has Sevilla. What a shitshow.
UEFA threatened to throw them all out of the Champions and Europa Semifinals. And NO TV money. And that was the whole reason for doing this. However, schedule congestion in the Spring is still a big problem.
similar theatrics occurred in Formula 1 not too long ago. Use what levers you have to achieve change.... although it would appear the breakaway soccer teams may have lost any edge they had, unlike the F1 teams....
One of the differences is the immense amount of money it takes to field any Formula 1 team, let alone one that actually is competitive. All of the Super League teams could be replaced by other existing teams in their respective leagues and the competition wouldn't miss a beat. It would take time for the fans of the Super League teams to gravitate towards others, but I would suggest that all European countries are becoming more cosmopolitan so that the old "I was born a (fill in name ot team) supporter is becoming a historic relic.
Frankly, I think that the smart move (and the really Big Money) would be for the 32 or 30 Big Clubs to drop out of their national leagues and form a new European Super League along the lines of the NFL with conferences, divisions and playoffs - and absolutely no pro/rel. After having done that, the Big Clubs would agree to participate in the Champions League tournament, if selected, and participate in their home countries version of the F.A. Cup, as seeded.
I appreciate the goals embodied here. Which is my first response to vegans generally, as well as my first response to people who clean out their peanut-butter jars well enough to actually recycle them.
Ulises Segura out indefinitely after knee surgery. From a web description of the procedure: Osteochondral allograft transplantation in the knee is an alternative to knee joint replacement that may be used to treat a young and healthy population with symptomatic cartilage defects. The defect may be identified by MRI and/or arthroscopy. When conservative management has failed, a diagnostic arthroscopy is indicated to assess the location, size, and severity of the defect(s). These findings determine what method is best suited for cartilage restoration. Osteochondral allograft transplantation is indicated for large lesions that have affected the knee cartilage and subchondral (beneath cartilage) bone. Osteochondral allografts are composed of fresh donor tissue and are procured from tissue banks that follow strict safety guidelines. In layman's terms, a knee so knackered that if it was an old fart like me, they would be doing knee replacement. Really feel for the guy, only 27 and his knees are shot.
Didnt there used to be a DCU alumni thread? Anyway, future US National team coach Jesse Marsch is expected to upgrade his Red Bulls by moving from Salzburg to Leipzig after this season. Pretty damn cool.
It's supposedly back on with RBL again: https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/report-jesse-marsch-to-replace-julian-nagelsmann-as-rb-leipzig-coach https://translate.google.com/transl...leipzig-mit-jesse-marsch-einig-803416/artikel