Colombian National Team General Thread

Not yet. Still in negotiations last I heard.



Speaking of Qualifiers....
....The first team we are tentatively scheduled to play in September has just gotten rid of a bunch of Federation staff including their solid manager due to the economic crisis of the virus.:

https://www.outlookindia.com/newssc...-lays-off-400-including-coach-tabarez/1783183


So that would mean we face Uruguay with a new manager with no prior experience with the players and Ecuador in the same boat as the second team we face with a new manager.

(All assuming things get back to normal by then.)

 

Interesting.

Did the Uru Fed confirm that?
It would make sense to do some creative accounting during this unstable time.

 

Where does it say Washington will be retained in that tweet?

Not denying it will happen but I am trying to figure it out.

 

I am not familiar with him or his agent and their economic demands on a restructuring of a contract.

I am also not familiar with how much the Fed can handle within these economic times of uncertainty.

That said, he does seem to be a gentleman and a guy who would probably take very little to continue so who knows.

I am just assuming he would just retire or not settle for anything less that what the standard contract is for South American World Cup managers.

 

why do you always talk like some sort of a lawyer

 

Because obviously the alternative is to sound like an emo 15 year old spoiled brat around here who uses posts to say things like "Meh" ,"Blah, Blah, Blah" and "I forgot / don't care about the Copa because there are too many of them."

Those type of posts don't really add to the discussion in an intelligent manner but hey, to each his own style.

 

there is a median. Easy concept to understand

 

Those who live in glass houses should not cast stones.

 

https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/...-to-south-americas-2022-world-cup-qualifiers/

 

so what does this mean? Games back on pay-per-view? I loved having the games on Bein Sports. That was convenient enough for me.

 

Was hoping ESPN+ would have it

Honestly not going to pay PPV especially for how we are playing. Look they might be able to get some people to pay $50 for Brazil/Arg playing Arg/Brazil/Chile/Colombia or Uruguay. No one else is going to pay $50 for a Peru v Colombia

 

https://www.pitchinternational.com/...rights-to-south-american-world-cup-qualifiers
This article explains it a little better. Looks like they'll be working with the TV stations in each country in South America that broadcast their teams games to bring that content to the US.

 

Yes, and that makes it a more complicated process to negotiate.


It could end up being one of those things where Brasil and Argentina home matches are bought up to the highest bidder as a priority and then that will start the domino effect for the rest of the process.
It could be multiple different TV and Digital app platforms that purchase each rights separately as compared to one big conglomerate like beIN sports the last two cycles.

And beIN sports is actually losing money in North America and had to lay off a bunch of people so I would not be surprised if they are trying to negotiate the price as low as they can compared to when money was no object last negotiation deal.

(And the pay-per-view option that Ivbeto mentioned is still on the table unfortunately. At least for some of the matches.)

 

I’ve been following Simon Edwards for the past month on twitter. Has anyone else been following him? Is he legit?

Seems like he knows his stuff but when I tried asking some questions thAt were more serious he was either afraid to opine or simply didn’t want to give an opinion.

 

https://colombia.as.com/colombia/2020/04/14/futbol/1586869322_352809.html

 

not in the country the whole year... not working for 4 months.....

Hero for lower his wages

 

Giving this a listen....
1994 WC team discussion


https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/world-football-index-podcast/id1027040125?i=1000471828989