The Crystal Palace chairman said there was “change afoot”.
  • Juiceboxfromspace@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This would kill the PL.

    Why not take a page from US and give preferential rules in transfers to teams that do not win as much? The money is still a huge factor but for example, more access to young players, longer transfer periods for lower clubs…forms of motivating behavior that dont affect worldwide competition.

    • iamthemetricsystem@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      but what does “not win as much” look like?

      you can’t have some sort of draft system because the bottom 3 teams get relegated, which means the championship is unfair

    • JakeNutters@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      More sustainable to have a wage cap, assuming it’s a percentage of revenue, and they’d still be able to outspend their peers on the continent because of the much larger revenue overall.

      I believe UEFA is talking about bringing one in as well.

  • kjm911@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Maybe an unpopular opinion but the competitiveness of the premier league from top to bottom is fine. Especially compared to other leagues. It is sport after all. You can’t just try and start from scratch and make every competitor somehow equal.

    • LloydCole@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Only 6 clubs in England ever having a chance of winning the league is not fine.

      Just because it’s better than it is in Germany or Spain does not make it good.

      American sports have us beat here, no two ways about it.

  • mardegre@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The only reason the premier league is attractive to players is the wages (sorry guys, it was never the dream of Mo Salah to spend his days in Liverpool weather) and the premier league is not suffering (yet) from lack of competition.

    Weird take

    • LUHG_HANI@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yeh we don’t have the best weather granted but don’t tell me the UK isn’t one of if not the best countries to live and travel to play top flight football.

      • mardegre@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        To live not, I am pretty sure most players love warmer and sunnier place. But clearly to leave is not that bad at all, specially London.

        And of course Premier league is one of not the best league in the world. But it partially because of the league being able to attract talent with very high wages. The argument is a bit the chicken and the egg here I reckon