Superleague Part III: Collapsed

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[Wee Baby Seamus]

Truly remarkable how badly this gamble from executives failed

 

[Elliman]

The end of an ERROR

 

[DoyleG]

Superleague Part III: Or Not.

 

[Chimaera]

All along the arrogance that drove this is ridiculous.

 

[robertmac43]

Happy it came to this thread.

 

[NJDevs26]

Truly remarkable how badly this gamble from executives failed

I figured it’d fail one way or another, there was too much riding on this for the associations, the hundreds of local clubs and players being threatened with bans but I didn’t think it’d take barely 48 hours for them to back down.

 

[Bagge]

I sit back with a wonder now. How could the club owners have played this any worse in a time like this? Its like they are the pure manifestation of everything that is wrong with in world right now.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Regarding the earlier NCAA talk, I think some of you missed this over the winter:

Knight Commission recommends college football overhaul

 

[Burner Account]

Truly remarkable how badly this gamble from executives failed

I can’t believe billionaires were THAT wrong

 

[The Abusement Park]

@Emperoreddy

As they should regarding punishing individuals instead of the clubs. No reason Rashford or Varane should be punished for something they didn’t even know was happening.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I can’t believe billionaires were THAT wrong

That’s what happens when you become so rich that you can do whatever you want. You think you can always do what you want at any exact moment. Luckily this was able to be stopped.

 

[Live in the Now]

That’s what happens when you become so rich that you can do whatever you want. You think you can always do what you want at any exact moment. Luckily this was able to be stopped.

What's really bad is that a lot of these people came from nothing and should be able to understand. You'd think that because they weren't always rich they'd know. John Henry grew up in the shittiest part of this state and didn't get rich with daddy's money like some of these other people. But then they do it anyway.

 

[robertmac43]

I don't know if this was shared earlier, Wright joined the Kroenke out brigade. It really is a significant move on his part, he is one of the biggest ambassadors at the club.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I don't know if this was shared earlier, Wright joined the Kroenke out brigade. It really is a significant move on his part, he is one of the biggest ambassadors at the club.

Watching Kronke and Glazer get potentially chased out of England has been quite fun to watch.

 

[The Abusement Park]

What's really bad is that a lot of these people came from nothing and should be able to understand. You'd think that because they weren't always rich they'd know. John Henry grew up in the shittiest part of this state and didn't get rich with daddy's money like some of these other people. But then they do it anyway.

Money is the root of all evil.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I think the Americans are somewhat excused because they obviously don't get the way European football truly is constructed. Like most Americans they ultimately assume people and things everywhere should be like in America and if they aren't yet, they just haven't heard the good news yet.

Meanwhile the Spanish and Italian bosses involved are just mafiosi (and I don't mean because some of them are Italian, but they're crooks, that's what I'm saying).

 

[Unholy Diver]

Watching Kronke and Glazer get potentially chased out of England has been quite fun to watch.

They can take FSG with them

 

[DoyleG]

What's really bad is that a lot of these people came from nothing and should be able to understand. You'd think that because they weren't always rich they'd know. John Henry grew up in the shittiest part of this state and didn't get rich with daddy's money like some of these other people. But then they do it anyway.

Kroneke owes a lot of his wealth and ownership to his wife.

Henry relies more on his partners at FSG to make himself relevant.

 

[YNWA14]

It's really nice to see the rise up. Pessimism tells me this is a temporary stay of action rather than an outright victory, but it is still great to see the fans, players and other management unite against something like this.

Not that the current governance is really much better, tbh. If they had made it so relegation/promotion were possible for all teams I doubt this would have really been stopped.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

(Love of) Money is the root of all evil.

Like any tool it's all in how it's used. The unadulterated pursuit of it at the expense of all else (what could be done in the world with that $300M+ per ESL team instead of it going around the football ecosystem or into the owner's pockets) is what is evil.

 

[trostol]

not even sure i was caught up on thread 2

 

[Luigi Habs]

Haven’t had the chance to comment on this forum for a while.

I’ve read the 2 first threads, was an amazing read. Good job guys.

To be honest I think the idea has some merit and deserves to be looked at seriously one wat or the other but definitely not in the shape or form presented today. Would be great though if this becomes a turning point to chase out the oligarchs from football ownerships.

 

[PanniniClaus]

That swift response means you won't see a superleague attempt for a long while..not until there is some method in place to not completely destroy domestic leagues and something that any team would have a shot at based on performance. Closed leagues will not work in European football.

 

[DoyleG]

Meanwhile the Spanish and Italian bosses involved are just mafiosi (and I don't mean because some of them are Italian, but they're crooks, that's what I'm saying).

If people wonder, that is the same Suning that owners Inter Milan. Been known for some time that he trying to buy his way out of the club.