European 'Super League' and ECFC

[GhostofAlanGow]

This is not a political post, but there is a rumour that our P.M gave tacit permission for the ESL clubs to go ahead with their treacherous plan
Lets hope the Sunday Times, whose report the Guardian quotes, is wrong about that and has misinterpreted the situation.

"Boris Johnson urged to reveal if he endorsed Super League plans"
PM pressed to explain nature of meeting with Manchester United CEO days before ill-fated launch

Boris Johnson urged to reveal if he endorsed Super League plans

PM pressed to explain nature of meeting with Manchester United CEO days before ill-fated launch

www.theguardian.com

So Boris Johnson is seen to be duplicitous and hypocritical over his dealings with the European Super League.

Hope he doesn't show these same characteristics in other areas of political life, or indeed his relationships with women.

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

So Boris Johnson is seen to be duplicitous and hypocritical over his dealings with the European Super League.

The least of his problems at the moment.

 

[Benguin]

This is not a political post, but there is a rumour that our P.M gave tacit permission for the ESL clubs to go ahead with their treacherous plan
Lets hope the Sunday Times, whose report the Guardian quotes, is wrong about that and has misinterpreted the situation.

"Boris Johnson urged to reveal if he endorsed Super League plans"
PM pressed to explain nature of meeting with Manchester United CEO days before ill-fated launch

Boris Johnson urged to reveal if he endorsed Super League plans

PM pressed to explain nature of meeting with Manchester United CEO days before ill-fated launch

www.theguardian.com

Almost like he saw popular opinion was against the Super League and ditched his instinctive pro big business views and threw his weight behind the masses......

 

[sidney]

It is widely agreed that some sort of punishment should be visited upon the Big Six. There is talk of points deductions, relegations and large fines. Some say that fans and players should not be punished, but in other circumstances ( Bury, Sheffield Wednesday et al ), that has not been a problem. It seems to me that the Big Six should be heavily fined, and that the money should be redistributed to other parts of the game. If each were fined £50 million, which they could easily afford, then that would briefly level the footballing playing field, but would add up to £300 million that could go directly to grassroots sport, or could be passed to clubs further down the pyramid. The 86 clubs in the EFL/PL could each receive £2 million each as a one-off 'covid' payment, and clubs further down the pyramid could receive much more modest sums. Clubs like Brighton and Southampton would not gain much from £2 million, but they might benefit a little competitively from the Big Six being deprived of £50 million each. It is possible that clubs in the lower leagues would fritter the £2 million on players, etc., but they probably wouldn't, and the money could be controlled to stop this.