Foreign owners 'want end to Premier League relegation'

[Simster]

For FUCKS Sake!

BBC Sport - Foreign owners 'want end to Premier League relegation'


Several foreign-owned Premier League clubs want to scrap relegation, according to League Managers Association chief Richard Bevan.

If more clubs are sold to foreigner investors, they may have enough votes to force through the change.

But Bevan hopes that a government-led inquiry can help prevent the proposal.

"We're very keen that the report is successful in helping the Football Association introduce a licensing programme for clubs," he said.

"Because there are a number of overseas-owned clubs already talking about bringing about the avoidance of promotion and relegation in the Premier League.

"If we have four or five more new owners, that could happen."

More to follow.

 

[SeeGoals]

Sorry if fixtures (did have a quick search)


Several foreign-owned Premier League clubs want to scrap relegation, according to League Managers Association chief Richard Bevan.

If more clubs are sold to foreigner investors, they may have enough votes to force through the change.

But Bevan hopes that a government-led inquiry can help prevent the proposal.

"We're very keen that the report is successful in helping the Football Association introduce a licensing programme for clubs," he said.

"Because there are a number of overseas-owned clubs already talking about bringing about the avoidance of promotion and relegation in the Premier League.

"If we have four or five more new owners, that could happen."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15336398.stm




Your thoughts if this ever happened?

 

[ees complicated no?]

fans would have the end say at the end of the day

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I wonder what sort of bolleaux Scudamore will come out with.

 

[Djmiles]

Oi what happened to my post?

Of course they do. Heaven forbid if they ever get relegated and have to play tinpot teams like us.

 

[Icy Gull]

Your thoughts if this ever happened?

We'd need to be there by then

 

[Husty]

Government wouldn't let it happen, calm down folks.

 

[Hercules Rockerfeller]

Feck it. Let'em go. The Prem is boring as it is now and would become even more boring and top heavy without any competition. We'd manage just fine without them.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Don't think the governement would be able to do anything about it.

It's just about the barmiest idea I've heard in my life!! The sort of thing Septic Bladder would come up with.

 

[Ernest]

Maybe it's what it needs to bring the Premier League and their selfishness to an end, let's face it who would want to watch Wolves v Swansea on TV ? Once that happens then the TV deals will be a free for all and the smaller clubs will be f***ed as it will be nonstop Man U, Chelsea , Man City.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

It's just about the barmiest idea I've heard in my life!! The sort of thing Septic Bladder would come up with.

It may be from a fan perspecitve, but not from a business one if you're one of the "elite". It's not really surprising, is it ?

 

[The Large One]

More...

Nearly half of the Premier League's 20 clubs are under foreign ownership, with rules stipulating that if changes are to be made to the format, 14 clubs must vote in favour of any new reforms.

Blackburn joined the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea in this class when they were taken over by Venky's Group last season.

The claim by LMA chief executive Bevan comes a week after the government demanded changes to the way that football is run.

Sports minister Hugh Robertson said that an FA-led licensing system would be brought in to safeguard against issues such as financial mismanagement, asset-stripping owners and tax avoidance.

The government also asked for rules to manage club debts and an overhaul of the FA board.

Last Wednesday, Liverpool's managing director Ian Ayre also said the Premier League's overseas television revenues should be skewed in favour of big clubs.

 

[Badger]

If they want to turn it into a complete joke of a division then so be it. You can just imagine it gets down to the last few games of the season and the bottom teams no longer give a shit and start concentrating on next season by testing out a few fringe players, cue regular results like:

Man Utd 6-0 Wigan
Chelsea 8-1 WBA

etc..

The relegation battles are often far more exciting than the top spots.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Great idea, look at all those US sports that have no relegation & no'one around the World watching or playing them...don't they see their income will fall with future lower TV deals

 

[adrian29uk]

Whatever happend to the best team wins? Doubt it will ever happen. Would be completely unfair on everyone. May be we should say 6 up and 6 down from the premiership so everyone gets a fair piece of the pie.

 

[Simster]

If they want to turn it into a complete joke of a division then so be it. You can just imagine it gets down to the last few games of the season and the bottom teams no longer give a shit and start concentrating on next season by testing out a few fringe players, cue regular results like:

Man Utd 6-0 Celtic
Chelsea 8-1 Rangers

etc..

The relegation battles are often far more exciting than the top spots.

Fixed for you.

 

[brightn'ove]

the quality of football would decline rapidly. who would invest in a championship club if there is no hope of getting promoted. the lower divisions would get steadily worse and worse as will the england national pedigree of footballers.

f***ing stupid idea.

 

[Badger]

Fixed for you.

Good point, actually watching Rangers and Celtic compete in the Premier League would make me chuckle, it would be like the Scottish Prem but upside down.

 

[Ernest]

Yup the Championship and Football League would be f***ed, would Tony Bloom have built and paid for Falmer if there was no prospect of promotion to the Premiership ?

 

[Tooting Gull]

While I'd rather have been wrong, I predicted this would be rearing its head very shortly on the Liverpool TV thread a few days ago.

In a sense, it's obvious they would try. That's how it is in the NFL/NBA/MLB, same teams every year, no fears of relegation which helps budgeting. To football people this is anathema, but even here rugby seem to have a very different view to football on this issue.

You can only assume the only thing stopping the likes of Bolton/Wigan voting for it is that they know they would be slaughtered and accused of killing the game. To be fair, some may even have a principled objection to it but I can definitely see 14 clubs voting for this at some point out of greed and self-interest/preservation.