As we all know, they don't do promotion/relegation in the US.
The reason for this is to protect the investments of the owners, arguing "less money will be spent if we could risk losing our income through relegation".
Instead, the leagues expand or (unusually) shrink based on geographics, in order to cream out more money. "No MLS team in this state? Well then there is a market for one". In some big cities, like New York... or London.. there may be room for several teams. Other than that you want some spread, like buying one of the not-too-many teams on the South Coast or in Norwich, which is far from everywhere judging by the map.
Today, 8 clubs in the PL have significant American ownership, with another one (City) having a yank owning 10%, and another one (Bournemouth) on the verge of getting bought. 14 out of 20 PL clubs needs to agree to make rule changes for the league. If there was a vote today, I think all the American owners would vote for a decision to close the league. They might not need 14 clubs to be American owned for such a decision to take place: some of the other owners could arguably not be trusted to vote against a decision that would likely be a good business move.
Of course, they might take it slowly not to upset the general public. Reduce the number of relegated teams at first, perhaps. Or vote for changes that seems sensible (like a salary cap) just to please fans from smaller clubs. But in the medium (or even short) term, I think there's reasons to be worried about this development.
American/yank-friendly majority in the PL is a disaster waiting to happen IMO.
Don't know what you're supposed to discuss in this thread... just some thoughts from the Swansman.
The reason for this is to protect the investments of the owners, arguing "less money will be spent if we could risk losing our income through relegation".
Instead, the leagues expand or (unusually) shrink based on geographics, in order to cream out more money. "No MLS team in this state? Well then there is a market for one". In some big cities, like New York... or London.. there may be room for several teams. Other than that you want some spread, like buying one of the not-too-many teams on the South Coast or in Norwich, which is far from everywhere judging by the map.
Today, 8 clubs in the PL have significant American ownership, with another one (City) having a yank owning 10%, and another one (Bournemouth) on the verge of getting bought. 14 out of 20 PL clubs needs to agree to make rule changes for the league. If there was a vote today, I think all the American owners would vote for a decision to close the league. They might not need 14 clubs to be American owned for such a decision to take place: some of the other owners could arguably not be trusted to vote against a decision that would likely be a good business move.
Of course, they might take it slowly not to upset the general public. Reduce the number of relegated teams at first, perhaps. Or vote for changes that seems sensible (like a salary cap) just to please fans from smaller clubs. But in the medium (or even short) term, I think there's reasons to be worried about this development.
American/yank-friendly majority in the PL is a disaster waiting to happen IMO.
Don't know what you're supposed to discuss in this thread... just some thoughts from the Swansman.
