[Football] league matches in the usa?

[crodonilson]

I would imagine the plastic 6 wouldn't like that as they were hoping to make a fortune flogging tickets to the games between each other

They will still make a fortune on those sort of fixtures. People, especially the Yanks would be foolish enough to pay premium prices.

 

[Official Old Man]

I'd guess it would be decided on previous season finishes, so 1st v 20th (or team coming up via the play-offs), 2nd v 19th (or Championship runners up) and so on. The games would be neutral venues so all teams would still have equal numbers of home and away games. So based on current league positions would give you:

Arsenal v Leeds?
Man City v Ipswich
Liverpool v Leicester
Villa v Forest
Tottingham v Brentford
Newcastle v Everton
Chelsea v Fulham
Man U v Wolverhampton
West H'aa'm v Palace
Brighton v Bournemouth

Are you saying these would be an extra '39th' game? If so that would favour the top teams who get to play lower teams whilst Brighton get a mid table team.
If this is included in the fixtures, ie NOT a 39th game, then the lower teams get to miss out on a visit to a top ground.
PS Do you think Leeds will get promoted? My money is on the Saints.

 

[macbeth]

working group established…the wheels are turning…

 

[SeagullinExile]

working group established…the wheels are turning…

That headline should read -

FIFA to explore how much cash they’d cream off by moving domestic matches abroad.

 

[macbeth]

That headline should read -

FIFA to explore how much cash they’d cream off by moving domestic matches abroad.

that’s what it’s always been about, nothing more, nothing less

 

[pigmanovich]

working group established…the wheels are turning…

What a bad faith effort.

 

[macbeth]

there’s a very dystopian (and admittedly unlikely) outcome here where you effectively get cities overseas bidding to host premier league games. eventually, with the money that would generate, most games in the season would be up for grabs. pl would probably set a limit that a minimum of, say, 30% had to be played at that clubs’ home stadium, but the rest could be held wherever. and then you end up with a club in a smaller place, say us, unable to outbid a chennai or orlando to host our own home games

 

[Bry Nylon]

...and then you end up with a club in a smaller place, say us, unable to outbid a chennai or orlando to host our own home games

I suppose the upside of a 'home' game being staged in Orlando is the possibility of getting home sooner.

 

[studio150]

Oh joy, Brighton v Bournemouth coming to you live from the 50,000 capacity Aloha Stadium in Halawa, Honolulu

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

So my NFL team (Green Bay Packers) came to London 18 months ago - and I went to the game (v New York Giants)

How is that so different to BHA playing in the States?

 

[studio150]

So my NFL team (Green Bay Packers) came to London 18 months ago - and I went to the game (v New York Giants)

How is that so different to BHA playing in the States?

for a start NFL is a franchise based team competition, where the team can up sticks and move elsewhere, there is no relegation, winners are based on a play off system, so having an unbalanced game at a venue overseas has very limited impact....

 

[Jackthelad]

It’s bad for the MLS as well. Saudi is where they really want it to go
In future for stupid amounts of money. Modern football gets worse and worse.

 

[beorhthelm]

So my NFL team (Green Bay Packers) came to London 18 months ago - and I went to the game (v New York Giants)

How is that so different to BHA playing in the States?

are there 50k fans waiting for BHA vs Wolves in Green Bay? there might be a crowd for Manchester or London clubs derby in a large footballing city, like the NFL setup, but we know they dont want to do one off games. so they'll look for this silly 39th game instead.

meanwhile FA Cup replays get dropped and we have ever more Internationals games being shoehorned in for FIFA/UEFA.

 

[BBassic]

The North London Derby! Coming to you live from London, Ohio!

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Any of our matches should be played in Brighton, New Jersey in the county of Sussex

 

[Iggle Piggle]

So my NFL team (Green Bay Packers) came to London 18 months ago - and I went to the game (v New York Giants)

How is that so different to BHA playing in the States?

The Packers have ended up in Sao Paulo this year. The NFL is expanding abroad all the time (as an aside, the Premier League would benefit from the wage cap imposed in the States).

Whether it's 5, 10 or 20 years the Premier league will go the same way. The players are Global, we see Global fans at the Amex and the league is watched Globally. It's a logical next step whether we like it or not.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

The Packers have ended up in Sao Paulo this year. The NFL is expanding abroad all the time (as an aside, the Premier League would benefit from the wage cap imposed in the States).

Whether it's 5, 10 or 20 years the Premier league will go the same way. The players are Global, we see Global fans at the Amex and the league is watched Globally. It's a logical next step whether we like it or not.

20 years will do me

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

All sports are becoming global with London hosting the Mets v Phillies game shortly. Other countries are embracing it think we will have to as well

 

[Iggle Piggle]

20 years will do me

It started already to a degree. We did the Summer series last year along with Brentford, Newcastle & Chelsea. PB & TB may make the right noises about the export of fixtures but we are obviously going to the States (and Japan this year) for a reason. The one to watch out for is the Charity Shield. When that ends up abroad, it really is only a matter of time.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Three NFL teams give up 1/8 of their home matches so UK can have in season games.