I think they would smash it in terms of ratings.
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[Football] Leeds owner calls for Premier League 2
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I think they would smash it in terms of ratings.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
So the 6 big boys want their 5 billion, not much left over for the rest.
One thing for sure, if PL2 gets dosh, BHA will get a lot less.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Amazon, BT and Sky are not going to pay BILLIONS to show Sheffield Wednesday vs Preston. They already tuck the deadwood PL fixtures like Cardiff v Burnley away on weekends when they know everyone will be watching the golf.
Added to that, when exactly are they going to show all these "PL2" games, being as the entire weekend is already taken up with top flight fixtures (and are already showing Championship games in amongst it all) ?
Give it up fella. You idea is about as viable as a pulled pork bap stall at a bar mitzvah.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I hope Leeds get all the cash they deserve.
clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
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It's not that mad an idea. It does suffer from the appalling television coverage, I think now hosted by Alan Partridge on UK Conquest.
The championship reward is promotion to the big one, but it's still lumped in with "non Premier League".
If nothing else the bloke is probably having a pop at the Football League which could arguably could do a much better job.
Who the f### signed off the highlights package to Quest TV ?
It's worth much more than that.
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The championship reward is promotion to the big one, but it's still lumped in with "non Premier League".
If nothing else the bloke is probably having a pop at the Football League which could arguably could do a much better job.
Who the f### signed off the highlights package to Quest TV ?
It's worth much more than that.
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sir albion
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Certainly did but it was a lower class sport then with money not being that important unlike now !
Average players earning shiteloads and the standard of football is going backwards it seems.Just look at the international football which is just so dull and boring.
Until we get rid of the money money money mentality it will continue to get worse !!
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Evidently not, it's where it is for a reason. Supply and Demand. Unless it's your team involved, it means very little alas.
That would be great. They could play with old style leather footballs on those pitches that looked like they'd had a herd of cows grazing on them for the past six months. And, of course, old style cautions so that sendings-off were reserved for cases of mutilation or death.
It would be a winner.
clapham_gull
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Iggle Piggle
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Championship games are deliberately scheduled at the same time as BT Premier league games as a means to stopping the sky customer getting BT with an alternate product on show. If the Championship becomes PL2, I'm not sure the games will be on at the same time for obvious reasons meaning either less will be shown on the tellybox or more and more ridiculous KO times to squeeze them in. Given that, not sure where the extra revenue is.
The Leeds chairman wants more dosh and in his shoes I'd say he has a point given they are on Sky as much as Eastenders is on the BBC. That said, he will have few agreeing with him from either the Premier league (self interest, keep the huge pot between 20 not 40 teams) or the EFL who would have trouble shifting Rotherham V Millwall to the average punter. I really can't see it happening.
The Leeds chairman wants more dosh and in his shoes I'd say he has a point given they are on Sky as much as Eastenders is on the BBC. That said, he will have few agreeing with him from either the Premier league (self interest, keep the huge pot between 20 not 40 teams) or the EFL who would have trouble shifting Rotherham V Millwall to the average punter. I really can't see it happening.
Sorrel
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It's not about rebranding, it's about getting some of the money from the Premier League and then not giving any, or less than is currently the case, to the lower divisions. The effect it would have would be to push the unrealistic dreams clubs back down a division, where the same thing that happens now in the Championship will take place in what is now League one.
However, the Premier League will not vote to hand over more of their money to the division below unless they think there is a need to do so. It seems to me that they are doing just fine, so they won't do it.
However, the Premier League will not vote to hand over more of their money to the division below unless they think there is a need to do so. It seems to me that they are doing just fine, so they won't do it.
It’s unresearched and ill thought out.
There’s no evidence that viewers overseas will watch in their droves Derby v Boro or Brentford v Forest, in exactly the same way they don’t watch La Liga or Serie A here unless it involves the top few clubs.
father_and_son
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But the teams are there, playing each other, in the Championship and none of the existing subscription TV companies or internet streaming giants are banging on doors, throwing money at the EFL to show Championship games.
Really unsure why you think that changing the name of the league and tinkering with the number of games suddenly generates additional interest.
You say its the teams people want to see but the teams aren't being rebranded... just the league.
What is fundamentally changing to magic the extra interest (or money) in a league that is already very popular but not popular enough to spend billions on??
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You know very well that the clubs being talked about are after a bigger slice of the Premier cake. Good luck with that. It is a finite sum of money that the big boys are going to keep it to themselves. Little old Brighton are going to struggle to hang on to their share, never mind the Championship. Dog eat dog?
None of this makes any sense.
Ok I've solved it;
Scrap the different leagues, let's have one gigantic Premier League of 92 teams, each season will consist of 182 games, this should solve the big club stuck in a little league issue.
There will be no international break as each team will need to play a game every other day to ensure they fulfil the fixture list, at the end of each season the bottom team is disbanded into non-league misery.
We can look at including Celtic and Rangers in the future as they are clearly to big for the Scottish league as well.
Thoughts?
Scrap the different leagues, let's have one gigantic Premier League of 92 teams, each season will consist of 182 games, this should solve the big club stuck in a little league issue.
There will be no international break as each team will need to play a game every other day to ensure they fulfil the fixture list, at the end of each season the bottom team is disbanded into non-league misery.
We can look at including Celtic and Rangers in the future as they are clearly to big for the Scottish league as well.
Thoughts?
mikeyjh
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Maybe you're right, such a shame that the big boys are so narrow minded, shame they don't realise the importance of the pyramid below the PL, lose that and the league somewhat loses it's appeal - It's where capitalism and football (and sport) don't work. You grow and grow, outgrow the opposition, make your club super dominant, you have consumed the competition, then what? What is the point?