Binos Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, Caledonian1 said: I wonder if we will see an entire team and mangement come out against it - the likes of the Liverpool squad and Klopp stating that they will not re-sign unless Liverpool withdraw from the ESL. This would be fantastic publicity for the club and potentially lead to other teams doing the same -if as I suspect all players are against this, These are all players earning more money than they could ever spend - do they need any more so that they can go abroad every mid-week to play a select number of teams....the same ones as last year, and the same ones the next. No clubs need this.......it's their greedy owners who think they do. They would just sign an entire new team Which is why it wouldn't happen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said: The media not being on board is the main disaster. The whole thing is meant to be about TV rights but if all the major broadcasters have decided they get better value in the long term and won't pay for the Super League then it is dead in the water. Amazon's statement today was I think a major hammer blow. If Sky, BT, Amazon are all out then is the ESL going to be on Premier Sports? Or is it DAZN or Disney+ or some other niche streaming service. 1 hour ago, sparky88 said: Or their own ESL TV Several of the people involved either own or part own MLB teams. The MLB was an early adapter and runs one of the most successful sports streaming platforms going, making them significantly more than they were from traditional media. There is zero doubt they plan on doing it themselves, with anything else a bonus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 How many kids say 11-16 do you see going to games with their mates these days? The only kids are those being taken along by parents.I think there's still a market. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 14 minutes ago, Ross. said: Several of the people involved either own or part own MLB teams. The MLB was an early adapter and runs one of the most successful sports streaming platforms going, making them significantly more than they were from traditional media. There is zero doubt they plan on doing it themselves, with anything else a bonus. MLB make a lot of their money from local television stations and almost all the clubs have some sort of ownership stake in the station. Online is very much a secondary source of income. Especially for baseball which has a much older audience than other sports. And MLB only started allowing local fans to stream games in 2019 and not every team has streaming available. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 10 hours ago, Gaz said: Man Utd especially could jettison every single one of their existing ST holders and still sell out Old Trafford many times over every week. I'd imagine the same could be said for most of the big clubs. Really? That sounds unlikely to me. Have you evidence for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Sky Sports saying Chelsea have pulled out of it now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Chelsea lmao 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Roman Abramovich's Chelsea, those famed bastions of virtue and altruism 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Will it even matter? Chelsea are extremely replaceable. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I wonder if someone in the govt told Roman that the UK would make things very difficult for him. (Or as difficult as they can be for a billionaire) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 That is what surprised me. That this Super League wasn't an actual league replacement for the EPL, La Liga and Serie A. 20 teams, 38 games. Every game shown live across the weekend. This version is just a shittier version of the Champions League.I reckon that was their long-term plan, but they thought this halfway house would make it sound less contentious and then they could ease towards withdrawing from domestic leagues within the next 5-10 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 MLB make a lot of their money from local television stations and almost all the clubs have some sort of ownership stake in the station. Online is very much a secondary source of income. Especially for baseball which has a much older audience than other sports. And MLB only started allowing local fans to stream games in 2019 and not every team has streaming available.Until recently MLB had sports' most profitable app. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I wonder if someone in the govt told Roman that the UK would make things very difficult for him. (Or as difficult as they can be for a billionaire)They technically don't own the rights to the Chelsea name and also potentially risked losing their lease of Stamford Bridge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, G51 said: Will it even matter? Chelsea are extremely replaceable. Someone get Crystal Palace on the line... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintax Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 That's it over. Fully expect the rest of the English sides to fall like dominos now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Just now, craigkillie said: They technically don't own the rights to the Chelsea name and also potentially risked losing their lease of Stamford Bridge. Yeah, I was just reading that the Chelsea Pitch Owners were apparently “reviewing” the lease. I think they can’t use the Chelsea brand if they aren’t playing at Stamford Bridge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Absolute scenes as the other 5 English clubs desperately beg another PL club to sign up as a replacement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Roman Abramovich's Chelsea, those famed bastions of virtue and altruism Possibly wee a phone call to Roman from Gazprom or even from Vlad himself? Edited April 20, 2021 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I find it funny that #top6 Barclays fans are outraged over the supposed greed of the ESL yet demand their club sign Sancho and Haaland for > £200m so they can win ‘hings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Just now, Jim McLean's Ghost said: Someone get Crystal Palace on the line... Seriously though, if Barcelona or one of the American-owned teams pulled out then you'd say "Aye, that's probably it fucked, you can't replace them." Chelsea are just nothing though. You could just go and get Roma instead and I doubt anyone would notice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.