Quote from: Baile Brigín 2 on April 19, 2021, 02:11:54 PMAnd what.Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on April 19, 2021, 01:12:08 PMQuote from: thewobbler on April 19, 2021, 09:27:07 AMThis is no different to the formation of the premier league, it is the same thing.Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on April 19, 2021, 09:15:56 AM
Have to laugh at the fake hysteria. The same people making excuses for the premier league being the exact same thing as it was pre 1992 but only being rebranded, are the same people that claim Liverpool have only won the league once.
You couldn't make it up. Hypocrites. According to them, the "Premier League" is fine, but a big no no to the European super league.
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It's not really the same thing. Until 1991, all 92 clubs had equal voting rights and in effect a group of the weakest clubs could dictate terms to the largest clubs.
What the PL did was maintain almost identical structures to before, but while ensuring that the biggest clubs could pursue financial arrangements that would allow them to match Italian clubs.
The change was oddly enough an implementation of equality: basically "we all started with an equal chance of getting ahead, but that doesn't mean we have to be equal in all things forever"
As Leicester and Man City have shown, progress through the ranks has always been possible
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What we are facing now isn't the same thing. It's an attempted corporate takeover of football.
You confirm that the formation of the premier league put power into the bigger clubs hands, this is exactly the same with the ESL. So it was anything but equality.
City progressed through oil money, Leicester did it more in the proper way, by buying and selling smartly.
My point is that the people who are outraged are the same people who only recognise football post 1992. The hypocrisy is astounding.
Nonsense. The EPL replaced the first division with the full agreement of the clubs and association.
There is still a rebranding of football going on here, which is what has happened before, from the first division and the old European cup format. You're probably one of the ones who claim Liverpool "only have 1 premier league".
The fake hysteria is rife here.