Oso planning to go pro
I'm not sure UEFA can ban players from a FIFA competition, but if anything can be done to torpedo this ridiculousness, I'm all in favor. I believe they can, however, ban them from Champions League & from the Euros. What might be most interesting is WC Qualifying. If suddenly ESL players can't compete, it might impact the qualification of some of the mid-level qualifiers, though that might be a short term issue with the 48-team World Cup coming soon.
If these teams are in the Super League, they probably won't want to be in the Champions League anyhow.I can't imagine many national teams are going to play along with UEFA trying to ban many of their best players from the World Cup.
As someone who follows soccer from a distance, what is the motivation for this? It sounds like it is pretty much the Champions League without some of the smaller teams. I’m guessing just more money for these clubs?Would it replace the Euro Cup and Champions League? It wouldn’t replace these teams normal league play right?This kind of sounds like if the P5 schools would create their own Basketball tournament. Or the golfers that want to create their own tour.
It's all about the $$$$. Basically, the big clubs say "we're driving all the revenue, so we want a bigger share of it."Not sure if it would eliminate the Champions League, but it's hard to imagine these clubs playing in both competitions. That would seem a lot of wear-and-tear on your star athletes.And yeah, this is the equivalent of Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, LSU, Texas, Georgia, LSU, Florida, Texas A&M, Michigan and Penn State telling the NCAA to f--- off, they're going to do their own football playoff at the end of every season.
I'd say that there is no way that this will actually work, except for the blatant bribery at FIFA and UEFA, so who knows.I hate it.
probably not. Which is why I've been rooting against them. Like Fulham, they're the classic yo yo team.
Ouch! Big Norwich fan here. I'm not sure how you can root against them - they play a very entertaining, open, free flowing style. They are not owned by some mega-billionaire and have to do things the hard way by developing their own talent and making prudent acquisitions. They tried to make it in the Premier League last year with the core of their Championship team and it didn't work. Besides selling off Ben Godfrey (Everton) and Jamal Lewis (Newcastle) they were able to keep the club intact and earn another promotion. They will probably have to sell off a few more pieces (Emi Buendia, Max Aarons, and possibly Todd Cantwell) during the summer, but hopefully they will invest that money in a stronger roster.
Marquette Men’s Soccer received its first NCAA Tourney bid since 2013. They play LMU in the Round of 32.
Winner likely gets blue blood Indiana. Their soccer team is what Hoosier fans think the basketball team should be.
Word is that Chelsea is pulling out of the Super League.Edit: And now Man City as well.These clubs fold easier than Southampton's back line.
Jesse Marsch will be the new manager at Leipzig. That's a pretty big deal.