How modern football became broken beyond repair

Excellent piece in The Independent today about how the greed of the big clubs has affected the game over the last 20-30 years. It provides loads of evidence and the background to how we've got to this point. :

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...l-man-utd-barcelona-real-madrid-a9330431.html

And suggests that competitive football could die if nothing is done|:

“We cannot allow the football eco-system to be destroyed in the interests of a small group of clubs. It is much more than money at stake here. We should all recall the social value of football, the role it plays in communities.

“We have a super-rich, but we are destroying the base. The top clubs are not really understanding what is at stake.”

Well worth a read....

 

Bosman ruling effectively killed lower league football overnight

 

I'm just bitter because the club had it's big meal ticket in 1997 and squandered it just enjoying the party.

 

Whilst I sympathise with the sentiment ,I think that in 10 years time the EFL will be gone and most of the teams will be part time. Football is a business now,I see European football following the NFL model.
In professional Rugby they are already moving towards a no relegation/promotion model,as a self financing professional model is not working.
Life changes and we change with it.

 

one word covers the reason its broken


SKY

 

I'm not!

 

Don't you think it could have been handled differently like West Brom and Burnley have done. For example money in the bank and strengthen for a better push later.

 

we didn't really did we. and im not bitter, im exasperated that football really is eating itself.

 

I sort of agree with that to a certain extent ... but who buys Sky at vast amounts per month ? Us the consumer (Well, I personally don't as I suspect you don't) so it could be argued it's our fault.

 

correct I do not, got rid over 15 years ago.

 

Edited my previous post.

 

It was always unlikely we'd stay up at the time.

 

We may have done exactly the same as wba if barnyards penalty had gone in.

 

I think that's exactly what the piece is suggesting, that the greed of the top 6 will drive the rest to the wall.

I'd love the top 6 to leave and form a European Super League for two reasons:
1. It'd force a reset for the rest and a more realistic approach to transfer fees and wages in particular.
2. I'm convinced that within 5 years the super league would fall on it's ar*e, at least as far as attendances are concerned. Fans wouldn't want to play european teams every week, the passion comes from playing your local rivals - as we saw on Saturday. It'd still be popular with a worldwide TV audience but attendances would fall over time imo as home based fans lost interest. Maybe the owners wouldn't care.

The follow up to the article, proposing solutions is tomorrow apparently. The problem is, how on earth do you get the billionaire owners to put the interests of football as a whole above their own greed. Massively problematical.

 

Or Wilson bolted, let Blackburn buy us out of a place by selling ward or seen redders scarper.

 

I was listening to a debate on the radio the other evening. it seemed to suggest that the tie up between Media companies and Governing bodies. The direction of travel seems to be what works well on various platforms with clubs with the largest reach. I understand it as a business model but perhaps it's my age,that sport is about passion and emotion and community. I 'm becoming more disinterested in professional sport but I do have other interests and distractions though.

 

Excellent article. Most fans, those that don't support the big clubs have witnessed first hand the erosion of the game.

 

And here's Part 2 about what can be done about it:
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...l-man-utd-barcelona-real-madrid-a9334826.html

I just can't see the big clubs taking any responsibility. I think a breakaway Super-League will happen sooner or later and would welcome it sooner.