US owners find greed doesn't play well in European soccer
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US owners find greed doesn't play well in European soccer
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#2IDK about the rest of Europe but in Spain soccer is highly tied to local cities/towns and lesser cathegory leagues, as if the big soccer teams were built up from the smallest grounds.
Trying to convert that into a "Hollywood" soccer kind with "fireworks", elitism and expensive/luxury consumerdom/PPV like is the recipe for a disaster and to dis-joint the huge regional fandom of each team.
On major events such as finals, my province's capital city's population rises from ~200k people to nearly 500k-1 million in the streets, it's crazy.
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#3IDK about the rest of Europe but in Spain soccer is highly tied to local cities/towns and lesser cathegory leagues, as if the big soccer teams were built up from the smallest grounds. Trying to convert that into a "Hollywood" soccer kind with "fireworks", elitism and expensive/luxury consumerdom/PPV like is the recipe for a disaster and to dis-joint the huge regional fandom of each team. On major events such as final…
I think it's pretty much the same throughout Europe.
A massive component of football's success is the illusion that "anyone can make it" and win everything, being just 11 vs. 11.
I say illusion, because it's true in theory, but in reality small budget teams can't really hold on to great players.
Re: US owners find greed doesn't play well in European soccer
#4IDK about the rest of Europe but in Spain soccer is highly tied to local cities/towns and lesser cathegory leagues, as if the big soccer teams were built up from the smallest grounds. Trying to convert that into a "Hollywood" soccer kind with "fireworks", elitism and expensive/luxury consumerdom/PPV like is the recipe for a disaster and to dis-joint the huge regional fandom of each team. On major events such as final…
Barca and real Madrid are two of the richest sports franchises in the world. Look at all uefa champions. They are all the big spenders. It's already a system of the haves and have nots.
Re: US owners find greed doesn't play well in European soccer
#5It's funny how they jump to blaming the Americans. Last I checked the Spanish clubs in this scheme weren't run by Americans.
Re: US owners find greed doesn't play well in European soccer
#6It's funny how they jump to blaming the Americans. Last I checked the Spanish clubs in this scheme weren't run by Americans.
I think it's less about specific Americans (e.g. owners of several of the English teams involved) and more about the American style of running league competitions — e.g. without promotion/relegation.
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#7football without promotion and relegation is not football, i never understood the American style of "closed leagues". If you can't deal with relegation, don't play a game.
Re: US owners find greed doesn't play well in European soccer
#8It's funny how they jump to blaming the Americans. Last I checked the Spanish clubs in this scheme weren't run by Americans.
I think it’s because the tournament style was supposed to be similar to American sports.
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#9It's funny how they jump to blaming the Americans. Last I checked the Spanish clubs in this scheme weren't run by Americans.
The club owners pushing for this are equally responsible and fans blame them as well (in fact, some of them have resigned already). I haven't heard anyone blaming exclusively Americans (except for the linked article), if that's what you mean by "they".
Re: US owners find greed doesn't play well in European soccer
#10IDK about the rest of Europe but in Spain soccer is highly tied to local cities/towns and lesser cathegory leagues, as if the big soccer teams were built up from the smallest grounds. Trying to convert that into a "Hollywood" soccer kind with "fireworks", elitism and expensive/luxury consumerdom/PPV like is the recipe for a disaster and to dis-joint the huge regional fandom of each team. On major events such as final…
I think it's pretty much the same throughout Europe. A massive component of football's success is the illusion that "anyone can make it" and win everything, being just 11 vs. 11. I say illusion, because it's true in theory, but in reality small budget teams can't really hold on to great players.
>> is the illusion that "anyone can make it"
This has some other implication. Ease of access is a good argument of the coming big decline of football and most active sports in favor of e-sports.
That said, Amazon buying Twitch for <1bn IMO is even a bigger steal than FB buying IG for 1bn