Premiership Games To Be Played Overseas

[Illuminattile]

The 20 Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed to further examine a radical plan that would see each team playing an extra match a season abroad.

Under the proposal, matches between two Premier League sides could be staged in the world's largest cities in the Far East, Australia and the USA.

A new round of 10 competitive fixtures would be played across the world over one weekend in January, beginning in the 2010/11 season.

39 games

The idea would be to cash in on existing interest in the Premier League around the world, and the extra money generated from TV would be split equally among the 20 clubs.

The details of how the system would work have yet to be finalised but it would mean each club playing 39 games, with a draw to pick out each side's overseas match.

There would be a sporting criteria, such as league position, to decide which clubs play each other.

And under the proposal, points earned in the overseas game would count towards the final league position.

Innovative

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said: "The 'international round' is an exciting and innovative proposal that needs careful consideration before being introduced.

"However, this concept recognises the truly global appeal of the Barclays Premier League whilst understanding that the traditions of the English game have always underpinned our success.

"We believe that an 'international round' of matches will enhance the strength of the Barclays Premier League as a competition; create extra interest in all 20 Premier League Clubs at home and abroad; and allow increased investment in talent development and acquisition, facilities as well as our football development and community programmes."

Scudamore added: "The globalisation of sport is both an opportunity and a challenge; one that needs addressing in a responsible way.

"We are a better competition for being a cosmopolitan league and have benefited from our increased international reach.

"Nonetheless, it is critical we retain our English character by improving our efforts to produce home-grown talent, deepening our commitment to community engagement and continuing our investment in the grass-roots."

So basically, each team plays an extra game, on foreign soil, against a random opponent, in games which could potentially decide the title and/or relegate teams. Does anybody think this is a good idea?

 

[DPG iz all I C]

Total bullshit

 

[Bobby Sands]

omg if this happens i will never watch premiership football again.

 

[hizzle?]

...What the fuck!?

I have so much arguments against this but I have no idea where to start!!!!

The biggest argument to me is that this is a lack of respect!!! A lack of respect to the LOCAL fans mostly, but a big lack of respect to the other European leages, especialy the Italian and the Spanish one, and then a major lack of respect to the local leages and teams where the games will be played!

This is not the NFL, there is not only one major league in this sport!!!

Fuck the FA if they do this, fuck their arrogance and their over the top attitutdes.

Croatia should eliminate them from the next World Cup if they really want to understand something.

 

[Flipmo]

What a bunch of fuckers.

 

[Bobby Sands]

Its probably just to please most of Man Utd supporters who are from Asia and the US and haven't a clue about football.

 

[2Pax]

I don't agree with it, teams outside the Premier League shouldn't be able to influence the results, I know it's only one game but them three points could be vital. I mean imagine if you had to win your last game of the season to avoid relegation you drew Barcelona or someone.

 

[hizzle?]

I don't agree with it, teams outside the Premier League shouldn't be able to influence the results, I know it's only one game but them three points could be vital. I mean imagine if you had to win your last game of the season to avoid relegation you drew Barcelona or someone.

what didn't you understand from this lol

Under the proposal, matches between two Premier League sides could be staged in the world's largest cities in the Far East, Australia and the USA.

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[tHuG $TyLe]

^Its only the Prem teams allowed. If it goes ahead.

Anyway this and some other reasons make me dislike the Premiership more and more, I hope the money ruins the Premiership and it goes bust like Serie A did. Ridiculus notion, its total bullshit if it goes ahead.

 

[2Pax]

Oh.

Well everything's money driven these days, and I suppose the Premier League is only trying to promote it's brand on other markets. Current schedules are already too full though. The situation has shades of Manchester United's globe trekking expedition the other week to Saudi Arabia, the players were clearly tired and thus performances affected.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

they really want to ruin the best league in the world dont they?

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Best League in the world statements annoy the hell outta me...

How do you base a the best league on anyway?

 

[hizzle?]

English Football ^^^

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

I found Platinis comment hilarious today, but true aswel, he said something like England have no English no coaches, no English players, no English owners and now no English league.

 

[illjoe]

Its only 1 match a year. I don't see the big deal.

 

[hizzle?]

^^^well if it's the last match of the season, then it's stupid.

and lmao @ Platini.

 

[hizzle?]

February 10, 2008

UEFA president Michel Platini has described the English Premier League's plans to play club matches overseas as "comical".
Platini believes there is no chance of the sport's world governing body FIFA backing the plans when their executive committee meet on March 14 in Zurich.

“It's a strange and comical idea,” the former France and Juventus playmaker told today's edition of the Daily Telegraph.

“I was laughing. I laughed because it will never be received by FIFA, by the fans and by the national associations. It's a nonsense idea.

“It's like if I am President of UEFA and I put the house of UEFA in China.

“It's ironic. Soon you will have in England no English presidents, you already have no English coach, you have no English players and maybe now you will have no clubs playing in England. It's a joke.”

AFP

 

[Flipmo]

LMAO @ Platini

 

[Illuminattile]

Its only 1 match a year. I don't see the big deal.

The whole point of the league is that you play each team twice, home and away. Forcing a team to play United or Arsenal or Chelsea three times, while allowing another team to play Derby or Sunderland or Liverpool three times isn't fair. You could potentially be deciding the title and/or relegating clubs based on luck of the draw.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^ha ha you added Liverpool in with Derby and Sunderland.funny man.can't wait for Man utd to fail in Europe yet again.