FUCK SUPER LEAGUE
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It's not a coincidence they dropped out the day the new Ted Lasso trailer dropped. He's the real American Model.
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God damn right he is.
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Possibly one of the biggest PR / business debacles in our lifetime.
Glad we get to see it in real time. Holy fuck.
Pro Tip: You don't have much leverage against the evil UEFA and FIFA if your alliance crumbles under barely 48 hours of backlash. Oh, and the reason you lost that leverage is that you have, somehow, out-eviled the most decrepit, greedy and shitheel organizations on the planet.
Spectacular failure.
Glad we get to see it in real time. Holy fuck.
Pro Tip: You don't have much leverage against the evil UEFA and FIFA if your alliance crumbles under barely 48 hours of backlash. Oh, and the reason you lost that leverage is that you have, somehow, out-eviled the most decrepit, greedy and shitheel organizations on the planet.
Spectacular failure.
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Historic.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:34 pm Possibly one of the biggest PR / business debacles in our lifetime.
Glad we get to see it in real time. Holy fuck.
Pro Tip: You don't have much leverage against the evil UEFA and FIFA if your alliance crumbles under barely 48 hours of backlash. Oh, and the reason you lost that leverage is that you have, somehow, out-eviled the most decrepit, greedy and shitheel organizations on the planet.
Spectacular failure.
I had a strong feeling that the "Super League" would never kick off, but I figured it would take a colossal slew of lawsuit to make it stop.
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Kronke, John Henry and Glazers selling the others on this is hilarious. This is too wonderful, watching it unravel this quickly.
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Madrid and Barca needed the cash bad. Gonna be real interesting come summer transfer window.
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And Woodward resigns.
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Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
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Holy fucking shit!!
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Hold on, I'm trying to see if Jack London ever gets this fire built or not.
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New Coke was pretty spectacular...but this is close.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:34 pm Possibly one of the biggest PR / business debacles in our lifetime.
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Agnelli gone too? This is absolutely delicious.
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Fuck Kroenke.tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:41 pm Kronke, John Henry and Glazers selling the others on this is hilarious. This is too wonderful, watching it unravel this quickly.
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#Levyout trending in all the Spurs places. To be fair though, it's been trending since Pocchetino was fired.
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If Athletico is out, then what's the point?
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I'm glad that the French and Germans had nothing to do with this from the start.
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Yep. And even though I mostly root for Barca, fuck 'em. You dig a hole that deep you should have to live in it.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:44 pm Madrid and Barca needed the cash bad. Gonna be real interesting come summer transfer window.
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I saw Jordan Henderson is calling a meeting of the captains of the English Super League clubs. I wonder if Auba takes the call from his hospital bed since he contracted fucking malaria. Maybe Kroenke sends Xhaka to ensure he uses violence to impose his will.
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Whole thread is worth reading...
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This is the thing that really REALLY bothers me about all of this. These fuckers (all the massive clubs) created a "marketplace" that had no guard rails so that they could dominate domestically and compete in the CL. At any point, they could've worked out a way to avoid being $1B in debt (or whatever the respective figure) and they, obviously didn't do it.brian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:05 pmYep. And even though I mostly root for Barca, fuck 'em. You dig a hole that deep you should have to live in it.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:44 pm Madrid and Barca needed the cash bad. Gonna be real interesting come summer transfer window.
Now, they are coming back to everyone with a woe is me, it's too hard, it's too expensive bullshit excuse for creating this bastardized, soulless league.
Fuck 'em is absolutely right. (You can, correctly, shit on the Americanization of anything, but at least those owners got together and figured out somewhat reasonable guard rails so that down market teams weren't completely run out of the game. YMMV but I would think a luxury tax would be getting down the path for the major European leagues.)
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I don't want to minimize anything going on... But it sure feels like Justice Tuesday today.
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I was just coming onto the board to say something like that!Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:00 pm I don't want to minimize anything going on... But it sure feels like Justice Tuesday today.
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Yep. Feels good. And I got my second shot. It's been an amazing afternoon.
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And, fellas, not sure if you've heard but it's 420 as well.
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And the agenda for my town’s Counsel meeting tonight is the 6 classifications of weed dispensaries and whether the town should allow or ban sales. Huge politics day for global football, the US and my town. Hoping for a trifecta and a dispensary within walking distance. Haven’t been to a meeting in at least 5 years, but definitely want to watch a recording of this, crazies will come out for both sides.govmentchedda wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:29 pm
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Fucking American billionaire sports franchise owners realize they are running an athletic venture that isn't guaranteed to print them enough money, then get clowned.phxgators wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 2:23 pmFuck Kroenke.tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:41 pm Kronke, John Henry and Glazers selling the others on this is hilarious. This is too wonderful, watching it unravel this quickly.
Hope Americans remember this the next time there's a proposed tax to benefit a professional sports team on any ballot.
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This idea was half-cooked and patently unserious. I mean they didn’t even hire a graphic designer.
Somebody will learn from this and won’t make the same mistakes next time.
Somebody will learn from this and won’t make the same mistakes next time.
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I agree with this. It was the equivalent of the first bus scene in “The Siege” when the blue paint exploded. They’re just figuring out what kind of response they are going to get so they can recalibrate. Six teams from England? They only get 4 in the UCL. That bloc didn’t hold and they’ll learn from it.
Would still love to see UEFA issue a 1 year ban on UCL participation for any team that signed up, just to send a message. (And a domestic league points deduction while we’re at it.).
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Wouldn’t affect Arsenal.serrano wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 7:35 pmI agree with this. It was the equivalent of the first bus scene in “The Siege” when the blue paint exploded. They’re just figuring out what kind of response they are going to get so they can recalibrate. Six teams from England? They only get 4 in the UCL. That bloc didn’t hold and they’ll learn from it.
Would still love to see UEFA issue a 1 year ban on UCL participation for any team that signed up, just to send a message. (And a domestic league points deduction while we’re at it.).
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The strategy will be a lot better the next time around. It’s obvious they did nothing to try to sell the players. Lionel Messi has the largest contract of all time, but did you know that there is only one other soccer player in the top 100? Only with an American style closed league does Eric Hosmer get $144 million for signing one piece of paper. They need to go after the Eric Hosmers of soccer.
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$144 million, and I had to Google to see what sport he played...Rex wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:00 pm The strategy will be a lot better the next time around. It’s obvious they did nothing to try to sell the players. Lionel Messi has the largest contract of all time, but did you know that there is only one other soccer player in the top 100? Only with an American style closed league does Eric Hosmer get $144 million for signing one piece of paper. They need to go after the Eric Hosmers of soccer.
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