2020 - 2021 Football Thread - Page 35
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28241 Posts
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aseq
Netherlands3926 Posts
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haitike
Spain2683 Posts
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mahrgell
Germany3853 Posts
On November 18 2020 23:24 Liquid`Drone wrote: Are there any countries at all where the primary league is a joint league between two different countries? The MLS already has 3 Canadian teams and can easily be considered the Canadian top league as well. So this is not really something new, but just an expansion to another country And this is generally how it works in NA sports. NHL has 7 Canadian teams and 24(soon 25) US teams, though it developed there from its original heavy Canadian dominance. MLB has the Toronto Blue Jays and NBA the Toronto Raptors. | ||
Sermokala
United States13528 Posts
MLS needs a national TV deal to be relevent/profitable. At this point I just don't think the audience is there in the nelson ratings to get good money out of anything other than shitty sinclair deals. Hispanic and other immigrant groups don't consider MLS to have the kind of credibility I don't think to really invest in it past. It does undeniably have a very very young and growing fanbase in sports. Liga MX on the other hand constantly falls into the same trap anything from Mexico does when it tries to grow into the US market. It has legitimacy and a large fan base to appeal to in the states but due to racism/language issues its forced to accept scraps from "Spanish broadcasts". A marriage between the two leagues gives them massive leverage in negotiating a TV deal in 2022 which is what both leagues despretly need/want. The owners of the teams in Mexico would fall over themselves in getting the equivalent of an USA sports franchise and get a lot of cold hard dollars. The MLS owners would probably see their investments actually make good. The real problem with any merger would be the financial structures that make both leagues utterly different from each other. One has a union and the other doesn't. One has salary caps DP's YDP's GA's TAM GAM and the other is just like any league outside of the USA. | ||
Kotreb
Croatia1392 Posts
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Mafe
Germany5915 Posts
On November 18 2020 23:24 Liquid`Drone wrote: Are there any countries at all where the primary league is a joint league between two different countries? Technically yes: -Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Actually not only the top division, but the entire league system is joined together. It's just that a team from Liechtenstein makes to the top division rarely, though it does happen. -Australia and New Zealand, though there are only 1-2 newzealandish (ist that a word?) teams playing in the A-League. -The France/Monace example as already mentioned. -Wales/England. Maybe there's also more examples in this wikipedia article, but I didnt bother reading all of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_association_football_clubs_playing_in_the_league_of_another_country | ||
sharkie
Austria17955 Posts
Pep Guardiola: Manchester City boss signs new two-year deal https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55003607 | ||
{CC}StealthBlue
United States40992 Posts
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sharkie
Austria17955 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51300 Posts
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haitike
Spain2683 Posts
I really wanted to see Luis Sarez against Barcelona after all the drama about how bad the club treated him and he wanting revange. And he against Messi was special too. Fuck stupid international breaks. he got covid taking part in a barbacue (asado) with the other uruguayans players with no masks or any security measures. 12 players got it already in Uruguay. How can a federation be so irresponsable when they don't even pay the players salary? | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51300 Posts
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8498 Posts
On November 19 2020 21:48 sharkie wrote: Messi is on his way https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55003607 if city does particularly bad this season pep could still get fired. messi might still come for aguero but seems unlikely without pep. if i recall correctly mou got fired less than a year after he signed his extension at united | ||
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Bearded Elder29873 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States40992 Posts
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InFiNitY[pG]
Germany3463 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51300 Posts
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Greg_J
China4408 Posts
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Greg_J
China4408 Posts
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