Baller League

Chizz

Each half will last 15 minutes. Each team will have a squad of 12 players. Players to earn a fee of £400 per game. Games will be played in a six-a-side format on a smaller indoor pitch. Rule twists will be introduced during the final three minutes of each half, including three v three, long-range goals counting as double and goalkeepers not allowed to use their hands. MLS-style one v one penalties.  

What's not to like? 

Starts 3 March 2025...

eastterrace6168

"Each half will last 15 minutes", sounds like us this season...🤔

redlanered

Not sure about the novelty rules at the end, but I'm convinced that 5 or 6-a-side is the right format for Olympic football.  Stops it being automatically a 2nd-best event, replicates a game many play recreationally, etc.

Used to enjoy our participation in the Evening Standard 5-a-sides back in the day

Fumbluff

Bag’o’shite

YTS1978

@Chizz me and my son were watching something really similar on YouTube yesterday where some streamer was playing in a ronaldinho Vs kaka game in the US somewhere. It looked really good and my exact words were "if this comes to England, we're going"! Loads of goals, tekkers galore and a few legends on display.

Scoham

YTS1978 said:

@Chizz me and my son were watching something really similar on YouTube yesterday where some streamer was playing in a ronaldinho Vs kaka game in the US somewhere. It looked really good and my exact words were "if this comes to England, we're going"! Loads of goals, tekkers galore and a few legends on display.

Can’t believe your son would prefer that over NJs route one.

Hal1x

what no multiball?!

CAFCTrev

YTS1978 said:

Loads of goals, tekkers galore and a few legends on display.

Basically exactly like watching Charlton then.

Stig

I can't get past the name. It sounds like a porn star ranking to me. 

Arthur_Trudgill

I've watched 5 a side and futsal on YouTube, and didn't find it particularly attractive to watch on a monitor/tv (great to play though).

Something about 11 a side games, with the ball trajectories, the grass, the mixture of fast and slow phases, sprints, long passes, etc.

Different sport, I guess. I'll give it a chance, but the novelty will probably wear off quite quickly for me.

C_A_F_C

Stig said:

I can't get past the name. It sounds like a porn star ranking to me. 

A porn star what...?

JustFloydRoad

Chizz said:

Each half will last 15 minutes. Each team will have a squad of 12 players. Players to earn a fee of £400 per game. Games will be played in a six-a-side format on a smaller indoor pitch. Rule twists will be introduced during the final three minutes of each half, including three v three, long-range goals counting as double and goalkeepers not allowed to use their hands. MLS-style one v one penalties.  

What's not to like? 

Starts 3 March 2025...

Just seems like a modern version of Masters Football.