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Football is in a whole world of trouble

DamoNorthStand
DamoNorthStand Posts: 13,700
in Other Football and Sports

That we all know, but this BBC report makes for frightening reading:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c6vgx70pzq1jo

Something has to change because at some point foreign investment and money will look outside of football and elsewhere and then the entire pyramid outside of the Prem could collapse. It doesnt take a genius to know that, take away the money which fills a £10m hole in our books every year, and the result doesnt bear thinking about.

I think we will see some seismic changes to the way the sport is structured in England over the course of the next few years.

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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,890
    Without people prepared to pay a fortune for TV subscriptions, the Prem will collapse, too. 
  • WHAddick
    WHAddick Posts: 1,403
    edited October 13
    Very good piece on 5 live drivetime show on this. The regulator chairman sounds a decent guy who won't take crap. Hopefully this means charltons sustainable approach is the future; in the sense others will follow it and we wont be so far behind!
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 59,421
    Football has been on a whole world of trouble and about to collapse for about 25 years now, and never seems to be any closer 
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,487
    DamoNorthStand said:

    That we all know, but this BBC report makes for frightening reading:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c6vgx70pzq1jo

    Something has to change because at some point foreign investment and money will look outside of football and elsewhere and then the entire pyramid outside of the Prem could collapse. It doesnt take a genius to know that, take away the money which fills a £10m hole in our books every year, and the result doesnt bear thinking about.

    I think we will see some seismic changes to the way the sport is structured in England over the course of the next few years.

    Made the link clickable...
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 23,518
    AFKABartram said:
    Football has been on a whole world of trouble and about to collapse for about 25 years now, and never seems to be any closer 
    Problem is owners who think like this and drive clubs to the edge or worse. 

    There are clubs in the EFL outspending their income BEFORE you take into account player wages. That’s totally unsustainable 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 101,756
    Football pretty much needs to collapse at this stage... An absolute reset from top to bottom - Sadly it will involve a lot of regular people losing their jobs, which is the main reason why it cant happen. 
  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 2,072
    I really hope it does. It would make my day.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,919
    They’ve been saying this for forty years or more . 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,550
    WHAddick said:
    Very good piece on 5 live drivetime show on this. The regulator chairman sounds a decent guy who won't take crap. Hopefully this means charltons sustainable approach is the future; in the sense others will follow it and we wont be so far behind!
    "Charlton's sustainable approach"? 🤔
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,526
    This thread could give "Pubs, and the demise of." a run for its money.

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  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 37,960
    AddicksAddict said:
    Without people prepared to pay a fortune for TV subscriptions, the Prem will collapse, too. 
    I think it'll go the other way completely. I don't think we're too far away from a global 'Netflix for football' type subscription service for the Premier league. I'm actually surprised we don't have it already.

    If and when that comes in, tv money will skyrocket even further and PL clubs will have even more money.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 31,238
    edited 12:31AM
    AFKABartram said:
    Football has been on a whole world of trouble and about to collapse for about 25 years now, and never seems to be any closer 
    100%

    And you'll post the same thing in another 25 years.

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