Comments on: Premier League Considers Allowing Clubs to Play Matches Overseas

By: Cutie Pie

Cutie Pie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:06:32 +0000

Once more the beautiful game I have grown up with has been more and more succumbed to greed.
If the fixtures are held in January. What will happen to the African Nations Cup.
2. How can a team play somebody three times
3. If people from Thailand or other prospective venues want to see it why don’t they go visit the home stadiums in Enfland in the flesh.
4. The EPL is not the best league in the world probably the so called best marketed league
5. Why weren’t the fans, players and managers consulted

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By: CFTV

CFTV — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:39:47 +0000

I like the idea of playing the Prem both in America and Asia. Schedule 2 weeks during the season one week where 10 games are played in America and another week later in the season in Asia where 10 games are to be played. The way I would set it up is that the team that finishes in 1st and 2nd play one game in America and one game in Asia against each other. Teams that finished 3rd and 4th would play one game in America and one game in Asia against each other. Till you got down to the 17th place team facing the team that won the Coca Cola Champion and the 2 other teams from the Coca Cola League playing each other with a game in Asia/America. Sure it would suck for fans as they will miss out on the teams that finished a spot above them or below them but it would distribute the talent somewhat evenly if you take into account the year befores table.

I would only do something like this every 2 to 4 seasons in years where there isn’t a World Cup and a European Championship. The Brits have to realize that they have a global sports property that is bigger than the island the league is played on. Bringing competitive games to markets like America and especially Asia where the chance for growth is HUGE for the league and the game itself especially as TV properties.

Of course this idea will go over like a fart in church with the fans that support the clubs not taking kindly to foreigners taking even more of the game away from them. They will still have at least 18 home league games a year and would it kill them to share 1 home game every couple of seasons with the rest of the world?

By: Kartik

Kartik — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:13:23 +0000

Thanks Wanderer Abroad. Their are two distinct groups in American Football- the eurosnob and the any everything european/the latino snob. I’m in neither camp so get attacked by both!