Comments on: Premier League Faces Identity Crisis

By: The Gaffer

The Gaffer — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:26:42 +0000

Problem is that unofficially everyone outside of the UK knows it as the EPL. Officially it’s the BPL, but how many people ever use BPL?

Cheers,
The Gaffer

By: JaBbA

JaBbA — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:24:00 +0000

Only one problem – It’s not the EPL. It’s the BPL – Barclay’s Premier League. They already gave up the name. Stupid, but that’s what they did.

By: Weston

Weston — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:43:42 +0000

Domestically that would understandably be a significant issue, but abroad the football league easily overshadows cricket (save for those few obvious strongholds – India, Pakistan, etc.) and to that degree wont really interfere.

I suppose technically, its the ‘Barclays Premier League,’ and the cricket league, assuming it obtains its own sponsorship, would go by another name.