Comments on: Why Premier League’s Game 39 is Good for America http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/1422 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:08:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shakira Graham http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/1422#comment-4275 Shakira Graham Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:04:33 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/#comment-4275 Yes, the matches will count towards the table. Yes, the matches will count towards the table.

]]> By: Specter http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/1422#comment-4274 Specter Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:37:23 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/#comment-4274 Are the matches going to count toward the table? I thought it was just more or less a friendly. If points are at stake, then that changes my view quite a lot. That would not be fair, plain and simple. Are the matches going to count toward the table? I thought it was just more or less a friendly. If points are at stake, then that changes my view quite a lot. That would not be fair, plain and simple.

]]> By: AtlantaPompey http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/1422#comment-4260 AtlantaPompey Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:33:19 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/#comment-4260 Home and Away against every team in the Premiership is the integrity of the league. Under this proposal, somebody plays ManU three times and somebody plays Derby three times. What if one of those teams makes the UEFA Cup and the other doesn't and the difference is the points acquired/lost in that match? What if relegation is determined by those points? Strength of schedule is a big argument in American College Football. It doesn't exist in the EPL. It will now if this proposal goes through. Also, asking two teams to fly to Sydney is a lot more difficult than flying to New York City. In an already crowded fixture list, adding one more match involving a long plane flight is stress these players don't need. Putting an MLS game before an EPL game would only highlight the differences between the two leagues. Do we really want a direct comparison? I don't think so. Don't get me wrong, if there is a good matchup in America, I'll probably go, especially if it's Pompey, but this fundamentally changes the competitive nature of the league. Home and Away against every team in the Premiership is the integrity of the league. Under this proposal, somebody plays ManU three times and somebody plays Derby three times. What if one of those teams makes the UEFA Cup and the other doesn’t and the difference is the points acquired/lost in that match? What if relegation is determined by those points? Strength of schedule is a big argument in American College Football. It doesn’t exist in the EPL. It will now if this proposal goes through.

Also, asking two teams to fly to Sydney is a lot more difficult than flying to New York City. In an already crowded fixture list, adding one more match involving a long plane flight is stress these players don’t need.

Putting an MLS game before an EPL game would only highlight the differences between the two leagues. Do we really want a direct comparison? I don’t think so.

Don’t get me wrong, if there is a good matchup in America, I’ll probably go, especially if it’s Pompey, but this fundamentally changes the competitive nature of the league.

]]> By: Proposed Premiership Expansion has Silver Lining | EPL Talk http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/1422#comment-4259 Proposed Premiership Expansion has Silver Lining | EPL Talk Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:01:51 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/#comment-4259 [...] in the United States would be good for Major League Soccer. Also recommended reading: “Why Premier League’s Game 39 Is Good For America” by yours truly. Bookmark to: Sphere: Related [...] [...] in the United States would be good for Major League Soccer. Also recommended reading: “Why Premier League’s Game 39 Is Good For America” by yours truly. Bookmark to: Sphere: Related [...]

]]> By: wanderer_abroad http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/1422#comment-4239 wanderer_abroad Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:31:27 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/why-premier-leagues-game-39-is-good-for-america/#comment-4239 Completely agree with Kartik. Its illegal and would a said a dangerous example. Clubs would think they could get away with anything. Completely agree with Kartik. Its illegal and would a said a dangerous example. Clubs would think they could get away with anything.

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