Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
So now that Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal, City and Liverpool are getting a bit put out about not being good enough to qualifiy for the Champions League in the traditional way by, y'know, winning enough games, they've all had a little meeting with American tycoon and Miami Dolphins owner Charlie Stillitano about having a "restructure" of the competition (ie carve-up) so they don't have to bother with all this irksome qualifying malarkey any more.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...says-man-who-set-up-clubs-secret-meeting.html
Stillitano said: “What would Manchester United argue ?: Did we create soccer or did Leicester create (it)? Let’s call it the money pot created by soccer and the fandom around the world. Who has had more of an integral role, Manchester United or Leicester? It’s a wonderful, wonderful story. But you could see it from Manchester United’s point of view too.”
“Maybe that is absolutely spectacular unless you are a Manchester United fan, Liverpool fan ... or a Chelsea fan,” Stillitano said. “I guess they don’t have a birthright to be in it every year. But it’s the age-old argument: US sports franchises versus what they have in Europe. There are wonderful, wonderful, wonderful elements to relegation and promotion. And there are good arguments for a closed system.”
“This is going to sound arrogant, and it’s the furthest thing from it, but suddenly when you see the teams we have this summer in the ICC you are going to shake your head and say, ‘Isn’t that the Champions League?’” Stillitano said. “No, the Champions League is PSV and Ghent.”
Wow. So Manchester United "created" soccer. That was news to me. And of COURSE that last sentence doesn't sound arrogant at all. So with the PL clubs about to receive the biggest cash windfall in their history with the monster new £8.3bn TV deal from next season, its still not enough. The big boys want their Champions League guaranteed every year.
Footballs great these days isn't it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...says-man-who-set-up-clubs-secret-meeting.html
Stillitano said: “What would Manchester United argue ?: Did we create soccer or did Leicester create (it)? Let’s call it the money pot created by soccer and the fandom around the world. Who has had more of an integral role, Manchester United or Leicester? It’s a wonderful, wonderful story. But you could see it from Manchester United’s point of view too.”
“Maybe that is absolutely spectacular unless you are a Manchester United fan, Liverpool fan ... or a Chelsea fan,” Stillitano said. “I guess they don’t have a birthright to be in it every year. But it’s the age-old argument: US sports franchises versus what they have in Europe. There are wonderful, wonderful, wonderful elements to relegation and promotion. And there are good arguments for a closed system.”
“This is going to sound arrogant, and it’s the furthest thing from it, but suddenly when you see the teams we have this summer in the ICC you are going to shake your head and say, ‘Isn’t that the Champions League?’” Stillitano said. “No, the Champions League is PSV and Ghent.”
Wow. So Manchester United "created" soccer. That was news to me. And of COURSE that last sentence doesn't sound arrogant at all. So with the PL clubs about to receive the biggest cash windfall in their history with the monster new £8.3bn TV deal from next season, its still not enough. The big boys want their Champions League guaranteed every year.
Footballs great these days isn't it.
