The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[Blues Forever 1,232]

According to Der Spiegel: Bayern, Dortmund and PSG expected to be invited as the last three teams.

https://www.spiegel.de/sport/super-league-bayern-muenchen-und-borussia-dortmund-sollen-gruendungsmitglieder-werden-a-3492f301-7f3d-4bc6-8860-6205858e2eb5-amp

[Jase 43,479]

One suspects the same thing is happening at the other 11 clubs too...

 

[Supermonkey 38]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

Maybe they will happen, maybe they will not but I wonder how many of the 12 clubs thought thoroughly of the consequences of forming the Super League.

Being thrown out of European and domestic competitions. Players banned from representing their country. Threat of players potentially walking away from their contract. There are probably more but those are already A LOT, HEAVY consequences to take. 

Part of me thinks surely the club is prepared for this shit storm. SURELY they must think they can avoid being kicked out of the domestic league and this year's CL? 

 

If they are prepared to accept shitstorm (kicked out of CL this season, severely punished by PL/kicked out of PL) just because of the dollar signs in their eyes then they are cunts

[DDA 9,690]

This is a fucking disgrace.

The more I read into this thr more I cannot believe what is happening.

I love Roman for everything he has done for us but this is a unforgivable.

I will no longer be bothering with this club that I love if this is to continue.

Heartbreaking.

[!Hazard! 3,394]

8 minutes ago, Pizy said:

As an American, the idea of the goddamned government enacting laws to control sports leagues is madness. 

Well in Europe sports play far bigger role in society. American sports series aren't even real sports, they are just a tool for showing advertisements

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Pizy 18,368]

2 minutes ago, !Hazard! said:

Well in Europe sports play far bigger role in society. American sports series aren't even real sports, they are just a tool for showing advertisements

Ridiculous. Your sports are every bit as plastered with adverts as ours are. The “sports play a bigger role in society” but is just laughable. 

[cosmicway 1,323]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

As an American, the idea of the goddamned government enacting laws to control sports leagues is madness. 

 

2 minutes ago, !Hazard! said:

Well in Europe sports play far bigger role in society. American sports series aren't even real sports, they are just a tool for showing advertisements

Yeah, but to whom does football belong ? Rules ? Regulations ?
Here in Europe it does n't belong to the government either - except if you mean the era of Greek general Aslanidis (blessed his soul).

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

Edited April 19, 2021 by Blues Forever

[ZAPHOD2319 4,476]

I am reading the Sports Minister is saying a fan buy out is a possibility. Anyone know exactly how such a thing could happen? Honestly, I think it would be great if the fan's owned the clubs, just don't see how that is possible or how such a thing could be run?

[Jase 43,479]

This is a stupid question but I'm confused about something. Having read so many things about it, has the Super League actually happened? I know they have announced the plans for it but on one hand, you have the government, the FAs trying to stop the Super League from happening and on the other hand, UEFA and FIFA already threatening bans on clubs and players.

If it hasn't happened, can FIFA and UEFA even impose bans on the players now? Can a club still make a u-turn? And as I said earlier, how is it even fair to punish the players when they were not even part of the (horrendous) decision making process to form the Super League? Why are they getting punished for someone else's greed!? Hell why are we fans even getting punished for someone else's greed!? Both the players and us fans are essentially on the same innocent boat!

[Pizy 18,368]

Yeah, legally speaking, how on earth can UEFA or whoever ban players from competing when they themselves haven’t actually done anything wrong? Seems like an extremely easy legal battle for the players to win.

[chippy 342]

3 hours ago, Jason said:

As much as the players are 'employees' of the clubs, it's incredibly unfair and pathetic that they get banned from playing international competitions etc for something that they were not part of in the process of forming that Super League. Why are they getting punished when the club owners were the ones that made the decision to be part of this? Club owners made the decision based on greed but the managers are the ones having to face the awkward questions in the media and the players are the ones having to face the consequences in regards to their playing career. It's a fucking joke!

If the players do not make a stand against this then i'll have no sympathy whatsoever for any of them!

Everyone is saying the power is in the hands of the owners, but it simply couldn't be further from the truth. 

On top of the massive fan power, If the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar. Mbappe, Klopp, Pep et al, took the lead and said they will have nothing to do with it, the whole thing would collapse overnight like a house of cards. 

[DDA 9,690]

11 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Yeah, legally speaking, how on earth can UEFA or whoever ban players from competing when they themselves haven’t actually done anything wrong? Seems like an extremely easy legal battle for the players to win.

It's wrong. Truly wrong to ban players who had no say in any of this it seems. That would be just as a disgusting move as what these greedy fat piggy owners have pulled. 

[chippy 342]

5 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Yeah, legally speaking, how on earth can UEFA or whoever ban players from competing when they themselves haven’t actually done anything wrong? Seems like an extremely easy legal battle for the players to win.

Taking that train of thought.

How about all the other clubs suing the ass of the Super League for not allowing them to compete for the right to play in it?

Discrimination and a restraint of trade and all that.

[Randomshit 10]

https://twitter.com/MarcoRossiEN/status/1384145880190619661

 

[chippy 342]

I'm a staunch Capitalist, but there's your decent,  very hardworking ones who create businesses, jobs and wealth and then there's your Gordon Gekko' cunts of this world. Sad to see our great game and clubs being run those sorts.

[milka 3,344]

 

So PSG Finally will win CL .

Edited April 19, 2021 by milka