Premier League, Going Global?

[Buckwheat156]

i dont see this happening there are too many people against this idea. most importantly FIFA. other associations are reluctant to go against the world governing body. many FA's hav already ruled themselves out

[Urban_freestyler]

looks like its all over

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7237359.stm

[manutd.]

Fuck that.  :cursing:

[cigar omar]

They are money hungry they already make enough money as it is. I'm not liking the commercializations of the game. Well done FIFA.

[Adi]

They are money hungry they already make enough money as it is. I'm not liking the commercializations of the game. Well done FIFA.

If you look at it from a money perspective only, then you have a point, but what about looking at it from the fans perspective. If they were to do this, they would be satisfying 90% of its leagues fans. That's the percentage of fans of the Premiership from outside England. How about doing something for us?

[manutd.]

It's enough we have to pay $15 a month for damn Setanta Sports just to get a decent amount of games to watch, and to top it all off, sometimes your own team is not even being shown! Sportsnet used to show 3 games a day all after eachother and it was part of the Cable lineup, you didn't need to get satellite and anything extra, and now, they are limited to show only 1 game, and Setanta has full rights of every game, Sportsnet gets the leftovers. Also, I haven't even seen one United game this year on TV simply because of Setanta taking all the rights. To be honest, the Premier League should have never sold rights to them, because it sucks for people who don't have satellite, because you need to get satellite just to buy Setanta.

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I think all this would do is cause an amount of unnessecary flying and traveling for the players. Just another thing a player and coach would have to put on thier already long and complicated list of things to do. There is already international duty, league duty, various cup competitions, and the Champions league. It would be a nice gesture, but it is just too much. Premiership players get maybe a month, if that, of "summer" or break, and this would then be cut short a week.