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Conference trucks::football;1

Title: Soccer Football Conference
Notice:Don't forget your season ticket.....
Moderator:MOVIES::PLAYFORD
Created:Thu Aug 08 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:608
Total number of notes:85903

515.0. "English Football in Crisis - Part Two" by CHEFS::STRATFORDS (Steer clear of the Zebra Bros) Fri Oct 27 1995 09:24

    The Premiership and the FA are currently slugging it out to help the
    Endsleigh League with the marketing of their TV rights. Both have
    presented a package which they can offer the TV stations and both are
    seemingly attractive in their own ways to the Endsleigh League. 
    
    However, in both cases, the deals would seem to be the beginning of the
    end for the Football League. If the FA get the deal, the marketing of
    all bar the Premiership will handled by one orgainsation. This will
    lead to the FA at some point taking over the administration of the
    Fottball League "bit by bit". However, if the Premiership win the deal,
    there will be inevitable pressure for the rest of the League to join
    the Premiership as an administrative deal.
    
    Does English football need 3 organisations running the game? Is there a
    danger in the Premiership taking control of the rest of the League?
    What would the difference between the Premiership and old Football
    League be?
    
    Discuss.
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515.1We're going to have to put our thinking caps on...VARESE::SACHA::IDC_BSTROh no! NOT Milan Kundera again!Fri Oct 27 1995 12:268
    Er, Stuart...is this sudden desire for philosophical discussion about
    the state of our game a response to my note yesterday (I forget where)
    about the lack of general football topics in this conference?
    
    A comparison of the meat pies on offer at football league grounds would
    have done just as well... ;-)
    
    Dom
515.2CHEFS::STRATFORDSSteer clear of the Zebra BrosFri Oct 27 1995 14:0416
    Dom,
    
    Nope its something that I've been thinking about recently. I did enter
    a brief note (which I think Dezzz followed up) in the Arsenal
    Topic but nobody seemed to follow on. 
    
    Two interesting points arise:
    	
    	Firstly, people are less interested in the bit by bit taking over of
    	English football by the Premiership (possibly a bigger threat than the
    	demise of the cheap shop brand cup), and,
    
    	Secondly, our resident Leeds (x3) fan finds it far more interesting
    	to discuss a spurious transfer rumour than the future of the game. 
    
     Stuart
515.3MARVIN::MORRELLI woz here, Now I'm not, Now you're here, Gutted or wot!Fri Oct 27 1995 14:249
    > Secondly, our resident Leeds (x3) fan finds it far more interesting
    > to discuss a spurious transfer rumour than the future of the game. 
    
    	Wrong.. he's more interested in working... & entering the odd note
    when he's not busy..
    
    	Cheers,
    
    	Rick.
515.4CHEFS::STRATFORDSSteer clear of the Zebra BrosFri Oct 27 1995 14:458
    re -1
    
    But that note is still on a spurious transfer rumour...
    
    Stuart
    
    PS 	Rick, you ain't the only one who is busy but some of us can
    	multi-task.