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Hmm. They were the obvious candidates in my eyes as they've pulled out early in recent rights bids.Originally Posted by Rjk
And if it isn't them - who has the money to gamble on this working? Surely the ESL clubs didn't announce this before getting some commitment from a group of broadcasters?!
the club's have been sold the promise of 5bn a year revenue for this new league - that must have come from somewhere.
it didn't seem as though sky were involved by their reaction either.
there's always the option of making them all directly available ppv by each club, or on YouTube or something like that
Sky’s response has struck me as very orchestrated with something of a party line - I’d be amazed if they are candidates to stream the matches.
With the amount of money in the whole project and the status of the owners, what's to stop them introducing their own streaming service?
They've wanted to sell the rights to their own games for years, I imagine it'll all be done via their websites
Filled with unaccustomed optimism, a 4-part story. pic.twitter.com/X03HAu4KjT
— Martin Calladine (@uglygame) April 20, 2021
Dare we dream?
No need to, it won't happen. Whilst 'real' fans are hugely outnumbered by plastics across the World, they're the ones that are up close to the club, it's employees, along with local and national media. All told a damaging exercise for these clubs' images, and a telling sign just how little these owners understand the concept of following and supporting your team. The awful thing is we're now going to have to put up with all those conciliatory, fawning statements from the 'big six'...
I would have thought the clubs will use their own TV channels alongside a streaming platform called SuperLeague TV as the model they are looking to use follows US Sports as this is all about securing as much money as possible.
The more the story has gathered pace over the past 48hrs, the more I personally think it won't amount to anything. I've been glued to the media in fascination and its just getting farcical now.
There's no way they can proceed with it and i'll bet the clubs executives are having internal shit your pants meetings discussing how they can get out of it showing face and minimising embarrassment.
it'll be interesting to see what happens next, will they keep pushing for it, or try to extract some kind of concession from uefa to make it go away.
if it is defeated then the punishments need to be severe and stricter laws brought in to prevent it from happening again
Wouldn't UEFA be in the stronger position though if the clubs back down? There usual threat for concessions would be gone because they've bottled it and future threats wouldn't be taken as seriously?
The fact that helping shut it down would be an easy PR win for Boris doesn't bode well for the idea either
I think it's looking less likely, I think the clubs involved are going to be ****ed.
BREAKING
— Dan Roan (@danroan) April 20, 2021
I understand Chelsea are now preparing documentation to request withdrawing from the ESL
Chelsea have bottled it
I would say they’ve seen sense.
Well done on those fans peacefully protesting outside the ground.
Good, let the rest follow and punish all of them.
Maybe we can have their place.
Why do you describe it as “bottling it”
Do you not think it’s a good thing they are reconsidering?
They made a decision and not completed it because the backlash from all corners has been stronger than they expected, they're not doing this out of any reasons for the good of football or anything. They got cold feet and are scrambling. In my view they've bottled it.
Are you that naive, that you think they didn’t realise what the general reaction would be ?
I've been surprised at the level of reaction and I imagine the clubs didn't expect such a reaction either. You've had governments condemning the plans for goodness sake
You don't want them to be punished for trying to rip up domestic football, are you that naïve to think they won't try again? Oh that's alright lads, try and rip up domestic football, show a complete lack of regard for fans, clubs and competition none of that matters now you've written an apology
No, I don’t think they did - looks to me as if they have been taken aback by the ferocity of the reaction.
Good, rumours are Chelsea and Man City were reluctant to join in the first place
Punish them for what?
If Chelsea and the other 5 were to pull out, then what would they be punished for.
That would be like the fuzz arresting someone, just for thinking about throwing a brick through a jewellers window 😂
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