The Football Landscape
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:28 pm
I think it's clear to everyone that whatever the future of football looks like, it'll be different to what it was before. As a bit of a discussion point, would it be the end of the world?
I've thought for a while that there are too many professional clubs and too much external money being pumped in to football to keep clubs afloat. If a number of clubs fold, perhaps it will be for the long-term good. There will be fewer clubs with bigger fan bases for each and it should make things more sustainable at the bottom. I don't wish it on any club or fans but it may be for the long-term good of the sport. Perhaps a drive for more part-time clubs will emerge?
I'd also hope there will be more regulation at the top. The fact clubs can spend hundreds of millions on transfers and offer hundreds of thousands in wages a week and then plead poverty because fans aren't allowed in for a few months stinks. I'm almost certain that this is naive of me and things will go back to as they were but I live in hope.
The last 6 months should hopefully open the eyes of owners, regulators and leaders and realise things need to change to make things less fragile and more sustainable but time will tell.
What are your thoughts?
I've thought for a while that there are too many professional clubs and too much external money being pumped in to football to keep clubs afloat. If a number of clubs fold, perhaps it will be for the long-term good. There will be fewer clubs with bigger fan bases for each and it should make things more sustainable at the bottom. I don't wish it on any club or fans but it may be for the long-term good of the sport. Perhaps a drive for more part-time clubs will emerge?
I'd also hope there will be more regulation at the top. The fact clubs can spend hundreds of millions on transfers and offer hundreds of thousands in wages a week and then plead poverty because fans aren't allowed in for a few months stinks. I'm almost certain that this is naive of me and things will go back to as they were but I live in hope.
The last 6 months should hopefully open the eyes of owners, regulators and leaders and realise things need to change to make things less fragile and more sustainable but time will tell.
What are your thoughts?