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Big lols at super league players being banned from international football.
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Apr 19, 2021 17:40
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vyelkin posted:I saw a hilarious suggestion that supposedly the cities that these teams get their names from could choose to sue them over using the city name without a trademark or some dumb bullshit like that, and in the least likely but definitely funniest outcome they could force the teams to rename themselves, giving us literal PES names like Merseyside Reds instead of Liverpool FC. I mean, Football Club United of Manchester is literally just jumbling up the existing words until nonsense falls out (it was originally just FC United until someone at the FA pointed out that you have to be named after a place). You do have this slightly weird thing where people chant for 'FC', like it's going to be good time tonight when we go and watch Football Club and hope that Football Club win, but yeah you can put it on a hat and stuff. So, yeah, I don't think you could be 'Liverpool FC', but you could be Liverpool Thing AFC and there's gently caress all they could do about it as long as you're not intentionally trying to imitate the old Liverpool brand to the extreme that people would be confused by it. They can't copyright the name of the city, or the colour red, or putting Rafa Benitez's face on a bedsheet for some reason. I don't even think that 'Kop' is trademarked, since it's some old-school war thing and Chesterfield also used to have a Kop stand. https://twitter.com/FCUnitedMcr/status/1384067874608713730 Jumpers; goalposts; getting beaten at home by Guiseley; etc; etc
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Apr 19, 2021 17:40
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As long as super league matches rotate between 12 am and 12 pm local start times to cater to US and Asia prime time hours, then everything should be good!
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Apr 19, 2021 17:44
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Frankston posted:Big lols at super league players being banned from international football. Qatar continuing to find new ways to be the worst international sporting event of all time
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Apr 19, 2021 17:45
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Remember when Juve spent a dump truck of money trying to win the Champion’s League, failed embarrassingly multiple times over the course of 10 years, and then *gave up on participating in the tournament entirely* loving clown car club
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Apr 19, 2021 17:50
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World Cup bans are a threat of a Mexican standoff that won't last. Why would a country refuse to have their best players there while dealing with a significant fan backlash? People will literally get politicians supporting this out of power and then get the person in that lets their country actually compete. Even if that policy somehow goes through, all of these countries will change it immediately after their first embarrassing WC performance, and then everyone will play just the same as before.
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Apr 19, 2021 17:51
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Well are the World Cup bans ultimately up to each individual country or FIFA?
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Apr 19, 2021 17:56
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Sandwolf posted:Remember when Juve spent a dump truck of money trying to win the Champion’s League, failed embarrassingly multiple times over the course of 10 years, and then *gave up on participating in the tournament entirely* The Agnellis have always been the biggest cheerleaders for this whole idea. They've been trying to get it off the ground for years. The Americans are enthusiastic co-signatories, but it's Juve that have been the driving force behind the whole scheme and are the reason it has never gone away for long.
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Apr 19, 2021 17:57
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As of now, FIFA is on board with this since they haven't come out against it. So I assume up to individuals countries. UEFA and local leagues are the ones against this development so far.
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Apr 19, 2021 17:57
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bawfuls posted:Well are the World Cup bans ultimately up to each individual country or FIFA? Yeah FIFA controls international registrations. UEFA can only ban them from the euros.
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Apr 19, 2021 17:58
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https://twitter.com/superigor/status/1384181418176118788?s=21
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Apr 19, 2021 17:58
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Rad Russian posted:World Cup bans are a Mexican standoff that won't last. Why would a country refuse to have their best players there while dealing with a significant fan outcry? Even if that policy goes through, all of these countries will change it immediately after their first embarrassing WC performance, and then everyone will play just the same as before. I think the suggestion is that it would come down from above via UEFA or ultimately FIFA, but the legality of that is kinda unclear right now if that doesn't happen then yeah, I could maybe see the FA, FIGC and RFEF make a voluntary decision to exclude those players as those federations have the most poo poo to eat here and it'd be nice for them to have someone else to blame this time round, but I wouldn't expect the US to drop Pulisic in solidarity (for all the good that'd do them)
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Apr 19, 2021 17:58
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peanut- posted:The Agnellis have always been the biggest cheerleaders for this whole idea. They've been trying to get it off the ground for years. The Americans are enthusiastic co-signatories, but it's Juve that have been the driving force behind the whole scheme and are the reason it has never gone away for long. Yep Andrea Agnelli sucks
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Apr 19, 2021 17:59
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Apr 19, 2021 18:00
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This is an incredible storyline and I am so happy this is happening.
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Apr 19, 2021 18:00
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FullLeatherJacket posted:I mean, Football Club United of Manchester is literally just jumbling up the existing words until nonsense falls out (it was originally just FC United until someone at the FA pointed out that you have to be named after a place). You do have this slightly weird thing where people chant for 'FC', like it's going to be good time tonight when we go and watch Football Club and hope that Football Club win, but yeah you can put it on a hat and stuff. I agree, they should chant F-CUM.
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Apr 19, 2021 18:00
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 Mods please rename thread to European Super League Super Thread: Dreams can't be buy <3
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Apr 19, 2021 18:03
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Juve Merda forever and ever
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Apr 19, 2021 18:04
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Fuckin' get'em!
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Apr 19, 2021 18:04
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Frankston posted:
If anything can save football as we know it, it's comic sans
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Apr 19, 2021 18:04
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This is all part of PSGs masterplan. They will get their Champions League win (by default, who cares, it makes them former winners) and then go join the new superleague. Intrigue within intrigue.
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Apr 19, 2021 18:05
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I don't think I've seen anyone come out and support this, which in itself is impressive.
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Apr 19, 2021 18:05
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Lets say for the sake of discussion FIFA comes down hard against this, lifetime bans from all international competition to any player participating in even 1 match in the Superleague. What recourse do players on these teams right now have? Can they bail on their contracts and sign elsewhere? Are they stuck for the duration of their current contracts? Is this whole thing going to come down to adjudication of EU labor laws?
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Apr 19, 2021 18:06
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Flayer posted:This is all part of PSGs masterplan. They will get their Champions League win (by default, who cares, it makes them former winners) and then go join the new superleague. Intrigue within intrigue. I would guess this will put Bayern back in the tournament, so probably makes their chances worse.
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Apr 19, 2021 18:08
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FullLeatherJacket posted:https://twitter.com/FCUnitedMcr/status/1384067874608713730 I remember when these guys got drawn against hartlepool in the cup at home. they were doing interviews with giggsy or something and he said it was a great winnable draw for them. 
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Apr 19, 2021 18:08
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Xabi posted:I don't think I've seen anyone come out and support this, which in itself is impressive. the only people who genuinely like the idea are the people who will directly earn money from it lol
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Apr 19, 2021 18:12
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European Super League: if it's so super why is everyone crying?
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Apr 19, 2021 18:14
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Another point raised by the Guardian is this: Some of these British, Spanish and Italian "Superclubs" (as opposed to Bayern) are super in debt, given that their strategy is pay huge sums of money to snatch top players from other conferences. They may see this is a necessity - they need the fixed income over the next few years to balance out. However, with Bayern and PSG dominating the CL, they don't get it. In particular, they may want to cash grab that money until the EFL dies, and then try to crawl back into the fold.
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Apr 19, 2021 18:17
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Luigi Thirty posted:I agree, they should chant F-CUM. i mean, the football part is kinda implied and redundant you want a nice neat slogan that you can cover the ground in and that the fans will eat up
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Apr 19, 2021 18:17
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i hope they get kicked out of domestic leagues soon
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Apr 19, 2021 18:18
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Good.
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Apr 19, 2021 18:20
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Wow the assholes actually did it. Have any current players for the teams said anything? Universal condemnation but I've only seen former players and managers speak out thus far.
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Apr 19, 2021 18:20
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Slaapaav posted:i hope they get kicked out of domestic leagues soon
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Apr 19, 2021 18:21
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Fortaleza posted:Wow the assholes actually did it. Bruno Fernandes said "Dreams can't be buy".
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Apr 19, 2021 18:21
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Xabi posted:I don't think I've seen anyone come out and support this, which in itself is impressive. Americans are into it of course https://twitter.com/AlexiLalas/status/1384144897993707525
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Apr 19, 2021 18:23
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What’s a good video or audio stream to follow this idiot shitshow minute by minute?
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Apr 19, 2021 18:23
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arsenal being involved really sells the farce this is lol
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Apr 19, 2021 18:23
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Fortaleza posted:Wow the assholes actually did it. All we got so far is Bruno Fernandes commenting "Dreams can't be buy" (sic) in response to some anti super league stuff on Instagram.
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Apr 19, 2021 18:24
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ShutteredIn posted:Americans are into it of course a scathing indictment Jose posted:arsenal being involved really sells the farce this is lol them and spurs is a lol
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dex_sda posted:a scathing indictment spurs at least were recently in the final of the CL lol
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