Prediction Time

[Andy_Faber]

Manchester City and Newcastle will be playing at least some ‘home’ games in Saudi Arabia within five years. Discuss if you wish, happy to be contradicted but that’s the way I feel the wind blowing and look at how golf has been hijacked in what seems like minutes, F1 too in a wider context

[GUNTERYY36]

Manchester City and Newcastle will be playing at least some ‘home’ games in Saudi Arabia within five years. Discuss if you wish, happy to be contradicted but that’s the way I feel the wind blowing and look at how golf has been hijacked in what seems like minutes, F1 too in a wider context

Saudi Arabia will be ideal for us. The players run around like headless chickens at the best of times.

[Trickytreesreds]

Starting to feel like Kerry Packer all over again

[GUNTERYY36]

Starting to feel like Kerry Packer all over again

I wouldn't worry, TTR. Forest players won't be leaving the country anytime soon.

[Trickytreesreds]

I wouldn't worry, TTR. Forest players won't be leaving the country anytime soon.

You're from Barnsley yer pudding. Anything north of Leeds or south of Sheffield, is out thar bloody country lad.

[Geoff Parkstone]

You forgot to add West of Huddersfield

[Geoff Parkstone]

Manchester City and Newcastle will be playing at least some ‘home’ games in Saudi Arabia within five years. Discuss if you wish, happy to be contradicted but that’s the way I feel the wind blowing and look at how golf has been hijacked in what seems like minutes, F1 too in a wider context

The globalisation of the PL has been steadily creeping in over the last several years via firstly players and managers, then ownership and all the while sponsorship, TV rights and merchandising.

It's only an English League by virtue of where the games are played and the team names.

So yes the next move will be to create non friendly games across the global reach. Saudi may be that destination, although maybe Saudi based teams will try to buy their way into the PL.

Another twist in the gradual move to a franchised teams basis, disconnected from their local supporters. cf the Manchester United Surreyfication starting in the 80s.

Glad to see the PL piss off.

The model is all over: NFL regular season games in London, Germany, Canada, Mexico; MLB regular season games in London this weekend. The IPL franchises buying into South Africa, USA, Caribbean leagues. It an inexorable change across most sports.

Remember Rollerball?

[Andy_Faber]

The globalisation of the PL has been steadily creeping in over the last several years via firstly players and managers, then ownership and all the while sponsorship, TV rights and merchandising.

It's only an English League by virtue of where the games are played and the team names.

So yes the next move will be to create non friendly games across the global reach. Saudi may be that destination, although maybe Saudi based teams will try to buy their way into the PL.

Another twist in the gradual move to a franchised teams basis, disconnected from their local supporters. cf the Manchester United Surreyfication starting in the 80s.

Glad to see the PL piss off.

The model is all over: NFL regular season games in London, Germany, Canada, Mexico; MLB regular season games in London this weekend. The IPL franchises buying into South Africa, USA, Caribbean leagues. It an inexorable change across most sports.

Remember Rollerball?

As you know I take an interest in NFL and beyond just the games, I was explaining the draft to a luddite friend yesterday (actually because the MLB draft was on UK news), and she wondered if such a drafting process would ever hit football. I'm not sure its possible for a worldwide sport but it may put the 'Gulf states', with their deep pockets, back into the mix instead of BEING the mix.

[Andy_Faber]

The globalisation of the PL has been steadily creeping in over the last several years via firstly players and managers, then ownership and all the while sponsorship, TV rights and merchandising.

It's only an English League by virtue of where the games are played and the team names.

So yes the next move will be to create non friendly games across the global reach. Saudi may be that destination, although maybe Saudi based teams will try to buy their way into the PL.

Another twist in the gradual move to a franchised teams basis, disconnected from their local supporters. cf the Manchester United Surreyfication starting in the 80s.

Glad to see the PL piss off.

The model is all over: NFL regular season games in London, Germany, Canada, Mexico; MLB regular season games in London this weekend. The IPL franchises buying into South Africa, USA, Caribbean leagues. It an inexorable change across most sports.

Remember Rollerball?

No I was a Death Race 2000 fan, now THERE'S a sport ripe for reactivation.

[Geoff Parkstone]

There's plenty of new old people's homes to provide stock.... Remember the early video game based on the film?