Personally, I cannot believe that those great clubs are sacrificing all the history of the National and European games to create a closed shop North American style league without promotion and relegation, though they must have thought it all through and must have expected the negative backlash and decided it would still pay to do it!.
Release timing tied into East Asia and North American awake times interesting enough...wonder if that is where the money is coming from? I can see see half empty stadiums and streaming becoming the norm if it all happens.
Were the players even considered? Talk of being banned to play in the big comps, though maybe just threats, you would hope would not sit well with the players?
One thing for sure, the turf war has only just begun, going to be a summer of bitter legal disputes no doubt.
Glad i'm involved with non league football now! (plug - Hamworthy Utd FC www.hamworthyunitedfc.com)
