American sport

[bring back the cowshed!]

I have started this thread for two reasons. The first is to try to forget about the problems at Prenton Park. The second is an excuse for a rant about how poor and insular American sport is and how we have benefited from exporting all our sports around the world.

I have just read about the new Chelsea owner’s revolutionary idea to transform the Premier League.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp unimpressed with Todd Boehly's 'All-Star Premier League game' idea
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62899010
The man just doesn’t get it. Imagine football without promotion/relegation, the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. No World Cup, Euros or international games. No Champions League or international club games. That’s what they are missing in baseball and American football. They chose to monopolise their sports by a franchising system, whereas we allowed everyone to play football, cricket, rugby, tennis etc. As a result, our own sporting calendar is so rich. We may no longer be the best at any of them, but surely we enjoy it a lot more. Rant over.

 

[Keith Hill (Bolton)]

Hence the stupid right wing tweets and news with Nigel Farage spouting comments about UEFA banning political music prior to kick off in European competition, in other words, leave European football because of not playing God save the whichever gender is head of the royal mafia system.
They will come running to us to play against English clubs!
Ha!
Remember the car industry we once had?
And Europe will come begging?
Thanks to him and his paymasters. This country is so.............(fill in expletive!).............!

 

[frenchrover]

Spot on, Keith