Re:US owners find greed doesn't play well in European soccer
by caddemon on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:27AM
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I mean definitely late season games between bad teams are exhibition matches, and sometimes even outright tank battles. But I'm not sure how you can claim that winning the whole league doesn't mean anything? The NFL is already pretty clearly the collection of the 32 best football teams in the world. Presumably there is also a top end to promotion in European leagues, does winning the best of the best league mean nothing because you can't get promoted anymore? That's a pretty weird way of looking at sports
Re:US owners find greed doesn't play well in European soccer
by rchaud on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:30AM
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I've noticed that more and more people watch solely because they have a player from that game in their fantasy lineup, no other reason. Others have bet on a particular outcome in that game.
Say what you will about American puritanism, but it's shocking how brazenly the English game promotes gambling.
All of the founding members would be immune from ejection/relegation. 15/20 slots would be permanent.
There's no point to competition if winning and losing has no real consequences. Just like american sports, which are so freakishly boring because of that. Someone one a superbowl? Someone came in last out of 38 teams in baseball? What happens now? Nothing? Got it.
American-style sports is just playing exhibition matches over and over again, without end or consequence, year after year. There's no point to it.
Turns out, real sports fans don't like that.