Thinker 875 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, compo said: I wonder how long it will be before Saudi becomes part of Europe and see teams from the Saudi league in the champions leagues don’t forget money talks. If Israel can be in Europe, so can Saudi I suppose. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,231 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Thinker said: If Israel can be in Europe, so can Saudi I suppose. As I said on another forum if Australia can be in the Eurovision Song Contest crap anything can happen!!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,440 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Thinker said: If Israel can be in Europe, so can Saudi I suppose. Kazakhstan is in UEFA. Therefore, if you are drawn against a team from, say, Almaty, the largest city, and former capital, you will be playing the away leg east of China's western border. Admittedly, Khazakhstan is large, and a fairly substantial part lies to the West of the Urals, which were always regarded as the approximate boundary between Europe and Asia, but really..... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker 875 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, MacK1950 said: As I said on another forum if Australia can be in the Eurovision Song Contest crap anything can happen!!!! Also, Australia managed to negotiate themselves into the Asian Football Confederation from the Oceanian. Compo's right- If there's enough money to be made from Saudi teams playing against the likes of Barcelona, Real and Juventus, it will happen. Maybe they'll prop up the Super League. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker 875 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 A quick Google, shows it's already in the pipeline: https://www.sportbible.com/football/super-league-saudi-pro-league-juventus-barcelona-396650-20230620 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 4,221 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 On 16/07/2023 at 17:13, Thinker said: A quick Google, shows it's already in the pipeline: https://www.sportbible.com/football/super-league-saudi-pro-league-juventus-barcelona-396650-20230620 The US teams will end up in too, there is no way there can be so many US owned European clubs with a voice at the table and not want them involved. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 The current football elite is reaching their limits of growth and is unsustainable without massive injections of new money. For that reason and no other, the current product/market interface will have to change dramatically. When it does they would be as well calling it a different sport, for all the connection it will have with the game played at Ibrox. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,147 Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Bill said: The current football elite is reaching their limits of growth and is unsustainable without massive injections of new money. For that reason and no other, the current product/market interface will have to change dramatically. When it does they would be as well calling it a different sport, for all the connection it will have with the game played at Ibrox. Will be interesting state of affairs when the next television rights come on the market might there be some new players on the scene 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, compo said: Will be interesting state of affairs when the next television rights come on the market might there be some new players on the scene That’s what will drive the changes right enough 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutton_blows_goats 4,221 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, compo said: Will be interesting state of affairs when the next television rights come on the market might there be some new players on the scene The big sports in the US run their own streaming services. MLB, NFL, NBA. Wouldn’t be surprised if UEFA / EPL / La Liga etc go down that road. Cut out the middle man save cash maximum profit. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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