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Post by M on Feb 9, 2008 12:37:24 GMT
With the likelihood of the Premier League going global.. Literally.
It is something that will affect us directly, because we'll either be one of these premier league clubs going abroad, or another lower league club cursing the further growing gulf between the them and the premier league.
What about us? The fans that put these clubs in that position.
The working class, whose game it was, have struggled to keep the game close, when the game is seemingly trying and becoming an upper class day out.
When these clubs get all this extra money, pay players, chief execs, agents all this extra money and charge the fans all that extra money.
Are the FA going to finally break the bond we've tried so hard to retain......
Can we do anything?
This is obviously just my opinion, but except the extra money my club would get, i wouldn't be able to see any benefit in this for me or my fellow supporter.
We've heard countless top flight managers moan and groan about the amount of games being played, but now they're happy because they'll get extra transfer money.
I for one would not be able to afford a flight to Sydney to watch my club......
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Post by M on Feb 9, 2008 12:40:22 GMT
Just seen Game 39 thread. Oops. Will it work? Will that be enough? I doubt it
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 9, 2008 12:44:53 GMT
Yes there is something you can do. Join the FSF and actively campaign. Write letters and emails and make phone calls about it. Ring phone ins to talk about it and generally make a noise.
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Post by M on Feb 9, 2008 12:47:38 GMT
What do you think Joe?
Is it inevitable?
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 9, 2008 13:30:23 GMT
Is it inevitable? I think if fans can realise their power and influence as both supporters and consumers it is far from inevitable.
However, I remember being in the FSA and before a Stoke home game we handed out about 2,500 leaflets about the campaign opposing all seater stadiums. Every person we spoke to agreed with the campaign and was repelled by the prospect of all seaters and willingly took the leaflets. Despite so much support from everyone we didn't receive one application to join the FSA or one contact regarding any action that could be taken. Remember too that all seaters becoming compulsory was a long way away at that point. In short, nobody wanted them but at the same time nobody was actually prepared to do anything to prevent it happening. So when people get emotional and nostalgic about terraces remember there weren't many people prepared to actually do anything to keep them.
Its important to remember that amid talk of TV monies sponsors and billionaire oil oligarchs supporters still have an influence that, if asserted en masse, can change decisions and rattle administrative cages. Anything which effects goings on at clubs like Arsenal and Liverpool is BIG news. So ensure the way the vast majority of supporters feel...and what is at stake...is on appropriate agendas.
Standing in Lime Street all those years ago I naievely felt that perhaps, just perhaps, we had a chance. That maybe people were motivated enough to want to actively seek to achieve something together. I was wrong. But what about this time? Write those letters send those emails ring those phone ins and make a noise....and it won't be inevitable.
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