If the ESL fiasco ends up in the courts

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  1. George Kerr

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    George Kerr, Apr 20, 2021
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    I really, really don't want to stop them going. Wave them goodbye, marginalise them and replace them.
     
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    They'll end up being the footballing equivalent of North Korea in about 5 years..
     
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    Thanks for posting GK. Really interesting to get a legal perspective on this whole sorry mess.
     
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    I want to see them skulk back, start next season on -12 points for being a bunch of chancers and get roundly pillocked every single game they play.
     
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    Simple solution - kick them out & promote the current top 6 in the championship to PL ;)
     
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    It needs challenging with every fibre of legal ,moral and finance available .
    This let them go and we’ll set up our own is naive .
    A precedent will be set and the next lot who see themselves as elites will think they can do likewise untill as in boxing you have multi governing bodies all with fingers in pies and lowering the sport .
    We have to challenge this vigorously or the already difficult advancement will be impossible .
     
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    I suppose you have a point there, but I think it might be worth the gamble of it not working out for them!
     
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    The point is that whatever the outcome - the lawyers will be the big winners.
     
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    Precisely. They go, and Wednesday, Forest, Derby, Sunderland, Stoke etc begin plotting a 'Heritage League' with Newcastle, Villa and Leeds before long where the 'likes of Barnsley' aren't afforded the same privileges.
     
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    would they get the tv audiences though?
     
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    Who knows? But if a club's brand weight is now what determines who they play against, it would be the inevitable next step.
     
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    I've no doubt that the ESL have been looking into every eventuality of this for the last couple of years. They wouldn't have announced their intentions without having a legal team look at every aspect of it. The ESL will be aware of the outcry this would bring so they will just put on their tin hats and batten down the hatches, it's happening so fook all the rest. Hope they get kicked out of the premier league and there's no relagation this season. Then there's another 3 places up for grabs for the championship clubs. This should then runs in the same format through all the divisions saving our good friends at swillsborough from relegation.
     
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    I think the courts will find in their favour, but they'll have to pay compensation to leave. They've benefited greatly from their status which leagues and UEFA competitions have given them.
    Then there's the fact players may take legal action for breach of contract.
    And finally who's going to sponsor them? Many big US and worldwide companies already have deals in place with FIFA, the national leagues, and worldwide continental Cup competitions.
    These companies benefit quite nicely from those arrangements, could they make more by severing ties and teaming up with a competition made up of teams from 3 countries?
     
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