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Post by tristramshandy on Jan 26, 2019 16:25:02 GMT
This is coming from an American who knows very little, so sorry if this is a stupid question.
Compared to American team sports, it seems like Premier League has a very unfair playing field in terms of resources. There are teams in the United States who have been bad for long periods of time (Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, etc), but, generally speaking, they have the same possibility of being good as anyone else (possible exception of baseball with big and small markets).
From an outsider's point of view, that doesn't seem to be the case with Premier League or soccer in general.
So if you are a fan of Sunderland or Norwich or some team that bounces back and forth between being relegated and a Premier League team, do you only root for your squad or do you have a team that you root for that is in the upper tier and could actually win? Or do you hope to have a miracle Leicester City season and sod off to all of the large market clubs?
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Post by sdm3 on Jan 26, 2019 16:37:47 GMT
You’re right, smaller clubs have essentially no hope of success. The best they can dream of is to make a deep domestic cup run, or get taken over by a bored billionaire. They also can’t get too attached to their better players, because bigger clubs will snap them up as soon as they start to make a name for themselves.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 26, 2019 17:08:49 GMT
Maybe they need to have a draft every year.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 26, 2019 17:10:19 GMT
This is coming from an American who knows very little, so sorry if this is a stupid question. Compared to American team sports, it seems like Premier League has a very unfair playing field in terms of resources. There are teams in the United States who have been bad for long periods of time (Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, etc), but, generally speaking, they have the same possibility of being good as anyone else (possible exception of baseball with big and small markets). From an outsider's point of view, that doesn't seem to be the case with Premier League or soccer in general. So if you are a fan of Sunderland or Norwich or some team that bounces back and forth between being relegated and a Premier League team, do you only root for your squad or do you have a team that you root for that is in the upper tier and could actually win? Or do you hope to have a miracle Leicester City season and sod off to all of the large market clubs? You mentioned Leicester City; if you'd put $10 on them at the start of the season you'd have won $50,000. There's never been as big an upset as that in any of the top 4 North American sports. |
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Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Jan 27, 2019 3:34:32 GMT
This is coming from an American who knows very little, so sorry if this is a stupid question. Compared to American team sports, it seems like Premier League has a very unfair playing field in terms of resources. There are teams in the United States who have been bad for long periods of time (Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, etc), but, generally speaking, they have the same possibility of being good as anyone else (possible exception of baseball with big and small markets). From an outsider's point of view, that doesn't seem to be the case with Premier League or soccer in general. So if you are a fan of Sunderland or Norwich or some team that bounces back and forth between being relegated and a Premier League team, do you only root for your squad or do you have a team that you root for that is in the upper tier and could actually win? Or do you hope to have a miracle Leicester City season and sod off to all of the large market clubs? You mentioned Leicester City; if you'd put $10 on them at the start of the season you'd have won $50,000. There's never been as big an upset as that in any of the top 4 North American sports. I remember this story. Did anyone win big backing them all the way? I couldn't find anything. www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/03/08/leicester-city-fan-cashes-out-on-250000-premier-league-title-bet/ |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 27, 2019 10:25:03 GMT
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