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Post by rifle on Apr 19, 2019 18:57:48 GMT -5
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Apr 19, 2019 20:59:00 GMT -5
Interesting blog post. For me, I find it intriguing that in the EPL and below, once a team is relegated to the Championship division, they get Parachute Payments. So say each EPL team gets $90 million in revenue sharing, once they are relegated, and in an effort to make sure they can afford the higher paid players, on their roster, they get their cut of the $90 million + $20 million, but in 3 payments, with 55% the first year, 45% the second year, and a measly additional $20 million in the third year. That all but guarantees that teams who get relegated, stand a better chance of being promoted right back into the premier league the next year. Unless of course they have a bad management in place, who squanders away the capital to get you promoted in short order...FG
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Post by rifle on Apr 20, 2019 6:10:17 GMT -5
A huge disparity to overcome to get promoted from the championship... very similar to the Champions league carrot that makes the fight for 4th place so valuable. To get into the top four your club must do something truly special.
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Post by atlsoccerdad on Apr 20, 2019 8:16:36 GMT -5
This was a very interesting article with lots of new (to me) ideas. Clearly the author has put lots of time thinking about the problem. Its sad that he could only compare the problem to American baseball... maybe he can fix the no-relegation MLS while he is busy fixing things.
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Post by Soccerhouse on Apr 21, 2019 9:20:49 GMT -5
That’s where everyone has it wrong:
It’s not a race to win the league.
The true competition is for 7th place - that’s where the excitement lays. Should be the world’s biggest trophy for 7th place - unless it’s one of the big 6, then the worlds biggest trophy goes to the highest none ranking big 6 and the big 6 team that falls below the 6th spot should be relegated
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