Monty Burns Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 There are many ways the big boys are taking the piss out of us and I do believe lower league Football needs to get a grip of itself and stop aping its bigger brother. Sadly, I welcome these straws being placed upon the camels back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 The Paint Pot has run dry. http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/article/johnstones-paint-to-end-football-league-trophy-sponsorship-3024969.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeylandLatic Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Are we able to refuse to play in the JPT (ie. reject registration for it)? I think a boycott of the competition would be the right response from the football league clubs, the inclusion of Premier League U21 teams reduces it to farce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_bro Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Are we able to refuse to play in the JPT (ie. reject registration for it)? I think a boycott of the competition would be the right response from the football league clubs, the inclusion of Premier League U21 teams reduces it to farce. No. We are forced to enter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeylandLatic Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 No. We are forced to enter. There needs to be a coordinated response from the football league clubs, as others have said this is part of the creep towards premier league b teams entering the leagues. My interest has massively wained in the past 5 years as football has continued it's meteoric rise up it's own arsehole, the way the football league is increasingly marginalised and treated like a support function of the premier league just compounds the feeling that football in this country is being taken from the supporters and handed to the corporations. I think this and the inevitable subsequent addition of b teams to the football league pyramid will effectively kill the lower leagues and a number of clubs will go to the wall as interest drops of a cliff. The football league needs to start dictating terms or considering going it's own way. Limits on numbers of transfers per season, limits on squad size (contracted professionals, youth team contacts), registration of squads for competitions similar to how European competitions are run, quotas for uk born players etc should all be considered as ways to protect the integrity of the structure of the English leagues and the compression as a whole. It would hurt the top teams and probably disproportionately those that rely on cheap foreign players to compete in the premier league initially but something drastic is required and short termism and greed have seriously damaged the leagues and the national game. I doubt there is anybody at the FA principled or brave enough to push any of the major changes required though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nonaenever Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 i hate the premier league and all it stands for was debating about cancelling my Sky subscription and this pretty much sends me over the edge Totally agree with you - the most hyped up league of overpaid prima donnas in the world. Have never subscribed to Sky and never will - simply on the basis it basically ruined football (particularly at lower level) and enabled pretty ordinary players to become very rich very quickly. Obscene in the extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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