Re: [TV orNotTV] In other-football news

2021-04-21 Thread Adam Bowie
On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 3:04 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Yeah, while I could see this was a bad idea, the level of vitriol that > emerged against it surprised me. > To be honest, that was probably their biggest failure. To fail to recognise the animos

Re: [TV orNotTV] In other-football news

2021-04-21 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
Yeah, while I could see this was a bad idea, the level of vitriol that emerged against it surprised me. It seems there remains some belief that non-American football has a level of 'love of the game' that has, IMO, long ago been squeezed out of most major league American sports.  When some peop

Re: [TV orNotTV] In other-football news

2021-04-21 Thread Adam Bowie
This may all be of limited interest to this group, but I'd note that like most sports, this now-dead league (48 hours alive!) was created with TV front of mind. Selling the rights to some broadcaster for even more money than current deals deliver. All six English league clubs pulled out yesterday,

RE: [TV orNotTV] In other-football news

2021-04-20 Thread Brad Beam
Update: Of the six Premier League candidates announced yesterday, today only Chelsea FC is left kicking collie bollocks. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. > >I could only care less if it was cricket > On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 8:39 PM Bra

Re: [TV orNotTV] In other-football news

2021-04-19 Thread Kevin M.
I could only care less if it was cricket On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 8:39 PM Brad Beam wrote: > While the idea of top-tier football teams in leagues across Europe forming > a "Super League" is being continentally denounced, British Jimmy begs > Americans to care. > > https://twitter.com/i/status/138