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Originally posted by FrankosHereNow FrankosHereNow wrote:

Originally posted by Bob Hoskins Bob Hoskins wrote:

why was that game played in Morocco?
I'd say $$$$ plus it's very close to Spain.

It was only one game this year compared to the usual 2 legs and Sevilla were only willing to play it as a one off if it was at their ground. Tangier was the compromise and I'm sure they got well compensated for the game as well.
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strange compromise LOL
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Presumably the alternative was Madrid... and Tangier is not that far from Sevilla.

It's a 2h30m drive from Sevilla to the port of Tarifa, then one hour on the fast ferry from there to Tangiers. You could probably do centre to centre in about four and a bit hours.
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The league have announced they’re going to play a round of games in the US, possibly starting this season
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So not only did they have their supercup overseas in Morocco of all places, La Liga are now going to be having regular league games held in the US.
 
There'd be quite a bit of criticism if and when the EPL decide to make this move. I await everybody's favourite league coming in for the same.
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I think that’s a smart move by them to get in there first.
That’s a big market to crack. 

The locals fans lose out not that the money men will care.

The Italians have been playing their charity shield cups abroad for years.



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It is an absolute load of bollox in fairness. Football is commercialising itself to death
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Originally posted by Roberto Baggio Roberto Baggio wrote:

So not only did they have their supercup overseas in Morocco of all places, La Liga are now going to be having regular league games held in the US.
 
There'd be quite a bit of criticism if and when the EPL decide to make this move. I await everybody's favourite league coming in for the same.


LOL Why are you so protective of the EPL's image?
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I'm not. I just found it funny that there was no criticism of La Liga going to play their equivalent of the charity shield overseas, we'd have several pages on the EPL thread if they'd done the same.
Agree on your point re football commercializing itself to death (I even spelt that word the American way as well)
 
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Well there is way more interest in the EPL rather than La Liga on here so that would partially explain why there was less fuss. Anyway, modern football in general is very annoying and this gimmick hopefully is a huge flop.
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Even more money to end up in Barca/Real/Atletico pockets. 

They're hardly going to be playing Getafe v Villareal over there. A few smaller clubs might benefit, but the majority of commercial revenue will end up in the same pockets as usual. 
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Originally posted by Steve Amsterdam Steve Amsterdam wrote:

Even more money to end up in Barca/Real/Atletico pockets. 

They're hardly going to be playing Getafe v Villareal over there. A few smaller clubs might benefit, but the majority of commercial revenue will end up in the same pockets as usual. 

Have Atletico gotten into the cartel now? Ridiculous spread of wealth in La Liga.
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Originally posted by Steve Amsterdam Steve Amsterdam wrote:

Even more money to end up in Barca/Real/Atletico pockets. 

They're hardly going to be playing Getafe v Villareal over there. A few smaller clubs might benefit, but the majority of commercial revenue will end up in the same pockets as usual. 


I assumed it was a full gameweek? All 20 teams would get a game in the US of A if that's the case.
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Absolute fckin jokeshop. Ridiculous decision. Ruining a great league.
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Absolute ****s.
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Originally posted by BrendanD88 BrendanD88 wrote:

Originally posted by Steve Amsterdam Steve Amsterdam wrote:

Even more money to end up in Barca/Real/Atletico pockets. 

They're hardly going to be playing Getafe v Villareal over there. A few smaller clubs might benefit, but the majority of commercial revenue will end up in the same pockets as usual. 


I assumed it was a full gameweek? All 20 teams would get a game in the US of A if that's the case.

It's one off games. Similar to the NFL matches in Europe etc. So only the usuals will benefit. 

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Originally posted by BrendanD88 BrendanD88 wrote:

Originally posted by Steve Amsterdam Steve Amsterdam wrote:

Even more money to end up in Barca/Real/Atletico pockets. 

They're hardly going to be playing Getafe v Villareal over there. A few smaller clubs might benefit, but the majority of commercial revenue will end up in the same pockets as usual. 


I assumed it was a full gameweek? All 20 teams would get a game in the US of A if that's the case.

It will be the same model as the NFL - play a few games abroad rather than a full game week. 
It would have to be one of the big teams (top 3 probably) against one of the bottom teams.

You’d imagine the local fans would not stand for Barca v Real being played in Miami or NY.



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Originally posted by Zinedine Kilbane 110 Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote:

Originally posted by BrendanD88 BrendanD88 wrote:

Originally posted by Steve Amsterdam Steve Amsterdam wrote:

Even more money to end up in Barca/Real/Atletico pockets. 

They're hardly going to be playing Getafe v Villareal over there. A few smaller clubs might benefit, but the majority of commercial revenue will end up in the same pockets as usual. 


I assumed it was a full gameweek? All 20 teams would get a game in the US of A if that's the case.

It will be the same model as the NFL - play a few games abroad rather than a full game week. 
It would have to be one of the big teams (top 3 probably) against one of the bottom teams.

You’d imagine the local fans would not stand for Barca v Real being played in Miami or NY.



Yeah maybe for now. Once some goon in a suit finds an algorithm that suggests playing Classicos on Mars to corner the intergalactic market then you watch them board the space shuttle. 
I've been to Barca a few times and, like most big clubs, their decision makers love us football tourists. We arrive in, pay way over the odds for a ticket, spend a fortune in the club shop, take loads of photo's to help boost their brand and fook off home without causing any hassle. Not like stingy potentially bothersome local fans with their noise and ideas about the welfare of the club. They even pack their own sandwiches some of them! 
It's all fooked. Thank God for St Pats and our total lack of gentrification. Or fans. Or facilities. Still though, it beats all the modern corporate bollox.  
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