Young people are "no longer interested in football"

red_harrington

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According to Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.

Is that true?

I don't get out much so I can't say from my own experience, but when I was young I'd say about 50% of the boys in our school played football at break, and most of them were fans of one club or another.

Are kids allowed out to play like we did, which we did at every opportunity, or are they just inside playing computer games.
 
I think its an easy thing to say to try & justify the reason they want this to happen, as Holgate rightly pointed out with some bery good reasons, why not try & improve what we have instead of throwing everything out of the window & starting again when less youngsters will be interested
 
Florentino Perez's full interview last night is mental.

He states Real Madrid have lost a lot of revenue in the last 12 months - clearly due to the pandemic. And he states the ESL will create more money....yes...for Real, not for all clubs.

The bloke is an absolute grade A bell end.

Hopefully City and Chelsea pull out this week - which is rumoured - and then that will start the domino effect.
 
I saw this interview, he's an absolute idiot if he thinks that this is the answer to the financial problems at Madrid in the long term.

There is more than enough money in the game currently, the major problem is wages are far too high. In this new plan wages will increase and they will be back to where they are now but in even more debt, instead of 300k per week players will be on 1mill per week, it's unsustainable. What then, World Superleague? What then......
 
TMG501 said:
Still throw the book at all of them, even if they renege on the deal they agreed to behind the governing leagues backs. The owners of these clubs are back stabbing charlatans
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I agree. They should still be some form of punishment for just announcing they have agreed to this. Points deduction for next season as a start not a couple of quid fine that is pocket money to them.
 
Well if you don't have Sky or BT Sport you can hardly watch any live footy.
Even the FA cup semi's weren't televised free to air...
 
TMG501 said:
Still throw the book at all of them, even if they renege on the deal they agreed to behind the governing leagues backs. The owners of these clubs are back stabbing charlatans
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Whilst I agree with that in general I think they should be granted amnesty if they're willing to retreat with their tails between their legs. That's win-win for English football. This debate would be put to bed for several more decades and the clubs' fans will now know how little their owners care about or understand them (if they didn't already!).
 

Young people are "no longer interested in football"​

red_harrington said:
Is that true?

...are they just inside playing computer games.
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It has been mentioned by football analysts that the (EA Sports) "FIFA generation" aren't interested in Burnley v Wolves but are interested in Liverpool v Milan.

TMG501 said:
Still throw the book at all of them, even if they renege on the deal
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There has been a lot of talk of bans & expulsions but no one is pointing to the section of the rules & regulations that the clubs have breached. Anyone got a link & what the punishments are?
 
Yes, there is still more live football on free tv than there was pre SKY age. FA Cup Final and Home Internationals was just about the only time you saw domestic players live on tv.
 
I wouldn't say kids are no longer interested but I would say there is less interest than say 15-20 years ago. When I was growing up you would play for your Sunday team, play for the school team, play every school break time and once you got home you would meet your mates to play for a few hours. I very rarely see kids on a field with jumpers for goalposts these days which is a real shame.

The money in the game has taken a spark away from it. Boro could do with reducing their kids walk up prices too to try and encourage more kids to get on board in this area.
 
18MFC76 said:
I wouldn't say kids are no longer interested but I would say there is less interest than say 15-20 years ago. When I was growing up you would play for your Sunday team, play for the school team, play every school break time and once you got home you would meet your mates to play for a few hours. I very rarely see kids on a field with jumpers for goalposts these days which is a real shame.

The money in the game has taken a spark away from it. Boro could do with reducing their kids walk up prices too to try and encourage more kids to get on board in this area.
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15-20 years ago there was a lot less to do.

Streaming, video games and the Internet have opened up a whole new avenue of entertainment for people.

People spend far more time inside than they used to, even before Covid, it's not just football.
 
18MFC76 said:
I wouldn't say kids are no longer interested but I would say there is less interest than say 15-20 years ago. When I was growing up you would play for your Sunday team, play for the school team, play every school break time and once you got home you would meet your mates to play for a few hours. I very rarely see kids on a field with jumpers for goalposts these days which is a real shame.

The money in the game has taken a spark away from it. Boro could do with reducing their kids walk up prices too to try and encourage more kids to get on board in this area.
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I was brought up in Pallister Park. When we were younger we played on the greens between the houses(Sundays we played in Pally Park against teams from other "greens"). Last time I was down there I'm sure there were "No ball games permitted" signs.
 
newusername said:

Young people are "no longer interested in football"​


It has been mentioned by football analysts that the (EA Sports) "FIFA generation" aren't interested in Burnley v Wolves but are interested in Liverpool v Milan.


There has been a lot of talk of bans & expulsions but no one is pointing to the section of the rules & regulations that the clubs have breached. Anyone got a link & what the punishments are?
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I’m sure “bringing the game into disrepute“ will be in there somewhere!
 
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