Young people are "no longer interested in football"

As a kid we played football till it was too dark to see. The school field we played on is surrounded by a massive fence the whole way round. The green we played on has no ball games signs and neighbours who have a go at kids if they do play.

Other green spaces I see are often unplayable because the grass is so long because it hardly gets cut because of cut backs. When it is cut the cuttings are so big it’s unplayable.

As mentioned, there’s enough money in the game, reduce wages, regulate agents. Look at VAR again and offside. Look at measures to make attacking football more rewarded and the leagues more level.

Market on the basis of exciting, competitive football - not the big six battering everyone else, the big six matches being cagey affairs and the remaining fixtures, sides terrified of expansive football because they might lose and then be - heaven forbid - relegated.

We have completion now where the top six have a monopoly, it gets threatened and they try to monopolise further. The owners of these clubs are in it for the money. Take that incentive away, more evenly distributed prize money will make owning a club less attractive. And maybe less fashionable teams will start to get shares of overseas markets.

Better for the game overall.
 
WoodallServices said:
I’m sure “bringing the game into disrepute“ will be in there somewhere!
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Given you had WHU players owned by 3rd parties in direct contravention of Premier League rules having a direct impact on their ability to stay in the EPL while relegating another team & that had to be settled in court financially.

I can't see the EPL deciding that a club saying it wants to continue to be a member of the EPL but spend its mid-weeks doing something different to playing in the CL has so brought the game into disrepute that their membership of the EPL is withdrawn.
 
It may be true that kids aren’t as interested in football in the past, but I don’t see how a super league would change that. As said it’s trying to add a reason to it that isn’t money related.

To get more kids interested in football, getting them to play or actually attend games would be far more successful.

I said elsewhere on another post, I fell in love with football through playing it and attending games, watching other teams was something that came after that.

I can only assume the kids he’s talking about aren’t the kids in the countries the teams are based, but ones in potential new markets like America, Asia etc.
 
There's a lot more junior sides in my home town than there ever was when I was growing up, but yes, there was always crowds of people playing football with cones/jumpers on fields which you don't see too often these days, but is that because a lot of kids of all ages are involved in teams and therefore more organised training sessions etc?

There's more for kids to do these days. No argument there. Whether it's a good thing or not is another matter. Unlimited TV, phones, Ipads, Xbox's. You could not leave your room and been entertained all day.
 
Marvanelli said:
Hopefully City and Chelsea pull out this week - which is rumoured - and then that will start the domino effect.
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I really hope this is true.

I have to say, when the news broke, I was most surprised by Man City. They have always come across as decent and have done loads behind the scenes for that club. This seems to be the first foot they've put wrong since taking over. I can imagine they'd not be happy with the fans discontent...but then again, who knows. Do they really need the money? Wasn't it always an oil rich 'toy' that they could throw money at and beat everyone?
 
There's been a huge outcry in the last 36 hours, but suddenly I think a lot of people - fans especially - are beginning to wonder if it's such a bad thing. If the big bad 6 are expelled from English football, then there's a chance for 6 more teams to start winning things, 6 more teams to be promoted to the top league, and 6 more non league teams to be promoted to the football leagues.

I don't think the Prem League would survive - at least not in the same format - so there'd be a lot less money for teams in the top league, but that might mean there's a bit more financial sense introduced.

Gradually I think there's a realization that if it's going to happen, then it may as well be now and then everyone can get on with life a new football world.
 
It's much more expensive for kids to go to football matches now, and once they get to being young adults there are more important things for them to spend their money on such as saving for a deposit for a house. Or you have to pay for TV when it was free before. The cost of leisure activities have gone up at the same time as disposable income has gone down.
 
Same with my teenager as others have said, much more interested in his Xbox than football.

Played a bit when he was younger, had a season ticket for a couple of years but not bothered about renewing and barely takes an interest in the game now even on TV.
 
Marvanelli said:
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.
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He also fails to neglect to mention the numerous times the Spanish government's backers have lent them.a couple of million euros under the table in a brown paper bag.

As for his statement about 16-24 year olds no longer interested in football? Where has he got that idea from? Look at the huge amount of kids football teams in this country. Hell there's hundreds in the north east alone in all age groups.

Here's an idea, stop clubs charging stupid amounts of money for a ticket to watch a game.
 
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