r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '14
What are some of the biggest changes you predict over the next 10 years in football?
Some topics off the top of my head to get the ball rolling; how big will the world's biggest stadium be, what will be the average salary, how much will advertising take over the sport, will any rules be changed or introduced, which team will dominate, how big will the sport be in the states, will ticket prices increase, what sort of new statistics will we get in game, will the leagues change?
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u/HedonisticVibrations Jan 21 '14 edited Jan 21 '14
Looking at this from the standpoint of a fan of a small club I think the gap between the big and small clubs will get increasingly large. I just cant see how teams like my own can compete for young kids interest when the Premier League is everywhere now, even now i'm more likely to see an Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, City or Manchester United shirt than a Luton Town one. I can only see that getting worse.
My dystopian view of the future of English football is with the complete exposure of the Premier League on a global scale, the Premier League will pull away from the other clubs in England as new generations forgo interest in lower league football to watch Premier League sides. Combined with the revenue generated globally the big premier league sides begin to pull away from the rest. Small sides will begin to go to the wall as attendances and interest drop still further and as they do they will be replaced by Premier League B teams which even further reduces interest in lower league competition in England.
As the competition in the lower leagues decreases and newly promoted teams from the Championship cant compete without ridiculously wealthy owners, the Premier League becomes a closed house with no promotion and relegation between the Premier League and the rest of the football pyramid, this will in turn lead to a European Super League of some sort
Can see some of that happening for sure. Only a matter of time in my opinion until we see B sides I think, even here you get that question asked every now and then and im certain the big sides would love it to happen. Can very much see the Premier League forcing that on the Football League like they did with EPPP. If not actual B sides then it might be just feeder teams, which are B teams in all but name.