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Post by Gregory Stevens on May 5, 2015 8:04:30 GMT
Since we had the premier league and started attracting the best talent, the standard of football is higher.
That's great for clubs competing in Europe, also great for the books of the clubs with better attendances etc.
How have the workers, the footballers fared? If you are a young British player, is it more or less difficult to get a pro job? How has the fabric of British football fared? has the national team improved?
Do your answers change when this is applied to other spheres other than football and why? Might be worth considering this ahead of this week's election!
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 9:21:11 GMT
Last year was the highest year for membership of the PFA. There are more pro's than ever, getting paid more than ever.
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Post by irishrover on May 5, 2015 15:34:43 GMT
There are more British professional players than ever and they are being paid more than ever before. There are a lot of problems with the Premiership but that is not one of them. I know 2 people who would have been nailed on certainties to have successful professional cricket careers and would have been decent shots at becoming internationals; both chose to become very average footballers instead. In conventional terms neither of them would have been judged as having 'made it' in football. But I've spoken to both since and neither regret it. They made more money and gained more opportunities for career development than they ever would have done as cricketers; and they'd have made a very good living had they done that. English football has a staggering depth. The England football team itself has been cack for most of its history; 66 stands out like a shining diamond in a sewer. We were cack in the 50s, we were cack in the 70s, we pretty cack for most of the 80s. We had a brief flowering in 1990 and 1996 (while failing to qualify for a World Cup in between) but to be honest they only look good on a relative basis compared with what came before and after. There was no golden era of English football; there was one brief shining moment. What we are now is pretty much what we've always been; very average and predictable.
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Post by Nobbygas on May 5, 2015 16:11:36 GMT
Irish - I'm guessing here.....but your main job is not as a motivational speaker is it!
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Post by Gregory Stevens on May 5, 2015 18:58:31 GMT
I see, importing Players = more opportunities for British youth players. Got it.
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