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I hadn't realised the '5-sub rule' temp remains in European games this year.

There's something inherently wrong when UEFA are putting player-welfare front and centre in this respect, at this unprecedented time. Whilst the PL clubs voted not to.

INHERENTLY WRONG!

Who'd have thought you'd ever be applauding UEFA over your own Country's league?
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
I hadn't realised the '5-sub rule' temp remains in European games this year.

There's something inherently wrong when UEFA are putting player-welfare front and centre in this respect, at this unprecedented time. Whilst the PL clubs voted not to.

INHERENTLY WRONG!

Who'd have thought you'd ever be applauding UEFA over your own Country's league?
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Some Leagus also use the 5 sub rule still. I dont know, I am not entirely against it. Afraid it would change the game to much against lower clubs and benefits the big ones. Maybe have it like under 18 can come on as 4th and 5ths sub + have the bench longer - this I would be more up to.

Biggest gripe I have is this stupid international games where now they are trying to push MORE GAMES into, just whyyyyy???. We are already seeing covid cases spike with this international games. + just **** remove one of the cup games in England. They can make changes to have games more spreaded but still must milk all the cup games and end the season like it use to end. Make a transitsion perioud for now and end the season a month later so this could spread out the games a bit more. But then you will have the issue that EUROS are coming in the summer and no rest...
Cant win anyway so have to do like this.
 
Bujakaa92 said:
Some Leagus also use the 5 sub rule still. I dont know, I am not entirely against it. Afraid it would change the game to much against lower clubs and benefits the big ones. Maybe have it like under 18 can come on as 4th and 5ths sub + have the bench longer - this I would be more up to.

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*I cut off the second paragraph as I'd be here all day if you got me started on the nonsensical International game B/S at this time.



I might be wrong but I think the PL is the only major league not continue with the option of 5 subs this season? (Which isn't a surprise as one of the major problems here is every club pulling in different directions for their own self-serving interests.).

I get why those that voted against it did that as you alluded to. Survival mode and staying in the Prem is their focus. But ultimately, if they honestly believe that other clubs would gain an advantage through greater strength in depth then I believe they're completely missing the point. Whilst that may be the case statistically wise, they too are now at greater risk of burnout/ injury/ COVID et al and they'll likely need to regularly replace their first choices regardless. That's just the nature of the unprecedented situation everyone's currently in.

Having the ability to rotate a greater number per game would allow them to help mitigate these risks and therefore likely get more game time out of their better players.

It's shortsightedness at it's worse. And I'd argue somewhat negligent even when considering every players' wellbeing.
 
Just seen the u19s friendly between Scotland and England was abandoned just before half time as a late COVID result came back and one of the Scotland coaches restive positive. What a shambles!!
 
Here's the full list of changes:
Rescue Fund
  • An immediate rescue fund of £350,000,000 to the English Football League and Football Association for lost revenues of 2019/20 and 2020/21
  • For the EFL:
£50,000,000 to cover 2019/20 EFL matchday losses;
Up to £200,000,000 available to cover 2020/21 EFL matchday losses;
Money will be advanced to the EFL from increased future revenues.
  • For the FA:
£100,000,000 in grants, made up of £55,000,000 to cover operational losses, £25,000,000 for clubs below the EFL, £10,000,000 for the Women’s Super League and Championship, £10,000,000 for grassroots
Funds to be made available by the Premier League through loans guaranteed by the clubs.
Infrastructure Plan
  • Infrastructure funding of 6% of Premier League gross revenues to be distributed annually to the top four divisions.
  • Each club will receive £100 per seat annually.
  • Infrastructure funding can only be used for stadia and fan experiences.
Fan Charter
  • A cap of £20 on Premier League away ticketing (adjusted every 3 years for inflation)
  • Subsidised Premier League away travel
  • Safe-standing sections at the discretion of each club, subject to government permission.
  • Away sections must provide at least 3,000 or 8% of capacity, whichever is higher.
Annual Good Causes
  • An increase of 66% in annual contributions to good causes in England.
  • A total of 5% of Premier League gross income to be contributed annually to good causes and grassroots football, to include focus on combatting racism and discrimination.
Redistribution of Media & Sponsorship Revenues (three possible options)
  • Option A: 50% equal, 25% current-year merit, 25% previous 3-year merit
A greater emphasis will be placed on merit in both the Premier League and the Championship with half of payments reflecting positions over the past four years.
  • Option B: Current Premier League distribution scheme (50% equal, 25% by merit and 25% by facility fees) but newly promoted clubs must holdback £25m of first two years in the Premier League to mitigate risk of relegation.
  • Option C: Current Premier League distribution scheme, but newly promoted clubs receive 25% of their allocated Facility Fees for first 3 years in league.
For all above options:
  • Excluding parachute payments and including new infrastructure payments, solidarity from the Premier League to the English Football League would increase from 4% to 25%.
  • Premier League and English Football League domestic and international media rights will be collectively sold by the Premier League.
  • Compensation payments to The EFL and FA, infrastructure monies and related borrowings are deducted prior to determination of distributable revenues.
Pyramid structure
  • The Premier League, originally formed to house 18 clubs,would be reduced from 20 to 18 clubs.
  • This would free up the calendar and, with fewer teams and an end to parachute payments, provide additional resources to the EFL.
  • Reduction from 38 to 34 rounds of matches will also aid the national team.
  • Championships, League One and League Two to all be made up of 24 clubs
Promotion and relegation
  • Premier League relegation. At least 2 clubs automatically relegated annually
  • Championship promotion: 1st and 2nd automatically promoted.
  • Club finishing 16th in the Premier League joins four team Championship play-off tournament with teams who finish 3rd, 4th and 5th. Semi-finals would be 16th place PL team vs 5th place Championships team nad 3rd place Championship team against 4th place Championship team.
  • Championship relegation – 3 clubs
  • Leagues One and Two: promotion of 3 clubs. Relegation of 4 clubs
Club media
  • All Premier League clubs have the exclusive rights to sell eight live matches a season directly to fans via their own digital platforms in all international territories.
  • All Premier League and Championship clubs allowed to show limited in-match highlights on their own digital platforms.
  • No more than 27 games per club will be shown live in UK per season
  • Saturday 3pm broadcast blackouts remain to help protect EFL attendance
Other competitions
  • League Cup and Community Shield discontinued;
  • Establishment of a new independent league for the Women’s professional game, not to be owned by the Premier League or The Football Association;
  • FA Cup replays retained but there will be no replays in the winter break;
  • Premier League begins later in August and pre-season friendlies extended;
  • No more than two weeks between the end of the Premier League and the Champions League final;
  • Premier League clubs must participate at least once every five years in the Premier League summer tournament.
Other structural changes
  • Elite Player Performance Plan funding is included in the revenue received by EFL clubs;
  • Clubs in League One and below are no longer required to have an academy;
  • Clubs permitted to have up to 15 players out on loan domestically at any time, including up to four in a single English club. Introduction of one month loans for players under 23, an ability to recall loanees in the event of managerial change, incentivise loanee clubs through payments based on future performance or sale of loaned players;
  • Remove the scholarship clause permitting players to terminate at any stage.
Cost Controls & Related Party Income
  • Financial Fair Play rules that align with Uefa to ensure English clubs are not at a disadvantage in Europe;
  • A £50 million cap per annum on all related party transactions and a more stringent ‘related party’ definition;
  • Premier League executive provided with full access to clubs accounting information to investigate cost control
  • A joint Premier League and Championship body will monitor cost controls.
  • The English Football League will introduce hard salary caps.
Governance
  • All material matters relating to the business of the Premier League will require shareholder approval, except that the Board will decide whether to approve a new owner;
  • All votes will require more than two-thirds majority to be approved;
  • All other votes for the operation of the Premier League will be one-club, one-vote except those provided for under ‘Special Voting Rights’
Special Voting Rights
  • Each of the nine clubs who, at any time of determination, have been members of the Premier League continuously for more seasons than other clubs will be considered a ‘Long-Term Shareholder’.
  • Two-thirds of the long-term shareholders can cause to be adopted without approval from the other clubs:
i) the election or removal of the CEO and/or a member of the board;
ii) amendments to cost control rules and regulations;
iii) contracts for the sale of league broadcasting and media rights
  • Two-thirds of the long-term shareholders can prevent from being adopted resolutions to:
i) change the distribution rights of the sponsorship, commercial and broadcasting rights sold centrally;
ii) change the distribution to clubs from other PL centralised rights or assets
c) alter in a material way the nature of the competition
  • Two-thirds of the long-term shareholders can veto the Premier League board’s approval of a proposed new owner.
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