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May 14, 2024
6:38:44pm

BGRTHNUMEGO All-American

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BGRTHNUMEGO

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Joined: Mar 6, 2004
Last login: May 31, 2024
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The last 7 EPL champs:

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May 14, 6:13pm

I don't understand why more leagues don't push for parity the way the NFL does it. Makes so much sense.

jacobugath

May 14, 6:15pm

They do have relegation.

Mister P

May 14, 6:18pm

I like the concept, but it's not enough to make up for the lack of parity. It's as bad as college football.

jacobugath

May 14, 6:18pm

There is plenty of parity in soccer, but it occurs at the European level, not

Japan Coug

May 14, 7:37pm

It's better to think of the European domestic leagues as conferences or

Japan Coug

May 14, 7:31pm

Also, only 7 teams have won it since 1992. Compared that to the NFL: 18 different champions

jacobugath

May 14, 6:18pm

In the same time frame, MLS has had 6 different champions in 7 years.

RSL

May 14, 6:31pm

Yet, 5 different clubs have won the UEFA Champions League in the last 5 years.

Japan Coug

May 14, 7:33pm

I'm legit curious how 2/3 of EPL champs the last 25 years are from a town 1/20th

May 14, 6:24pm

If you look at actual metro size and not just township size (a better comparison), London is ~3x bigger than Manchester.

unctoothman

May 14, 6:54pm

Manchester United is a world wide brand. Can’t just talk about the Manchester

babycarrot

May 14, 7:09pm

Because of an oil sheik with very deep pockets, at least when talking about the

Japan Coug

May 14, 7:24pm

Oil

May 14, 7:48pm

Agree

BGRTHNUMEGO

May 14, 6:38pm

Should be 2 of 7. Thanks Villa. And '18-'19 was crazy.

unctoothman

May 14, 6:43pm

Somehow City manages to escape FFP and other FA financial rule breaches year after year. If they were actually

unctoothman

May 14, 6:48pm

FFP is so dumb.

scootsy

May 15, 6:58am

FFP needs revising. Doing something to make it so teams can't simply buy titles isn't dumb, though. There should be caps

unctoothman

May 15, 10:37am

In a league/sport with no salary cap, why shouldn’t a team be able to buy a title? All FFP does is form a moat around

scootsy

May 15, 3:17pm

So, the entire history of college football, even before NIL.

May 15, 3:21pm

"In a league/sport with no salary cap" = the problem

unctoothman

May 15, 3:28pm

I’m with you there.

scootsy

May 15, 4:43pm

Yet, despite having the 3rd-highest payroll in the world, Man City has only been

Japan Coug

May 15, 3:44pm

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