Most fans of for example PL football don’t give a **** about promotion/relegation because the majority of people support Man U, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, etc. I’m an Arsenal fan, there’s nothing exciting or not exciting about promotion/relegation because I don’t even think about it because it doesn’t affect my club.
Misc: Messi joins Inter Miami
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Most fans of for example PL football don’t give a **** about promotion/relegation because the majority of people support Man U, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, etc. I’m an Arsenal fan, there’s nothing exciting or not exciting about promotion/relegation because I don’t even think about it because it doesn’t affect my club.
I was under the impression that the MLS already carried the reputation of being a retirement league prior to this...
How do we know that most fans don't care?
I think with the betting culture that keeps on growing, the relegation battle is actually pretty interesting for a lot of people. I personally am interested in seeing relegation battle in the leagues where the champs are predictable (for example in Bundesliga or in La Liga)
I think I call myself soccer fan instead of a team fan just because I enjoy watching different teams and different leagues - I support several teams for different reasons that don't make sense.
When I grew up, we got 1 game on TV every week and it was not always Liverpool, Arsenal, Man United. It could be Coventry (my 2nd English team), Luton, QPR, Forest, Notts County, etc.
FA Cup used to be HUGE so there was affinity when Wrexham knocked Arsenal out, Wimbledon won the Cup so I have certain degree of affinity not towards a team but the entire league as a whole.
Same with Serie A - we always didn't get Milan and Juventus. It could be Foggia, Bari, Verona, Genoa, Cesena, Lecce, etc.
Some of these teams are not in the top tier anymore and when they were back, it was always fun to see how they did and that sometimes involving relegation battle.
That’s cool. I love that story, but the numbers don’t lie. These clubs don’t have the massive support they have because they are in relegation battles. They have the support because they are proven winners and they compete for titles and champions league spots, the players all play for their national teams. That’s just the facts.
For those that were following the USL potentially looking at implementing pro/rel between their leagues, the vote to further explore the issue has been postponed: https://theathletic.com/4747662/2023/08/03/usl-promotion-relegation-vote/
9 goals in 6 games. I realize it's MLS and not Premier or Bundesliga, but holy cow.
Inter Miami was a terrible squad before he came along.
Inter Miami was a terrible squad before he came along.
