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Lack of parity in club leauges
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:24 pm
It seems in most of these international club leauges there are only 2 or 3 sides that have any hope at all of winning the championship. the worst is obviously Scotland, I mean why even bother unless you're a Celtic or Rangers fan? It's a little ridiculous.
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Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:26 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Leagues don't have salary caps and schedules are even amongst the clubs (i.e. you play every team twice). Certain clubs have large budgets and are international brands that have large budgets for star players.
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:27 pm to thenry712
true capitalism in sports... Baseball is similar
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:27 pm to thenry712
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Leagues don't have salary caps and schedules are even amongst the clubs (i.e. you play every team twice). Certain clubs have large budgets and are international brands that have large budgets for star players.
I understand the why, I just think it kind of hurts the excitement of a season when we all know that nobody but Manchester or Chelsea really have a chance to win the title.
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:28 pm to petar
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true capitalism in sports... Baseball is similar
False, smaller budget teams win all the time in baseball.
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:30 pm to Draconian Sanctions
arsenal, tottenham, man city, liverpool, villa, and everton disagree with you... it ain't perfect, but those are all good teams too
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:32 pm to chalmetteowl
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arsenal, tottenham, man city, liverpool, villa, and everton disagree with you... it ain't perfect, but those are all good teams too
Manchester and Chealsea have won every title since 2004 and 19 of the last 24 domestic trophies.
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:34 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I think the relegation/promotion, Champions League race and other competitions (FA Cup, League Cup, Europa League) make it exciting to be a fan of other clubs. Teams with little money need to spend money to survive in the league. It's better than the Pirates, Royals, Orioles etc. being mired in pitiful seasons year after year because the owners don't have the money to spend and/or don't want to spend the money on a successful team.
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:35 pm to thenry712
The difference though is that it's been proven that small market teams can get to and win the world series. Sure the Yankees and Red Sox dominate, but they don't literally win the world series every fricking year.
This post was edited on 8/23/10 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:36 pm to thenry712
Even in a salary cap NBA, the Celtics, Lakers, Bulls, Spurs and Pistons have won the lion's share of the championships in recent years.
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:37 pm to thenry712
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Even in a salary cap NBA, the Celtics, Lakers, Bulls, Spurs and Pistons have won the lion's share of the championships in recent years.
Yeah but that can and does change at anytime. You also just named 5 teams not 2.
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:38 pm to Draconian Sanctions
chelsea has won 3 epl titles and arsenal has won 3 as well. blackburn has one also
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:39 pm to Draconian Sanctions
that's a function of a small sample size... if they played the last four rounds of the FA cup after the season ended there'd be more upsets there too
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:40 pm to chalmetteowl
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False, smaller budget teams win all the time in baseball.
HAHAHAHA.
No.
This post was edited on 8/23/10 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:40 pm to Draconian Sanctions
The other teams still have fans that show up to games. They don't seem to have enough of a problem with it to stop attending matches. I'm for a little more parity as well but I don't see the leagues doing anything substantial about it any time soon.
This post was edited on 8/23/10 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:41 pm to petar
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chelsea has won 3 epl titles and arsenal has won 3 as well. blackburn has one also
So over the last 18 years, the championship has been divided between 3 out of 20+ teams (save one fluke season) and you're using that as an argument that there IS parity?
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:43 pm to Gmorgan4982
In the last 10 years, 8 different teams have won the world series.
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:44 pm to Draconian Sanctions
No I'm just stating putting Man UTD in the same sentaence as chelsea when speakig of titles is foolish 
haha no there isnt much parity but then again thats what little regulation will do
haha no there isnt much parity but then again thats what little regulation will do
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:45 pm to Draconian Sanctions
If you want parity, watch MLS.
Posted on 8/23/10 at 2:49 pm to petar
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In the last 10 years, 8 different teams have won the world series.
Red Sox won 2, Yankees won 2(Been in 4), Philly won 1 (2 appearances), CWS has won 1 Angels won 1. Marlins and Dbacks have won 1. St Louis has won 1.
Yankees have 40 World Cup appearances. Runner-up LA Dodgers with 18 apps.
I'll give you Marlins, DBacks, and MAYBE St Louis. However, Red Sox, Yankees, CWS, Angels, Phillies all spend a shite ton of money.
ETA: But I'd agree with your SPL statement. Rangers/Celtics everyone else.
This post was edited on 8/23/10 at 2:55 pm
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