Comments on: Premier League, coming to a country near you?

By: Adam S.

Adam S. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:46:25 +0000

Glad you liked the Kuper column. I thouroughly enjoyed his book Soccer Against the Enemy (an updated version of Football Against the Enemy). I thought he was really stretching showing that football helped keep dictators in power. It’s a really good book for understanding how culture shapes different styles of football around the world. http://www.amazon.com/Soccer-Against-Enemy-Revolutions-Dictators/dp/1560258780/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202514365&sr=8-1

Hatterdon has a good point about how this will benefit the top six teams the most.

Personally, I just want to see England on a US summer tour since they won’t be in Euro 2008, but that’s off topic :)

By: George H.

George H. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:49:17 +0000

Rich,

Thanks, the alternative for our trip was the Villa match, but we couldn’t get that date to work. After watching it at home on my couch, I remembered this and felt a twinge of regret, but it didn’t last for more than a few seconds. It was too good of a result to feel down.

Don’t worry, we’ll be back. England is a perfect spot for us, Maria has beautiful gardens to tour while I have football to watch.

By: weltmeisterclaude

weltmeisterclaude — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:53:56 +0000

George, I’m still gutted you saw us being trounced on your trip! The Villa game was a lot noisier, and we won. You must come back one day.

By: George H.

George H. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:15:44 +0000

This is a dumb idea. As much as I would enjoy Fulham coming to the US for a match that means something, part of the allure of watching a Prem match is the atmosphere in the ground. If you hold the match here in the US, you wouldn’t have that.

Plus, this undercuts the domestic leagues in the countries where they would stage these matches. Ultimately, it’s bad for football which probably means that it will end up happening.