The cheerleader type entertainment is something that American’s incorporate in to everything. It’s not like we couldn’t have thought of that without American owners so why now when they own our clubs would we suddenly include distractions like that. The fact that things like cheerleading have been around for ages and the fact that we have never bothered to adopt such habits is surely demonstrative of public opinion on the matter and others like it.
There have obviously been more worrying issues at hand such as the decision of owners like the Venky’s owners of Blackburn to take their team, during the season, to play in India. It is a point that Redknapp raises but I’m glad to say there aren’t many managers as stupid as Blackburn’s that would be willing to force their team to travel to India in the middle of a season when they should be resting and preparing for their next league game, particularly when they are struggling as Blackburn are. I know that it was initially supposed to be earlier, before the season had started, but frankly it was a pitiful attempt at marketing and just over 6,000 fans watched the game – hardly worth the 12,000 mile round trip really was it?
No, I don’t believe that this will catch on, not during the season anyway, and even if the teams travel far away for promotional pre season tours then this is nothing new, and is beneficial to the clubs if anything.
Lastly on the issue of banning relegation I think Harry is making a point but rather than it being a genuine plea not to instil such reforms I think he is having a dig at arrogant foreign owners. Surely nobody really believes that such a change could come into play. The rules state that just fourteen of the Premier League clubs need to approve plans such as that but the FA can still veto such actions even if by some nightmarish miracle there were fourteen owners ignorant and arrogant enough to believe that it was a good idea to change the way English football should be run.
Yes, we should be aware that foreign ownership can be a danger to our game. But it can also bring plenty of benefits if the FA and the Premier League stick up for English football. Few may really trust the FA, an organisation riddled with incompetence, but it could well be the last bastion of English football soon if the remaining English clubs fall into foreign hands.
Written by Hamish Mackay for FootballfanCast.com
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