| For a bit of fun 11:10 - Sep 9 with 1429 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
Shrewsbury town look like the latest british club to be taken over by Americans owners, with that in mind what do we think America would do with 'soccer' if they could make it the way they want it?
End relegation, move to franchise model, give franchise clubs the ability to buy out smaller clubs in their catchment area to maximise consumer catchment.
What else have we got? |  |
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| For a bit of fun on 11:14 - Sep 9 with 1195 views | jasondozzell |
End season tickets.
Set off fireworks and NFL style nonsense ahead of every game while deafening the crowd with music.
Turn all grounds into NFL stadiums.
They've made a start here...😬 |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:14 - Sep 9 with 1182 views | _CliveBaker_ |
Buzzing for the collegiate intake system. Harry the Maths grad from Oxford up top for Everton.
The FA Cup half time show with Little Mix should be good too, well worth the 4 grand for the ticket. |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:19 - Sep 9 with 1150 views | SE1blue |
Play 38 games and then ignore where everyone finishes and have a World Soccer Series between the top 16 clubs in the Premier League.
The teams that make the finals play the best of 5 matches in each round with games every other night and have squads of 55 players. |  |
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| For a bit of fun on 11:22 - Sep 9 with 1114 views | WicklowBlue |
Split the country into East and West conferences... |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:28 - Sep 9 with 1075 views | NedPlimpton |
I've been to one sporting event in the US; A baseball match in Chicago and we all got free, genuinely good quality caps as it was halfway to St Patricks day. There was also nachos served in hard hats, and then a ridiculously over the top fireworks display
The fireworks were ridiculous but i'm not opposed to free caps or huge portions of nachos |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:29 - Sep 9 with 1083 views | Tokey |
I asked AI and it came up with these couple of gems:
Americans tend to prefer sports with more points, so goals might be worth different amounts depending on distance, or the pitch might be smaller to create more scoring chances. |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:31 - Sep 9 with 1068 views | SE1blue |
Oh and an upcoming gospel singer will perform God Save The King before every game with the word ‘King’ lasting at least 10 painful seconds in each verse, and it’ll sung at notes so high only Mariah Carey can reach. | |
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| For a bit of fun on 11:31 - Sep 9 with 1065 views | Sharkey |
Remove all advertising from players' clothing (or 'uniforms'). (I may be a bit out of date here: am i right in thinking the U'S. sport basically doesn't have adverts on the clothes? I have been to baseball and ice-hockey, and was impressed by the the timeless quality of the clothing, - but this was a few years ago.) |  | | |
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| For a bit of fun on 11:34 - Sep 9 with 1047 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| For a bit of fun on 11:29 - Sep 9 by Tokey |
I asked AI and it came up with these couple of gems:
Americans tend to prefer sports with more points, so goals might be worth different amounts depending on distance, or the pitch might be smaller to create more scoring chances. |
Oh this is good. Inside the box 1 point, outside 2, inside the center circle 3 and from your own half 4 | |
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| For a bit of fun on 11:40 - Sep 9 with 993 views | mellowblue |
| For a bit of fun on 11:31 - Sep 9 by Sharkey |
Remove all advertising from players' clothing (or 'uniforms'). (I may be a bit out of date here: am i right in thinking the U'S. sport basically doesn't have adverts on the clothes? I have been to baseball and ice-hockey, and was impressed by the the timeless quality of the clothing, - but this was a few years ago.) |
How uncapitalistic of them. Goddamn pinko lefty Yanks. Or something.
To be fair protecting the historic nature, particularly in baseball is great. They also tend to have the team name emblazoned on them which would deny advertising space anyway [Post edited 9 Sep 11:41]
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| For a bit of fun on 11:41 - Sep 9 with 973 views | BseaBlue |
Academy Draft system. Team that finishes bottom gets to pick the best player from all the academies in the country at the beginning of the next season. |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:44 - Sep 9 with 957 views | homer_123 |
Trades not transfers. |  |
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| For a bit of fun on 11:45 - Sep 9 with 954 views | SE1blue |
“Today’s Hydration Break Kiss Cam is sponsored by California Colgate Mouthwash - The Fresh Rinse of Bel Air. Hydrate and Colgate before you wiki wiki wa wa”. | |
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| For a bit of fun on 11:46 - Sep 9 with 943 views | Tokey |
| For a bit of fun on 11:34 - Sep 9 by BlueandTruesince82 |
Oh this is good. Inside the box 1 point, outside 2, inside the center circle 3 and from your own half 4 |
Yeah, imagine how it would change the game. Fascinating to think how strategies and 'plays' would develop. I'd go crazy and say 10 points if you scored from your own half - you'd win a game with one shot! The punchers chance. | | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:46 - Sep 9 with 942 views | Dyland |
Cheerleaders, dance troops and mariachi bands stomping over the pitch after a goal. Hell, even after a shot from distance. A bit of trickery. Or a crunching tackle. |  |
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| For a bit of fun on 11:49 - Sep 9 with 918 views | LandOfMickyStockwell |
Like the old London Bridge, do the Americans know if they're buying the real Shrowsbury or Shroosbury?
Should the owners just tell them to pay more and get a two clubs for one deal. I mean, if the Brits can't agree on how to pronounce the place name, then the Americans will be none the wiser! |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:50 - Sep 9 with 913 views | mellowblue |
Of course registering the club in the nation of the ownership group will be mandatory for tax reasons.
Next mandatory step will be flying the national flag of whatever nation the home club is registered in, at least one flag per stand.
Next mandatory step will be the pre-match playing of the national anthem of whatever nation the home club is registered in.
Look forward to standing to attention to the "Stars and Stripes". It will heighten the match day experience and give us all a warm glow in our breasts. I am sure. Sort of. | | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:52 - Sep 9 with 898 views | EJP |
Move a team hundreds of miles from it's original location. Play a season match in a country thousands of miles away (There's a NFL match in Australia tomorrow) |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:56 - Sep 9 with 873 views | Sharkey |
I wonder if this season''s Shrewsbury kit was done with this in mind. This season they are wearing a kind of Scotland/Southend blue, instead of their normal dog's dinner of blue and orangey-yellow. They said it was for historical reasons, but I wonder if it was really to smarten things up before things really get going there. | | | |
| For a bit of fun on 11:58 - Sep 9 with 860 views | MattinLondon |
| For a bit of fun on 11:31 - Sep 9 by Sharkey |
Remove all advertising from players' clothing (or 'uniforms'). (I may be a bit out of date here: am i right in thinking the U'S. sport basically doesn't have adverts on the clothes? I have been to baseball and ice-hockey, and was impressed by the the timeless quality of the clothing, - but this was a few years ago.) |
Basketball and ice hockey teams are allowed to have a small advertising space on their “uniforms”.
I think NHL teams have sponsors on their training and warm-up jerseys. |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 13:00 - Sep 9 with 674 views | BasingstokeBlue |
Ensure four hydrangea breaks are taken per match. |  |
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| For a bit of fun on 13:20 - Sep 9 with 596 views | Bluemike31 |
And Norwich will still be shite and win nothing. | | | |
| For a bit of fun on 13:32 - Sep 9 with 550 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
| For a bit of fun on 13:20 - Sep 9 by Bluemike31 |
And Norwich will still be shite and win nothing. |
Well as it stands, based on size, support, history, league position we would undoubtedly be the franchise club for the east, meaning that Norwich would be just a provisional nothing club playing in the minor leagues............ actually you're right, nothing would chnage there | |
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| For a bit of fun on 13:35 - Sep 9 with 534 views | J2BLUE |
Pepsi Powerplay - choose two of the opposition's outfield players to leave the pitch for 10 minutes. |  | | |
| For a bit of fun on 13:48 - Sep 9 with 481 views | chicoazul |
Occasional reminder that soccer is not an Americanisation but a shortening from the early 20th century of Association Football to distinguish it from rugby. |  |
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