Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:03 pm

I have been trawling back through historical podcasts, at Unofficial Partner and came across this with Alex Fynn who initially came up with the concept that became the Premier League (he wanted a proper pyramid not a single distinct entity) he also came up with the idea that was watered down as the Champions League but which in it's purer form is what the ECA and Andrea Angelli wants to implement - It is a fascinating podcast and a real insight into history and how intentions are distorted

https://blubrry.com/unofficialpartnerpo ... alex-fynn/

If you have looked at Project Big Picture and though that some of that looks really good and should be implemented, yet some of it should be avoided at all costs - Then I would suggest that all the good parts are strikingly reminiscent of what Alex Flynn proposed to Irving Scholar in the early 1980's and that all the bad parts are everything he says are bad for the game, and he was saying they were bad for the game all the way back then.

No surprise that the American owners are behind this plan - read the Vysyble blog piece I posted earlier in the week (it is something they have been predicting for a while) - also interesting to note that 18 teams was the original number in the Alex Flynn plan (that became the Premier League) from the early 80's.

The cash distribution to the EFL is also close to what the Premier League started with in 1992 and shared negotiation of EFL and Premier League rights is what the EFL turned down in around 1997

On the subject of American owners and Alex Flynn plans, there has been significant American investment in the Italian and French Leagues to, don't be surprised to see the post 2024 UEFA competition's coming under greater pressure from the ECA, into more of a League format (for qualification) at the Top end (Champions League) which will be closer to the Alex Flynn concept from the late 80's

I will also add the sop to Everton, West Ham and Southampton is all about getting votes or at least not getting out-voted by the necessary 14 votes for the big 6.

I have been trawling back through historical podcasts, at Unofficial Partner and came across this with Alex Flynn who initially came up with the concept that became the Premier League (he wanted a proper pyramid not a single distinct entity) he also came up with the idea that was watered down as the Champions League but which in it's purer form is what the ECA and Andrea Angelli wants to implement - It is a fascinating podcast and a real insight into history and how intentions are distorted

https://blubrry.com/unofficialpartnerpo ... alex-fynn/