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It's being labelled as "American style" here because one of the goals of the now defacto-defunct Super League is that it would have very little actual sportsman
by arbitrage 5y ago
It's being labelled as "American style" here because one of the goals of the now defacto-defunct Super League is that it would have very little actual sportsmanlike competition.
All of the founding members would be immune from ejection/relegation. 15/20 slots would be permanent.
There's no point to competition if winning and losing has no real consequences. Just like american sports, which are so freakishly boring because of that. Someone one a superbowl? Someone came in last out of 38 teams in baseball? What happens now? Nothing? Got it.
American-style sports is just playing exhibition matches over and over again, without end or consequence, year after year. There's no point to it.
Turns out, real sports fans don't like that.
- caddemon 5y agoI mean definitely late season games between bad teams are exhibition matches, and sometimes even outright tank battles. But I'm not sure how you can claim that winning the whole league doesn't mean anything? The NFL is already pretty clearly the collection of the 32 best football teams in the world. Presumably there is also a top end to promotion in European leagues, does winning the best of the best league mean nothing because you can't get promoted anymore? That's a pretty weird way of looking at sports
- rchaud 5y agoI've noticed that more and more people watch solely because they have a player from that game in their fantasy lineup, no other reason. Others have bet on a particular outcome in that game. Say what you will about American puritanism, but it's shocking how brazenly the English game promotes gambling.
- permo-w 5y ago“What happens now? Nothing?” Not nothing. They then get first dibs at the best youth players next season