How To Fix Football In 7 Steps

[@arnar618]

Its illegal in Iceland to charge for our national team in any sport. The support our national team gets is amazing

[@thema.sosoudid2229]

I loved your 2016 team run

[@bri1085]

But aren't there like a handful of people in the whole country?

[@danielkelly1335]

@@bri1085 356,991

[@unlockedaccount]

Bri10 330,000 population i think

[@bri1085]

@@danielkelly1335 is joke, point is Iceland has a very small population

[@jeremiahnsube372]

Lads...let's band together and force the world to make this man the king of football✊

[@KingofWolvesii]

Does that also mean that the Irish guy would be the court jester?

[@MenWithVen]

Nah that would mean the Irish guy would actually have to be funny, and not just a squeaky voiced clickbaiter plastic Newcastle fan.

[@KingofWolvesii]

@@MenWithVen A jester doesn't have to be funny - just 'tries' to be funny ;)

[@MenWithVen]

@@KingofWolvesii very true. Village idiot seems more apt though

[@themathsdebater5471]

@@MenWithVen he’s got better again recently i think

[@pkingglazersout6665]

50+1 Rule is a must for every club especially in England, more power to the fans MUST be given!!

[@Kushagra.j]

No that's just socialism!

[@OcEleven]

@@Kushagra.j have you even been to a football game? Fuck off

[@bakangholden1440]

@@Kushagra.j fucking yank mong

[@GOTHICxLEPRICON]

@@Kushagra.j oooooooo the big scary S word... what a wetwipe

[@kiarasapostle4thapostleoft984]

@@Kushagra.j M8 not everything has to do with politics lmao

[@lthecatt9667]

Ticket prices are outrageous. I'm a Feyenoord fan, but I can't attend games, because tickets for Eredivisie matches are easily €50+. I once paid €57 for a friendly against Southampton. That's a lot of money for a friendly

[@adambaker8689]

Insane price for a friendly...a criminal price for a friendly against Southampton

[@lthecatt9667]

@@adambaker8689 especially considering we lost 1-3

[@adambaker8689]

@@lthecatt9667 😉

[@kindmulberry7196]

Belgian Pro League has the same issue. Ridiculous prices.

[@norsko1162]

The challenge now is to not forget this and keep up the pressure. Otherwise, we're headed straight for the Super Duper Soccer Globetrotters Travelling Football Circus. It's just a matter of time.

[@NordicStadiums]

Absolutely. This will only go on. We need to stand firm. Support the lower league sides!

[@Cinnebomber]

Actually love that name haha.

[@lalitthapa101]

50+1 rule is definitely needed in the premier league. Cause let's be honest the fans weren't really the "main" reason for the cancelation of the ESL although it did act as a pressure group. The biggest reason was the pressure from UEFA.

[@StoutProper]

Sky and the media were instrumental in whipping up political and general support. I notice that even though the new champions league format has the same ramifications as the super league, there hasn’t been any criticism at all from sky

[@arijit3110]

50+1 is far from being perfect. Just look at Leipzig, they get unnecessary hate for breaking that rule but look at their success in such a short span. Plus, Redbull have one of the best scouting systems in the world.

[@arijit3110]

@@StoutProper yes they are shit.

[@OcEleven]

@@arijit3110 the reason why they hate Leipzig is because of the Money that is pumped into them. The Scouting system and the success (not to mention the use of RB Salzburg as a feeder club) came from the money given by Red Bull. That's why fans hate them. Same with Hoffenheim

[@StoutProper]

@@OcEleven and yet no one minds that Bayern use the second big biggest club in Germany as a feeder club, buy all their and everyone else’s best players and win the bundesliga every year. That’s not exactly the best advert for 50+1. The premier league model is far from perfect and definitely needs changing, however it’s far more competitive, and they’ve had 4 different winners in the last 5 years. When was the last time the bundesliga had that? Man Utd are England’s Bayern Munich and they haven’t won a title in 8 years. When was the last time Bayern went 8 years without a title? Both Real Madrid and Barcelona are 100% fan owned and it didn’t stop them jointing the super league or getting into huge debt

[@mattjohnson9913]

The 50+1 rule is definitely needed in English football. More games on free to air would be great too, Champions League nights on ITV were amazing

[@thema.sosoudid2229]

And we should start to support the smaller teams too

[@ogome2927]

i will however counter react that point he made about the cl, whilst it is good to free for air tv, i don't think kids in that demographic are losing interest besides in the rise of socialmedia, livestreams are also being rapidly used and they get quite a lot of viewers as well, it's a great alternative for ppl who can't pay for bt and sky packages

[@jongavazaj392]

yeah that works amazing in the bundesliga there is so much competition there oh wait ....

[@lordgemini2376]

Champions League on ITV was the best

[@vanlandings7466]

50+1 rule works only in theory not in practice. Take Bayern for example there are heavy protest against their annual Qatar training camp and sponsorship deal with Qatar airways every year and yet the board does nothing about it. Only good thing 50+1 rule does is that it allows fans to become members of the club if they pay the fee and get the voting rights. But again in practice I have rarely seen members voting against the presidential candidate choose by the board.

[@nikolablazevic5739]

Me who has to pay 2.5 pounds for a ticket: laughs in Croatian.

[@domenstrmsek5625]

16 kuna?

[@nikolablazevic5739]

@@domenstrmsek5625 5 maraka u Hercegovini

[@luxmatrix2619]

@@nikolablazevic5739 i regret to inform you that hercegovina is a part of Bosnian and Herzegovina not Croatia 👍🏼

[@hshahshsh1]

Za 1. hnl ili?

[@igriduscirus5345]

@@luxmatrix2619 its a long story if you are from hercegovina you would understand

[@bbaIIer11]

The K-League introduce a new rule to help young players get more gametime. Teams can use up 5 subs if the use under 22 year olds. However, if they do not put any U22 in the match day squad, they can only put 5 subs on the bench, and only use 2 of the subs.

[@vinnie19971]

That sounds great for development.

[@samt5663]

This sounds wonderful!

[@imthedude_dude]

I'm really glad I grew up as a norwich fan and how delia smith is a super fan, she is a true castodian of our club and I'm proud of our self funding model we use

[@bri1085]

Where are you? Where are you?! Let's be 'avin' you! Come on

[@thecure4470]

Is she out of rehab yet🙄

[@imthedude_dude]

@@bri1085 pure passion at it's drunkest, absolutely love it

[@imthedude_dude]

@@thecure4470 at least I know for a fact she has more passion in her little finger than those 6 owners put together and that's what football is all about to me 💛💚

[@thecure4470]

@@imthedude_dude I concur.

[@nhlakaniphozulu1533]

In South Africa a ticket for adults stills cost R50 which is £2,5 in the British Pound hence why stadiums in the township are full most of the time. Everyone knows about a Friday night in Pietermarisburg and a trip to Braamfontaine when Bidvest Wits which was support by varsity students. Also in our league a loaned player can play against his mother club.

[@skoczek777]

What about stadiums built for 2010 World Cup? They are gigantic!

[@SonofthaSoil2]

@@skoczek777 They are the stadiums used since then.

[@needfoolthings]

...and NOT presented by The Fockin' Athletic. Respect.

[@danielmurphy8262]

Tickets for club football in Rep. Of Ireland for adults is around €15 for Adults, €10 for Seniors and Students and €5 for Children (only with an Adult one). Season Tickets for the clubs average around €180 for Adults, €100 for Seinors and Students and €20 for Childs (again with an Adult one only). Very affordable for fans, and this has seen a very young demographic involved in the stands at games.

[@BOABModels]

Your points about young people losing interest in the game is spot on. Compare it to cricket in England which saw a major boost in interest following the 2005 Ashes win. Then the ECB went for the quick bucks and sold the rights to Sky and now 15 years later, interest in the game has stagnated.

[@MenWithVen]

And in Australia cricket is still very popular, free to air cricket is common here

[@ogome2927]

i don't agree with that point he made, also livestreams are making the game far more accessiable thanks to the rise of social media, why buy a bt package when i can watch a livestream of it on twitter for free?

[@bernyrodriguez8687]

young people don't see football because is boring

[@deccylad]

Spot on as usual Alfie, especially the final, sombre point. This goes beyond football and it runs through society as a whole. The sooner people realise this, the better for everyone

[@tomhammond3495]

Superb video. Let's hope this goes viral. It's a great summary of what fans really think about the state of affairs at the top of our game right now. We don't want the rich clubs to get richer. We want more clubs to have a realistic chance of success, even if they don't have wealthy backers. Simple as that. The 1 rule I would add to your suggestions is make the Champions League and Europa League (or whatever it's called now) straight knockout (over 2 legs) to ease fixture congestion. The group stages are very very boring and managers always seem to complain that they're playing too many games.

[@kindmulberry7196]

The main problem with the group stage is that if you're a team like, say Bayern or Man City, you have nothing to play for after 4 games since you've crushed the opponents to shreds already and are already through. I would personally back a 3 team group instead, 1 plays in the knockout stage, 1 in the EL and 1 out altogether

[@OcEleven]

Can we make Alfie an independent regulator so that he can actually bring these changes in effect.

[@ruairimcgonagle8454]

In Ireland, nearly all champions league and europa league games are free to air and all matches involving the national team have to be free of charge.

[@juanjoseph]

They aren't free, they're subsidized....You're making people who don't like football pay for your view of the game

[@ruairimcgonagle8454]

@@juanjoseph that's a fair point but I'm saying like that it's not like BT where it's PPV TV like there's no up front cost for the service. For example lots of the CL games and the national team games are on RTE so there's no up front payment for a free to air channel

[@danielmurphy8262]

Domestic club ticket prices are also reasonable too, €15 for Adults and €10 for Studnets at a LOI game and same price for the FAI Cup Final.

[@unlockedaccount]

of course young people are losing interest, it’s too expensive for us

[@popstarchrisgriffin2578]

Exactly, why do you think we watch illegal streams of games.

[@Shmayd]

Champions league on itv is what gave me such a liking to inter Milan and schalke and it has always pained me I can no longer watch it on tv

[@kakashichidori7]

Ye same I used to watch it too but now i only watch match of the day

[@lordgemini2376]

It's what made me love AC Milan

[@bury_the_elite65294]

Lots of sports that used to be on free to air TV can now only be seen on pay-TV. This is because what Rupert The American wants, Rupert The American gets. And anyone who stands in his way will be crucified on the spot...

[@ceterisparibus42]

We have the 50+1 rule in Sweden and it is amazing! A season ticket can be as cheap as £14 and we have songs, tifo and pyro.

[@norric8261]

I’m from Sweden and I’ve never heard of a season ticket that costs 14£ (~160 kr), are you sure you didn’t mean 140£(~1600 kr) ??

[@tkb4026]

@@norric8261 You didn't read it properly did you he said "can be as cheap as..."

[@sourishsaha8067]

that's why no one even know you people have team in Sweden😂

[@norric8261]

@@tkb4026 maybe they can be I’m not sure about that, but I’ve never seen one be that cheap, at least not in the highest tier in Sweden ....

[@ceterisparibus42]

Yes, I mean £140

[@kevincordoba-llanos4856]

As an American who use to live in England, I could not believe football fans were being forced to pay tv subscriptions to watch Premier League and Champions League. I thought it was similar to NFL, where it was broadcasted for free on air. Football needs to do this, fans are getting short end of the deal.

[@yahyataskn7904]

I don't know how to express this properly but, Giving a better chance for non-top-5 leagues is really important. There is a huge gap between the top4-5 leagues and the rest. There should be less top 5 league teams and more 6th-10th league teams in ucl/uel for example. The fact that being in top 6-7 in epl is better than being 2nd or even champions in liganos or eredivise causes all the good players to prefer an epl midtable club rather than title race in said leagues. Since all the quality is gathered in top 5 leagues, people watch those rather than their own, earning them more money. And since all the money and quality goes to top 6 of epl, top 3-4 of la liga or serie a and those teams are much better than the others, former ucl winners ajax, porto, benfica, psv even making it to quarter finals of ucl becomes a huge success for them. Notice I'm not even mentioning belgian, russian, scottish, turkish leagues etc. bcs the inequality is that bad

[@oliverprice114]

I'd make the League Cup exclusively for clubs that aren't playing in Europe, thus giving clubs outside the big six a tournament they can win each year. The winners would qualify for Europe, meaning each year's winner would be different that the one before.

[@rezaarmeynaldo7372]

Meanwhile UEFA has approved the New UCL format that also bias toward the rich clubs and UEFA's own pocket.. No fans or media pundits rejected & angered with this.

[@unlockedaccount]

people are not happy about the uefa new proposal

[@MrSniperfox29]

@@unlockedaccount But they're not out on the streets protesting about it

[@OcEleven]

It's shit

[@mikeanson9658]

Don’t need the fan led review. This guy has solved the biggest problems in football. Like he said it’s not prefect but it’s 100% better than what we have now. This is what we need. Get new fans into football. Keep the clubs a local community which is how they started out. Awesome plan. 👍 from me.

[@belly2020ish]

The main problem with the 50+1 is it still doesn't help lower clubs compete at the higher end as it's harder to get the money off the fans. As for a change I would like to see the league cup changed to include Scottish teams to create interest in it and help clubs in the Britain rather than just england

[@frankfish22]

I lost interest in football precisely because of the lack of competition. If the super league happened I would've come back to football, but not for the super league, but for a more exciting premier league.

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

When I get bored of the Prem I watch MLS. It's a very competitive league, and fun to support.

[@RD-wg9em]

@@3dsaulgoodman43 American sports in general, when their leagues have been built closed from the ground up, tend to be more competitive. I remember when golden state dominated the NBA and analysts and pundits over there hated it, I wonder how they’d react to the prem😂

[@unlockedaccount]

RD 12 yeah i watch the nets and we was the worst team in the nba 5 years ago, now we have a big 3

[@RD-wg9em]

@@unlockedaccount and eventually they will go and other super team will form, it ebbs and flows.

[@safebans1369]

Absolutely love the shot of Gresty Road when discussing clubs being properly renumerated for development Alfie!

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

On the wage cap thing you should consider that you can also implement limits on owner profits/ bonuses/ salaries.

[@LordZontar]

I like the idea of firing the Allams into the Sun. The Glazers should go on that rocket as well.

[@polski1683]

A start would make it easier for smaller teams to retain star players with better compensation to the the team that loses them

[@25neptun93]

Day 8:Please make a video about DINAMO BUCHAREST...The story of our club is a hard one...And you telling it can really help us a lot,our club is clinging to survival,and we raised 2 milion euros to try to save the club... Dinamo is one of the biggest clubs in Eastern Europe,it has 18 league titles and 13 domestic cup titles...It reached the Champions League Semi Final in 1984 after beating the holders of the trophy Hamburg...In the Semi Final they played against the great Liverpool side of the 80's...After the 89 revolution the club lost one of their greatest generation after their players where bought off by western clubs,similar to what happened to the clubs in East Germany that you already talked about...Corruption and neglect brought this giant of romanian football to it s knees...At the moment Dinamo is preety much the ONLY true historical side in Romania's top division...This team stood afloat thanks only to it's fans...In the summer some new spanish chiarman came and bought the club,brought players on huge contracts and left without paying them...The players just broke the contracts and the club accumulated even more debt...If the fans did not step in and accumulated 2 milion euros the club would have been dissolved...For anyone watching outside of Eastern Europe it might be hard to understand it s value...If u re English imagine Liverpool being dissolved...This club is OUR Liverpool,and it's stadium OUR cathedral...With all the fears of relegation,players leaving and managers coming in and leaving the club still managed to fight it's way to a Romanian cup Semi Final...Please,make one video about our story too...

[@georgeomole14]

👍🏾☝🏿

[@kelvinsudirman4072]

First time I heard this club but honestly I'd be willing to watch a dedicated video about Dinamo after reading your comment.

[@25neptun93]

@@kelvinsudirman4072 thanks mate...

[@unlockedaccount]

👍🏾🤝

[@andreivlaicu8536]

Mereu îl vad pe nenea de la DDB de la terasa obor cum își face veacul pe acolo și mai vinde merch. Chiar dacă Dinamo e un club care se trage din fosta Securitate și are un trecut grețos, ce ați făcut cu proiectul DDB e altceva, mai ales pentru România.

[@WastedxSkillz]

Never thought I'd be in an HITC Sevens video, but here we are! great video as always Alfie

[@chimaogeibe2921]

These are all solid proposals👍🏾 Not perfect, but overall a good starting point and an improvement! The best way to change football tho has nothing to do with changing rules: fans must recognize their power, take responsibility for their actions, and organize to pressure clubs and football bodies(i.e. UEFA) to do what they want. Like you said at the end of the video, fans have the power!👊🏾✊🏾

[@OfficialFingazMC]

It costs 20 odd quid to go to a Port Vale game and we're league 2 (the 4th tier) it's insane, but because we love and want to support the club financially, we pay it.

[@yowjerden]

I haven’t watched a live football match since WC18

[@MattijnPlayz]

I like the video and a lot of ideas, but this video is (understandably so) very England-centric. Would like to see a version where you tackle European wide problems especially for smaller leagues

[@Beyenne3000]

Day 25: Best 7 Caribbean Footballers of all time. (Had to either play for a Caribbean Nation or be born in the Caribbean and be uncapped)

[@zacreichert7755]

I like the match price idea, similar to the nba Luxury tax here in the us. That money is spread out to the teams that didn’t go over the limit, up to 50% and rest to infrastructure. That could do a lot for low league teams, or recently promoted or cash strapped teams

[@kelvinsudirman4072]

We need a rule that mandates clubs to give playing time to their bench players. I frown every time I heard managers complain about too many matches, yet forgetting that they have lots of bench players needed to be given chances. Mo Salah rarely played full time during his Chelsea days (only twice playing the full 90 minutes in Premier League). So many clubs keep relying on the same XI while talents that unfortunately have to sit on bench ultimately failed to reach their potential. I think players that played for three consecutive league matches shouldn't be named in the next match squad, and players who played for two consecutive league matches shouldn't play in the next domestic cup (EFL/FA) match. I really love Man Utd of SAF era exactly because his rotation routine.

[@TheYotuberZ]

Top clubs should hired this guy

[@mahiru20ten]

Please make a video about "How an European Super League Could Have Worked". Also, who would replace Qatar if they have to be replaced as the 2022 World Cup host?

[@kindmulberry7196]

I think any country with good infrastructure should hold the World Cup, not a deserted oil-rich nation where they had to build all the stadiums from scratch. Lots of money down the drain which could be spent on improving the sport itself

[@matthewreid2107]

Give 2022 to Australia. Plenty of massive stadiums to host games, ethnically diverse population so lots of teams would get local support, strong tourism infrastructure, successful covid strategy, sport-loving country, and it's summer there in November and December so perfect conditions for watching football.

[@lagofala]

@@matthewreid2107 screwy timing for most of the world

[@karlhans4116]

@@matthewreid2107 Ok.. who will pay qatar all the money then? you? qatar spend billions and billions for it and suddenly you are telling that they should no longer host world cup

[@matthewreid2107]

@@karlhans4116 It's not sudden. Many of us (including me) have been saying it for years. Since 2010, which is plenty of time. I was of the opinion that they should never have been awarded it in the first place, and nothing in the decade since has swayed me. If anything, I've gone the other way. As for spending billions of dollars, whose fault is that? If I have my house repossessed because I've been spending my money on a fur coat and a crown, plus my Faberge Egg addiction, I can't blame anyone else. Actions have consequences. You'd agree with that, right?

[@johnmitchell2269]

The salary cap works in Rugby Union and it also works in USA. Would make it easier for clubs to make net profits.

[@jameshuggett]

Am a regular viewer of this channel and highly appreciate its content & delivery. Regarding the concept of free football coming back onto BBC & in some degree ITV; seems sadly impossible within the high valued demanding matches.

[@Iosac]

*I am.

[@MadVybez]

Great video, watched for years but never commented.

[@LordZontar]

Here's a truly radical idea: formation of a wholly independent, community-based football association and pyramid, consisting of member clubs formed by supporters, townships or sporting associations that would exist as an alternative to corporate football.

[@encorefootball]

Yes, but it would require the masses to abandon corporate football and help non-league clubs break away into a new football system. Everyone would need to agree to a new set of rules about football being non-profit, maximum ticket prices of £5 per game, maximum wages of £200k per year and you would need to create a replacement for the FA, UEFA, FIFA and so on. It's a parallel system that I highly doubt will occur unless something mad happened

[@LordZontar]

@@encorefootball Something like this has already happened elsewhere: Liga de Balompié Mexicano, an entire protest national football league formed when Liga MX suspended promotion and relegation and years of shutting off youth development. The league is affiliated with CONIFA and the National Association of Mexican Football (ANBM). Small scale but it's a beginning and proof-of-concept that it is possible.

[@encorefootball]

@@LordZontar I hope many more do this ✅️

[@ahmatmuric3788]

The best suggestion is for developing teams. After 10 games in the champions league there should be 10% of the current market value of the player payed to the club which he came through. And another 5% the first time a player becomes a balloon d'or winner. There should be a rule like that. Or another way is to pay a certain percentage of every transfer fee after the first one. Like 5% to the team which developed a player. It doesn't sound much. But a club who developed a player that's been sold like zlatan ibrahimovic was would recieve 5% of 157 million which is his accumulated transfer fees. Which would be 8 million just from Zlatan to Malmö to reinvest in the youth sporadically payed out after Zlatans every transfer.

[@Kjotleik]

I am disappointed that the most important step wasn't even mentioned. Especially since there was this t-shirt shown early in the video that said "UEFA Champions League - EARN IT." That is the whole point if you want to fix football in Europe. Make the UCL a competition for CHAMPIONS only. Runners up don't deserve to participate in a competition bearing that name. They should play in the UEL. This would solve a lot of problems. More European nations would get a club into the UCL group stage. The UCL would become interesting again. Wealth would be distributed to more countries, instead of given to the richest clubs in England. While the money put into the UCL from sponsors would be a bit lower, I'm sure the league champions from Norway, Sweden, Serbia, Ireland, Scotland, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia etc. wouldn't mind. Getting a share of something small is better than not getting a share of something big. How long are we going to support the greedy UEFA as they continue to destroy football. The current UCL is just as bad as the proposed Super League. People that don't see that are blind to the realities of football. Participation should be based on merits, not finances. EARN IT!

[@brunobruno0897]

Regarding loans, what if you limit the amount an individual player gets loaned out in addition to your suggestion? Like, a player can only be loaned out twice by a club?

[@arzhi_azis]

Day 24: "Last 7 Puscas Award winners: Where are they now?"

[@jdjphotographynl]

17:06 You could prevent the biggest clubs from selling players to their satellite teams to be loaned out from there on. Apply a rule that a player that has been sold to a club within the same holding (so all the clubs within the City Group, all the Red Bull clubs, Watford-Udinese, etcetera) are forbidden be loaned out for 3 seasons, and/or that he must play at least 50% of all the minutes in the first team of the satellite team (with injuries being the exception). Basically, do everything that it takes to make it as uninteresting as possible for the big clubs to be hoarding such a massive amount of players. In that sense, to continue this brainstorm (so if I'm overlooking something, please do add your thoughts), you could also contemplate a rule that a club can have contracted a maximum of for example 25 players per team. So 25 for the first team, and 25 each for the U-23s, U-21s, U-19s, etcetera. And in the U-23/U-21/U-19/etcetera teams, at least 90% of the contracted players need to fit in their respective age group. Younger players can be promoted to an older team with no maximum, but you can basically only send back maximally 2 players from one U-xx team to a younger U-xx team.

[@psykkomancz]

As for developing young talent, France has arguably the best system in the world right now, would recommend to look at how they do it.

[@LesGrosPiedsDeDeejay]

The problem is that we french have systems that prevent clubs to pay much money (75% of real salaries are taxed) and we have an anti debt thing which are good and should be everywhere and thus all french players go to others championship

[@kindmulberry7196]

Sadly all their players get pinched for peanuts

[@niksv4165]

Days 76 ways to fix VAR with your suggestions

[@23secondsofsauce65]

This is brilliant, well done Alfie!

[@JB-hp5ii]

A blueprint for a more inclusive world. Its an emotional time, but this brings a happy tear to the eye...

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

Some absolute gems of ideas Alfie lad...We need to get you appointed ASAP

[@christophercopley6474]

I like the ideas personally I think you should be king for a day

[@williammorgan5681]

Do a video on the best premier league XI of player who never played for one of the “big 6”. For example Jamie Vardy and Alan Shearer

[@donaldpicard7752]

Do people in UK have any clue in how free market works.

[@unlockedaccount]

yes we know but the free market can still work but with checks to make sure it doesn’t go too far

[@JakePetrolhead]

I for one welcome our new Alfie football overlord - but I really am looking forward to this Doncaster Rovers documentary

[@ally_crawford]

The TV rights section of the video reminded me of music piracy in the 2000's. Record companies wanted £10+ per CD. 20 years later and it's £10 p/m for spotify for most new releases. There is always a lower though, and this is the artists in some capacity. Royalties from streams are disgraceful in comparison. Anything of that scale needs refinement over time

[@kindmulberry7196]

And now you can listen to whatever the hell you want.

[@4Tastatur123]

Your 10/80/10 rule sounds amazing!

[@tejas8719]

Step 0: Alfie for Fifa President

[@thomaskendell8146]

No

[@kindmulberry7196]

Then he'd send Hull City to the Champions League every season

[@lelouchlamperouge9657]

The Super League was the worst idea in football but the alternative is barely better. We have more proposals for cross border leagues and the new Champions League system is flawed. We need a Champions League to include more Champions from smaller nations in there to help the game in those league. People may not want to watch Sparta Prague against Dimano Bucharest but people in Czech Republic, Romania and Latvia will get a boost from Real Madrid or PSG visiting their countries and playing their teams a bit like what a draw against a Premier League side for a Conference side

[@antoniogomez2082]

Why are so many people against VAR? Yes, it has some flaws, for example, it's quite slow at times but I think it has made the game fairer, especially for smaller clubs. Before every controversial decision would go in favour of the big teams because referees were unconsciously biased, now they have a second look and it's more difficult to make mistakes

[@adelantericky]

Very concise and well thought out pal. Don't always agree with you but great work here

[@MRCL-190]

I think the main issue is the lack of free to air European football that’s really killed young people. It costs me over £60 to watch sky sports and Bt sports a month. That’s without going to games. Which realistically is too much, of course you can share sky go and bt app logins so you can split this among a few of you If you care about something you’ll pay for it, and I do think younger viewers expect things to be free. However £50+ a month is far too much money.

[@MXknowsHow]

Wage caps are important in my opinion. They not only reduce costs but also make it more realistic for poorer teams to keep their players, instead of someone just doubling their wage to lure him.

[@MrSniperfox29]

The flaw in the logic is as follows. As the video said, all your really doing is lining the pockets of the owners with more money. Also a vast amount of clubs will never reach the wage cap (unless it was set ridiculously low) so players would still move for a bigger pay day (until they reached the cap obviously). Also, unless this cap is world wide, if a player really is in it just for the money, they'll simply move to a country with no limit. Imagine the exodus of players if the Premier League had a wage cap, but LaLiga didn't.

[@sma5605]

Some really nice points in there. Personally, I’d like to see more local talent at clubs. Would be great if half your roster had to be born in the area! Probably sounds a little weird but imagine a World Cup where in anyone could play for any team and the richest countries (eg. USA / Singapore / Qatar) were the only ones who had a genuine chance of winning it... Sounds ridiculous but that’s pretty much club football!

[@harrybellingham98]

did you factor in the Tv license needed to watch live TV?

[@kentgrady9226]

So, if my arithmetic is correct, NFL tickets are roughly 10% more expensive per match/game. Most NFL teams, and many large college (highest amateur level, for Europeans' benefit) teams, also charge season ticket holders a "seat license" fee. This fee only gives the holder *the right* to purchase season tickets. It is generally greater than the price of the ticket itself. So, a season ticket holder, who buys 2 tickets, may spend about $678.42/491.06 GBP *per game* , exclusive of parking fees, team apparel, beers/concessions/popcorn, and other incidental costs. Inquiry: do English clubs charge such fees to season ticket holders? If so, how much are those fees? I'm genuinely curious.

[@tims9100]

I definitely agree that the best way to reform football is to spread out the power. Not just in clubs but the power of clubs as well. Just look at the changes Afro the champions league which will affect many European clubs but was done to appease about 10 clubs. That just shouldn't be possible

[@lekkerkoffie8605]

The Frank de Boer experiment at Crystal Palace whahaha... Now we have him coaching the national team... He brings disaster everywhere he goes. Imagine a coach who is not able to produce a single sentence without stumbling over his own words. That coach is Frank de Boer. The man can't talk and yet is a professional football coach..

[@rhysjackson2597]

Interesting point about the Champions League etc being put back onto free to air. I lost interest in the CL and EL the day they went over to BT Sport and only tune into the finals as they are free.

[@kindmulberry7196]

I am one of the fortunate ones to have BT and Sky subscriptions. Even then the prices are a joke. I wish the UCL was free to air again.

[@faldo4580]

you can make a cap but make the variable directly correlated with the total revenue. higher revenue, higher cap so you know 50% of the money you spend will be Goin got the players 🤷‍♂️

[@Guesswhokk]

Boris... Popularity than Principles. Well Said

[@jahvon8083]

It's always fans from tiny, terribly run clubs that don't want rich clubs to spend like that, why should I be forced to spend the same as you even tho I generate 10x as much

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

Clubs owned by supporters' trusts (Exeter City, at the top of my head) or run like co-operatives should be the norm, rather than clubs owned by super-rich people who only care about businesses. I mean, isn't the UK the birthplace of modern co-operative movements?

[@chrisclee7884]

Would a better suggestion to the loan system problems to be physically capping a club's player total? 25 player total for Senior players and 20 for the Youth players - and a reserve league that features a joint Youth/Senior mix.

[@clintstewart5545]

if they don't do a 50+1 rule the suuuuper league will eventually happen

[@stonecold6521]

Brian Zane.

[@PassivesAbseits]

Just wondering: Does a Highlight Show on Saturday and Sunday Evening exist in England? In Germany, we get 2 free live games a year. And 2 Cup Games per round. But we do have a 1-hour show Saturday at 6, that shows all goals from the 15:30 slot, which is always a good way to introduce new fans to the sport. And all goals go live on a free KZbin channel on Monday 0:00AM Just to point out, that there might a middle ground between "Making the league more accessible" and "show everything live for free"...

[@encorefootball]

Match of the Day on BBC

[@420ing9]

Day 1: 7 greatest pre war footballers of all time

[@Shadowgrace760]

In the US, we at least can stream champions league with paramount+, but I wish ESPN could get it along with the premier league on their +

[@thetruth586]

Wilf manion doesnt get the appreciation he deserves he was absolutely quality both for the boro and for england on a similar level to many of the 20th century greats who get the plaudits

[@21hazza]

One issue with the 50+1 one rule is that it does hold clubs back and prevent them from achieving their potential. Look at Hertha Berlin or Hamburg for example. Massive cities and stadiums yet are underachieving. Therefore it's one of the reasons why Bayern continue to dominate and Liepzeg have proved they are ways around it.

[@unlockedaccount]

true but at least the fans can say that it’s their team

[@vanlandings7466]

@@unlockedaccount Barcelona and Madrid are also fan owned and what difference did it make?

[@unlockedaccount]

Van Landings fan owned but they elect a president and he basically has the final say

[@kamausapindalo7126]

Last Chelsea XI in the UCL Semi Final (2014) where are they now?

[@ericprzybyl9227]

How about a youth academy system like Bilbao where a whole chunk of the players must be developed from the youth squad. Obviously not that strict but more strict than now

[@juanjoseph]

You can't have it in the premier league as it exists tho.

[@drust2831]

I have immense respect for Bilbao and Sociedad for having only Basque players and getting such results You wouldn't see Man city winning the league with only player from Manchester

[@glennb6020]

@@drust2831 sociedad don’t do that

[@glennb6020]

@Jack Hill yes that’s why I said They don’t do that

[@lcc8394]

i'd look to finish motorsport, in grass root all cars are given a set valve of 100 euros and if someone wants to buy your car you have to sell it.........put a set valve on players based on age and appearances also if a player plays less than 65% games the parent club cant stop them moving

[@nurrr897]

Your best video yet.

[@clytemnestra]

I feel for the prices people in the UK have to pay to watch football games. It’s pretty pricey in the US but nowhere near as bad.

[@donaldpicard7752]

You champions league free rule would be a non starter. Reason clubs are so desperate to get there is the additional team income earned though matches played. Making those games free makes tv companies who pay for them less than willing to pay the crazy high numbers that they're paying. So in review free champions league matches means tv companies won't be willing to pay high prices to put them on tv which leads to no champion league on tv.

[@taufiqutomo]

The 20 pounds ticket should be available only for local residents (for a negotiable definition of "local", whether in terms of administrative boundaries or a certain radius from the stadiums), and is set at 60% of tickets instead of 80%. Am open for negotiations though.

[@greg_hodgins]

Lol in Canada dazn has the premier leagues license, and they charge 150$ Canadian (roughly 70£) a year and it includes the premier league, champions league, serie a, Europa league, the championship, the nfl, matchroom boxing, rugby and more. I feel bad that it’s 700£ a year in the uk to watch 1 of the things I get in a package that’s 10x less.

[@andreichiriac7823]

The first point sounds like the luxury tax that's in place in NBA... NBA has a 'soft' cap - you can go above the threshold with the contract money (they are called 'exceptions') and further, into 'luxury tax territory' where a staggered system is in place.. This is different from, let's say NHL, where there is a hard cap: you're not allowed to exceed the threshold under any circumstances. In football's case, I think those exceptions could be the players that you developed in your own academy It's a bit funny: there's been a huge backlash against the american owners and the american way of doing sport, but I think (and apparently Alfie, also) that we could use some of their 'tactics' in regards to equality in sport

[@joaompc2936]

Just a few points to fix and save football in Europe, in my opinion: - Mandatory 50+1 rule for all clubs - Salary cap of 10 Million euros for all players at all football clubs. No player can receive more than 10 million euros a season. - Transfer value limit of 50 million euros. No player can be bought or sold for more than 50 million euros. Also applied to release clauses. - The new champions league approved format needs to drop those 2 extra spots for teams that have the highest UEFA ranking and that couldn't qualify through their domestic championship, it is not fair and does not do justice to sporting merit. Instead give those 2 extra spots to the 6th and 7th placed leagues of the UEFA ranking so we can have a more diverse competition. -Tickets for domestic competitions with a value limit of 15 euros and 30 euros for european competitions. -Centralised tv rights in all domestic leagues -Higher money prizes from UEFA to the clubs in europeans competitions since UEFA takes a big stake of the revenue This rules would lead to more attractive games and competitive football, healthier finances for all clubs, and more fans in the stadiums in every game, since it would allow all the clubs, from the smallest ones to the biggest ones to afford better players and facilities.

[@olivertir2491]

to the point with the transfer value. I think spain should get rid of the mandatory release clauses. It would otherwise mean that you can buy every player from laliga for less than 50 mio

[@joaompc2936]

@@olivertir2491 True, i agree with you

[@SamOGr]

Maybe for the loan rule it could be a percentage based system, if a team has 20 players under 23, they can loan out X% maybe 20%, the 20% doesn't have the be young players but that's how you get the number of players they can loan out, and for loans in the bottom 5 (3 promoted and 2 just above that) can get 5 loans in, 15-11 can get 4, 10-6 can get 3 and 5-1 can only bring in 2 loan player, there's probably many flaws but just an idea

[@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006]

Wait a minute isn's point one esstinally a luxury tax like the one used in the MLB and the NBA?

[@jordanhopkins623]

might be wrong but rule 5 is a thing no? clubs that develop a player get up to 5% of any future transfer fee in the future, for example dinamo zagreb got at least 1million when modric moved to real madrid

[@chasetyson1631]

Could you do the best non english premier league home grown XI?