The American Invasion of English Football Has Begun

English football has never seen so many U.S. investors, and that has fans nervous. The Premier League is widely regarded as the best in the world. It’s also a market with potentially huge returns, given its global fan base. The question is largely one of risk, as relegation and promotion bring both potential losses and gains. Now, with the proposed European Super League mitigating that financial risk -- and bringing even bigger gains -- for the biggest clubs, will the Americanization of football accelerate?
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[@business]

So... should the sport be called "soccer" or "football"? What do you call it?

[@johnkeefer8760]

The word soccer actually comes from the UK and is nearly 200 years old! Comes from “Association Football”. Association -> Soc -> Soccer

[@davidshatti2023]

soccer

[@DavidG-rm4rc]

Football

[@ebbeb9827]

football obviously

[@PeterBuvik]

Fotball

[@yach2009]

Well, this hasn't aged well in 3 days lol.

[@TheZimboNation]

Bruh

[@10mingameplay84]

Actually, Super League is financed by an American company. So, the invasion has already began, just in a bigger way.

[@AlwaysAC]

I mean super league was created with American audiences in mind.

[@CB0408]

I aged very well, actually

[@Ulice90]

And became history again

[@thehocuspocus9]

Are we gonna ignore the fact that the editor of this video used a different clip for that iconic AGUEROOOOOOO commentary ?

[@DasistnichtmeinechterName]

No we are not

[@brotherm7274]

It's honestly sacrilegious

[@GuinessOriginal]

Copyright?

[@10DGjoHnSon]

He cannot be forgiven 😭😭😭

[@LeRoiduHipHopNa]

Yall heard the rights are worth 9m 😂😂

[@thomas-sinkala]

Wrong Aguero clip? This should be an international crime.

[@prithviprakash1110]

My thoughts exactly. What an absolute disgrace.

[@cullyx2913]

👍

[@therealbomb_com8774]

I think it's because that clip is HELLA expensive to license.

[@ferdigriffonpierrot5514]

Who cares? They don't have any fans to care or complain about it anyway?

[@oceanfive8201]

@@ferdigriffonpierrot5514 I care

[@littleb9298]

- The American Invasion of English Football Has Begun and has failed in 48 hours.

[@jonnyso1]

It didn't fail. They still own the clubs and still don't care about the game and can still ruin it in multiple ways.

[@player1manual745]

Do you even know what Failed means?

[@mannym7849]

... and hopefully will FAIL again if the Americans tried it again. We don't want or need FRANCHISE or 'closed shop' football here in the UK or Europe.

[@Seramics]

Glazers is still owner of Man Utd.

[@CarpeDiem13x]

@@jonnyso1 hmmm ... German model will be reproduced in the UK. Not only failed, it will kick all of those rich out of the sport :D

[@cancerino666]

"English Soccer", also known in the entire planet as football

[@WahyuSetiawan-sz4lc]

Gws

[@evanweitz5614]

They also call it Soccer in Ireland, South Africa, and Australia :)

[@mrobject9113]

@@evanweitz5614 They're allowed to be wrong. Its ok.

[@AkumaNoKuma]

@@evanweitz5614 as long as the rest of the humanity is able to correct them it's okay

[@karl-oppa5261]

soccer ftw hahaha haters gonna hate 😂😂😂

[@ebbeb9827]

A US sports style super league in Europe would ruin football.

[@Mynipplesmychoice]

It hasn’t ruined American sports, why would it ruin soccer...scared of competitive leagues where who wins the championship is played for rather then annointedd before the season starts?

[@derkguez8590]

Soccer fans have spent the last 40 years complaining about the lack of American enthusiasm for the "sport". Now the game is growing in popularity and.....they complain. Hahah

[@mikexstad1121]

As a Bayern fan, I would quit supporting them in an NFL style super league

[@GuinessOriginal]

@@derkguez8590 no football fan I know has ever made that complaint

[@derkguez8590]

@@GuinessOriginal then get out more...

[@darrenchin_]

this has got to be the MOST foreshadowy of all foreshadowing videos on youtube

[@amaan254]

The thumbnail made it look like it was a tifo football video

[@carboy101]

That's how they got me too.

[@youman5079]

Ikr!😂

[@ritchierich2793]

They know what they are actually doing by copycat their thumbnail.. (minus the wonderfully awful illustration from the editors of Tifo)...

[@tlhompokhanye8208]

Thats why I'm watching this 😹

[@dryames4319]

They really played us😭

[@GermanBeardGuy]

This is not a franchise, these are CLUBS! Deep roots in the area and history of their towns and villages. This is why people cheer for them - it doesn't matter if they play 1st League or 7th division.

[@bradIey1]

The oldest clubs in England began in the 1800’s The oldest SPORTS clubs in USA also began in the 1800’s LOL WE RUN THE WORLD 🇺🇸

[@guedrini2045]

@@bradIey1 pipe down yank. Football is a religion here in England it’s not casual entertainment like your sports over there. Even the smallest football crowds here make your sports stadiums look like library’s it’s embarrassing how much worse the support and atmosphere in your stadiums are.

[@user-wk5ky5io8z]

don't americans also root for their hometown nfl team with undying passion?

[@babobenson5203]

​@@user-wk5ky5io8zas an American with a home town NFL team yes, but not at the same level that English soccer fans do.

[@skullfc4215]

Bielsa brought Leeds to the premier league not the ownership group

[@vulcansky8093]

The ownership group brought Bielsa

[@grimaffiliations3671]

Arteta is clear of that crouch merchant

[@crewie94]

@@vulcansky8093 And the players, paid the staff etc.

[@fader1912]

@@vulcansky8093let him go and see if the club stays up

[@leedsalex]

@@vulcansky8093 Bielsa was there before the Americans got involved with the club.

[@wackytheshaggy]

The last thing European football needs is more American money. Just ends up with more expensive tickets and tv contracts.

[@sefp]

Like It can’t fund itself already. But businesses is business. Capitalism gone cap.

[@stn7172]

Whats the difference mate

[@ZiggyZou]

Deal with it lol. US has the best economy and some of the best sports leagues in the world.

[@arnold17]

In American sports if your team doesn’t perform they get the top pick lol

[@GuinessOriginal]

Incredibly socialist

[@jeycalc6877]

not exactly true, a bunch of teams get put into a draw and you can trade these picks over years. Also they are the top picks for people coming out of university, not already established players

[@thatn_ggajandro3197]

American sports are socialist sports

[@bagtea]

they want fair competition by letting weaker teams get the best drafts

[@sagittariusmoon1043]

No relegation or promotion either I believe 👀 mental

[@b.b4229]

Wait till they discover the Champions league. Edit: They just decided to skip that and form the superleague. smh🤦 Edit2: As of now 9 of the 12 are on their way to pulling out. Barçelona shall hold a vote on the matter and it seems like Juve and Real are as of yet persistent. I warn football fans worldwide, I don't think this is really over. Stay vigilant.

[@BamBam-dc1js]

That's already the goal.

[@daedalusjones3804]

They already have. That is the point!

[@nomads7978]

EPL is bigger in terms of viewership and in terms of money coming in. Quality is better in CL though. For these US owner, they want money more than quality

[@youman5079]

It’s happening already

[@creatineenjoyer7345]

@@nomads7978 are you sure bro? Ive heard that CL is where the real money is

[@eddy7820]

we need a german style 50+1 to keep the game alive and ultimately for the fans in the local towns that lend their names to their clubs. thank you for watching and loving our sport but it's not for you to take over!!!

[@luckyluke1076]

Yes we need it !!

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Hear Hear

[@polski1683]

I personally don't want a one team league thank you

[@RonaldNixiux]

This is totally true, the integrity of the game must be preserved, nothing is being done currently to prevent this from happening and it’s a matter of time

[@MarsNoble]

The only issue is Redbull found a work around and own a German team outright via employees being part owner

[@loongx2]

They are just milking the teams dry what’s so revolutionary?

[@chelsea7xhf]

Milk the team in the right way is the revolution, lol. That's what these American is hoping for.

[@L-estroilluminato8585]

Milking the teams dry at a revolutionary speed lol

[@victorfalkemback]

It will be revolutionary at the moment that the fans hang some owners in light poles just for the fun of it. Just hope that Kroenke and the Glazers are at the top of the list.

[@sebastian_f_h]

Watching this makes me glad we have the 50+1 rule in Germany. It's sad to see how much they sell out the sport in England. Football should be a sport for the people and not for investors but sadly we seem to lose that more and more (everywhere not only in England).

[@lordgemini2376]

Have fun while Bayern win the next 30 Bundesliga titles 🤣

[@VKBKK]

Every country should adopt the 50+1, football without fans are nothing. 70-100 years ago, these clubs are not evem considered top clubs. Punish them n hold firm that football is bigger than any 1 club or player

[@zet99darius87]

This aged like wine

[@tonysmcneill]

Totally agree mate. Football Clubs are social assets. I’m in Glasgow and our two clubs are like religions to us.

[@gvi341984]

Bayern wins every single title hows it fair for the rest of the German league? Bayern is just as bad as the rest

[@MindFuel32]

Well this hasn't aged well in just 3 days superleague has arrived😂😂

[@Brandon-nl1nf]

And left 😂😂😂

[@ImmuneGEORGE]

And now they're all some of the most hated owners in sporting history...

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Big time this whole video has made me angry and sick

[@lorte-filmdk8890]

Always has been

[@Secondclasskings]

Even in Liverpool?

[@thawimiller7884]

In the English Football you have to earn your place in the premier league simple as none of this American closed shop structure

[@oluwaseyijohnson3162]

unless you're the top 7 then you just stay the top 7.

[@mdlyonn0035]

There should’ve been rules implemented in likeliness to the Bundesliga where no single person can own a majority over the fans.

[@alexuk2893]

Who’s here after the ESL announcements...

[@hobbabobba7912]

And then it died

[@willdavies969]

Who’s here after the news today? Puts stuff into perspective :/

[@romitparikh3602]

The Super League was just officially announced last night. The American invasion of Football in Europe has already started to end the beautiful game of football as we know it.

[@wngmv]

And if ended with the lamest whimper in just 2 days.

[@muhammadzakihidayat165]

Glad that esl has failed before launching..

[@kingpatriot802]

Indeed

[@proximamidnight3820]

and failed miserably 😂

[@philipperholland]

they'll never succeed

[@Jedmanuel91]

MLS need promotion/relegation

[@Mynipplesmychoice]

No it don’t. It’s better to have a competir league then to have a competitive 2nd tier league what sense that makes that the only competitive games u get are the ones where they fight off relegation.

[@tlhompokhanye8208]

@@Mynipplesmychoice Not necessarily. If you have promotion/relegation it opens up the league to incredible opportunity for smaller teams. Take a look at Brighton (EPL) or Portsmouth United (EFL Championship- I'm not sure) these are completely different . Portsmouth was an incredible team long ago and because of mismanagement the team lost it's standing. Meanwhile the former Brighton has been playing beautiful foot ball resulting in its promotion to the EPL

[@saucyisawesome]

@@tlhompokhanye8208 no it does not. MLS is steadily growing adding new teams every year due to no promotion relegation. This will only help the growth popularity in US soccer

[@thatn_ggajandro3197]

@@Mynipplesmychoice shut up

[@Mynipplesmychoice]

@@thatn_ggajandro3197 u won’t silence the truth Amigo!

[@mcc.o.4835]

I've been watching the EPL in America for 20 years. There needs to be fan ownership.

[@MALITH666]

They prepared this documentary ahead for the breakaway. Snakes.

[@danchostanchevyordanov1577]

Relegation and Promotion is the natural state of a competition. Without that it seems empty because there is too little at stake every game.

[@kingchubbythe1541]

Agreed as an MLS fan. On the contrary, the league is growing and we have a rule book based on American sports. Playoffs, draft, the list could go on. It fits the American viewer, not many other people. Sorry for replying to a comment from a YR ago

[@pdpiper]

How strange that this video came out just a few days before the ESL announcement 🤔🤔🤔

[@chouaibbenali5201]

Very bad PR...

[@mylesdibanzilwa1]

I heard JP Morgan chase shares rose slightly before the announcement of the superleague so they knew in advance

[@Rio-ke9he]

They are Bloomberg of course they knew

[@A1un9ine]

because I think they thought that their plan was going to work so they planned to teach american mellons how its done and they instantly failed due to real fans of football uniting

[@asheru9254]

It's an insider propaganda pr for the jp Morgan and Bloomberg snakes

[@boringlyawesum]

3 days after you posted this the superleague is created lol

[@johnoe2807]

You think it’s a coincidence, they knew this was coming weeks ago.

[@derekneville8175]

And now its gone the way of the dodo. Fan power rules. 👏👍👊

[@mirceapintelie361]

..and its gone🤣🤣🤣

[@Avaricumstudios]

And it's dead now

[@diezgp]

Americans brought "democracy" into football. The ESL is the first step. The second step is changing the game by making it shorter and with more ads cause kids have a shorter attention span. Maybe 4 quarters of 15 or 12 minutes with 5 minutes of commercials in between. They will say that players need to rest, that football as we know it was a mistake and needs more "quality" instead of "quantity". Remember this comment.

[@h.m.5724]

And also increasing the goal area so as to increase number of goals scored. Increasing the number of substitutes too

[@lungabiyela9081]

Yeah, no. No one wants to play against the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid every week. Sometimes you want to play on a cold night in Stoke where the opposition will stick their studs in.

[@mateuszzimon8216]

That's amazing in football, the greatest think its easy promotion in country cup and get's 2-1 from third tier club...

[@dillingersam588]

Football, better known as soccer in the US and Canada, is the most popular sport in the world, with an estimated following of 4 billion fans. Like some of the other sports on this list, the origins of football as we know it are in England in the 19th century - truly Amazing 😊

[@kanedNunable]

england created the 3 biggest sports in the world. cricket, rugby and of course football. the yanks have created some that nobody else really cares about.

[@rhythm4806]

@@kanedNunable 😂😂😂😂😂 bro China invented football they called it cuju in 220 ad and but it was Britain codifying the rules and introducing football to the world

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

@@rhythm4806 Cuju is very different to football. Yes, they both involve kicking a ball into a net but have you seen a Cuju net? It's basically a mix between a Basketball hoop and a Hockey net. The rules are also insanely different. There are many ball kicking games throughout history, many of them bare a resemblance to football but the English invented the modern game. There are so many things about modern football that are still exactly the same as when rugby split into football that the there can't even be an argument.

[@alimamulma3sum14]

1:15 This clip sums up the American knowledge of the Premier League!!

[@wilfrednandwa]

Unforgivable

[@charlierubinas4941]

I think the influx of young American players into the EPL will also be an interesting aspect to keep an eye on and potentially increase American interest in not just the EPL but every tier of English football.

[@AK_AVFC]

There are no decent usa players in the prem 😂😂😂 only below average one is pulisic and he barely plays, he's a benchwarmer.

[@domoore7337]

Beautiful experience watching this! It was a trifecta of stimulus, the visuals, the dialogue of the program! And the lasting desire for more! Brilliant!

[@willlewis7100]

Cool series Jason. Would be interesting to hear your take on the digitization of sports and some of the vendor companies to pro sport teams. The Australian company Catapult Sports comes to mind; they speak of “workflow & technology stacks”.... sounds a bit like the Bloomberg-if-ication of sport!

[@rebsrebs1]

Enjoyed the take on the video. Nicely done. Football is obviously an intriguing beast to be involved in at the moment. As we have seen recently the attempts to bring an American style franchise league with no relegation is being touted for a select few clubs. I do feel doing that will alienate a huge viewing audience in the UK. Internationally it will explode I presume. Football fans by definition are a fickle bunch. But the chance of them knowing that a team 5 divisions down can potentially win the top prize makes it interesting. The test now is whether that risk-reward for the many can out weight the few who want to monopolise the top end of the sport. As a West Ham fan. I will have zero interest in paying any monitor towards watching a league with no relegation or proportion. The best seasons I've watched was Leicester City winning the league.

[@juliagomezreig6137]

This model would destroy the internal democracy of teams such as Barça. There the fans (called 'socis') are the real owners, have decision power in voting for a president and can revoke the president if they've enough signatures. Modern football is no longer about its people but business. Such 'americanisation' of sports will destroy community engagement and participation. The teams and their people are not a merch. We need to stop this extreme capitalisation of our leisure.

[@nickshale6926]

Wow. This aged quickly over the last 48hrs!

[@alan5506]

Sorry, I don't follow this. What happened in the last week?

[@nickshale6926]

@@alan5506 essentially a coup d'etat in football. 15 clubs from around Europe attempted to break away and form their own ‘European Super League’. This league was a ‘closed shop’ with no relegation or promotion, it was only about money revenue and elitism. Thankfully the massive backlash from everybody killed it off completely 3 days later.

[@alan5506]

@@nickshale6926 thanks for the info :)

[@yt.personal.identification]

They knew what was coming, and thought it would succeed. Whoops

[@graveperil2169]

never realised that getting relegated was not a thing in US sports

[@graveperil2169]

@Souven Tudu no I just don't follow US sports so assumed the UK league system was the norm

[@SOMEONE-cd9wf]

@@graveperil2169 It is the norm. North America is the only place where sports teams can't get promoted or relegated but the league system is used across Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. The US and Canada are the exceptions to the rule.

[@trauko1388]

There are no sport leagues in the US, just businesses...

[@heroisdomar4248]

Its not. And supporters are not separated either. Both team supporters are mixed on the stands. Its more of like going to a movie theater than actually watching a competitive sport. I've been to a few american football matches and it's just depressing compared to football. No one cares if they win or lose, nothing happens to either team anyway, what's the point

[@isaacboampong4951]

@@heroisdomar4248 lol. try a ravens-steelers game, see if people care if they win or lose.

[@aarons6532]

Wow this aged well considering today's European "Super League" chaos.

[@JAYLYPHE]

Who’s here after the damning news about the 12 teams who joined the super league???

[@tervenjames8305]

Basically Americans don't invest in their local( soccer ) leagues come Europe and buy clubs because football in Europe is vastly more marketable and cheap to invest. Then want to change the culture of the clubs.

[@korsunhoox]

2:12 exactly😬 although, mastering ball control with legs takes years and will always be on a different skill level than running with the ball in your hands and/or pushing against other players ...with the ball in your hands.

[@PodcArne]

The thing is that american football has a lot more going off the pitch and in the game plan Think of it as pawns vs towers in chess. One is a lot more interesting to look at, but the other one gets the job dome

[@redmustangredmustang]

For those who don't know Leeds was hugely in debt in 2003. They had to go into administration meaning bankruptcy protection and had an administrator who did their best to get the club to sell their debts and get out bankruptcy. Leeds got demoted from the EPL and then made as low as League One. So this was a huge deal last year when Leeds got promoted. The big part is getting that TV right money which as they said is over X20 and up.

[@ImmuneGEORGE]

English football fans stood up and destroyed Americanisation!

[@TheGbelcher]

I wish NFL and NBA teams could get relegated. In the US, there’s no penalty for poor management.

[@willevensen7130]

You just get fired?

[@TheGbelcher]

@@willevensen7130 Poor management starts at the top but you can’t fire owners. The best you can do is demote their teams or force them to sell.

[@t_world7721]

America has to stop trying to make the world like them... and has to embrace the beautiful football game😏

[@kshotz.8]

😐

[@dandan3045]

And no one wants to be like them either. Have you seen their health care system? Atrocious.

[@ThePepper67]

@@dandan3045 NHS getting defunded, will be like America’s soon.

[@jesusriverasaldana3244]

Sometimes I want to forget that I'm American, especially cause so many people apparently think we want to Americanize everything... Most people tend to not think of themselves as American, usually Latinos like myself tend to stay closer to our roots and say football . Now that I think about it , isn't it pronounced more like Futbol? It sucks being mexican in these discussions.

[@_idean]

Can you make a video analyzing the recent rapid growth of the MLS?

[@donfrossa1432]

Facts

[@Chalwaman]

Short vid !

[@ronaldojohnny7774]

yes please!!

[@jojoibarra9170]

Liga MX daughter league

[@harriwhipp7949]

Love that at the 2:00 mark the commentator mentions my local club Dover Athletic or DAFC as we call it

[@Mynipplesmychoice]

They’re never gonna win.

[@danjo8856]

Failed miserably, people in the UK are not spineless and mindless consumers like they are in the US

[@VelvetKisses1986]

Very well put.

[@nagraj2k1]

This is a disgusting piece. As a football fan of 25+ years I have seen the club I support loaded with PIK debt and paying for its takeover by a bunch of leeches while it’s sporting performance has gone down the drain

[@cmendoza1094]

Sometimes I wonder how sad it must be, to have the money to buy anything and then buy something you have no passion about. This passion for greed, I don't know if I can ever be a fan of it, knowing what money is. I guess some people are made different, I hope these people are happy or will eventually find it. Instead of wandering the earth like a lost soul.

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

their happy - the only people that say money can't buy happiness is poor people to feel better

[@nicolaskirsch9823]

Very insightful. Could you please do a second part on the failure of the Super league deal, thanks a lot.

[@EcoCrat]

hey Bloomberg Quicktake, what's the house song you use int he video from around 4:55 to 5:40? Anyone else know?

[@minecrafter023]

Growing investment is seen very critical by German football fans here. We don't want our clubs becoming tools benefiting the rich owners only. Especially in the former mining towns with large unionised workforces this is seen with grudge.

[@peterphile8118]

Which is why the Bundesliga is tiny compared to la liga and premier league

[@xxtuddlexx]

Yeah I get that, it would be much more rewarding to win with local players and locally developed guys than to get a gigantic US investor to come and spend a lot of money like a mini Man City or PSG.

[@peterphile8118]

@Regis Pyre I agree it’s just a shame because of the competitive advantage the Arab oil and Russian blood money teams have specifically in the champions league

[@HaiLeQuang]

Because they put every best thing to one club. Bayern Munich. The rest are satellite.

[@minecrafter023]

@@peterphile8118 not completely, total revenue of the Premier League is around 6.5 billion EUR and the Bundesliga is a 3.8 billion EUR.

[@davidrosano125]

Bookmakers probably paid out less in the 2015-16 Premier League season because all the people who bet on a top club to win that year lost their money, and not too many people put large sums of money on Leicester to win when their odds to win were 5000/1.

[@adityavardhanganji3785]

Hi Jason. Loved the video. Very educational What are are planning next? Please have a look at Formula 1 and motorsport if you need more ideas.

[@tomconnors5697]

Hey there - I'm a producer on the series. Would love to hear more about what you think is fascinating about Formula 1. I had a friend get into it recently and it's all they talk about now. I've been following the rise of Formula E as well. Got to see the race in Brooklyn a few years back and it seems really cool too.

[@EcoCrat]

@@tomconnors5697 Hey Tom (nice name btw) do you know what song is used in this video from around the 5:00 mark to 5:40? Thanks man

[@dillingersam588]

Great Documentary Thank you for posting😊

[@xalbox826]

Well, both the Deadpool character and Ryan Reynolds are Canadian (sure, he’s gotten a US citizenship now).

[@starboysuniverse9956]

he is an AMerican born in canada whats your problem and dead pool character is AMerican form Marvel only the actor was born in canada but he is an AMerican

[@mikexstad1121]

I'm also kind of annoyed they made it seem like he bought a Premier League team haha

[@kshotz.8]

Every rich Canadians wanna be us

[@AW-zk5qb]

Canada is USA's 51st state

[@ElectroIsMyReligion]

@@AW-zk5qb The US is an autonomous territory/vessel state of China..

[@MrStruggle0]

2:06 ok I know we call it UK weather but cmon 😂

[@rogerhwerner6997]

Go Wrexham! Relegation is what makes football different from American sports. I hope that distinction will always exist!

[@akshayyadav6963]

A country with no tradition trying to break football tradition not happening

[@HaiLeQuang]

No no no. This's exactly the reason why American is bad for football because of the inherent different view between a franchise model vs a football club model. A franchise exist to make profit, not to win leagues. So the American owner would be happy enough if the team maintain a decent financial KPI. Like Burley surviving in EPL or ManUtd making to Top4. Glazer would not care much if it takes Ole 30 years to win EPL again. Do you think the Deadpool actor would care if Wrexham ever reach Championship again? No, he doesnt understand it. What he care is a Netflix series.

[@starboysuniverse9956]

why dont you try making a Netflix series about you failing and failing over and over agin and see if you would make a dime, winning is the whole point of the series to show how the team started small then got bigger

[@swordis45]

Ryan reynold is Canadian

[@ATR-Bigoz]

Well... This escalated quickly 🙃

[@lucassams5639]

Great video, but why do you pronounce “premier” like that?

[@shrimboy7492]

5 days later, the answer is NO! British fans totally reject Americanization of their sport. ESL is dead on day 1.

[@iVince905]

Yet the 2 most valuable clubs in football, Barcelona & Real Madrid, are fan owned.

[@GuinessOriginal]

Real isn't completely fan owned and i can see that being increasingly less the case

[@davidvanveen2278]

Valuable and practically bankrupt..

[@hydrolifetech7911]

@@GuinessOriginal it is 100% owned by socios who are lifelong fans

[@MrDarryl2053]

All these Americans care about is money dont let them take away the soul of the sport

[@diegoaespitia]

LOL mad cringe. yea dood, football is soooo exciting

[@chrisstarr4379]

Speaking as a Leeds fan, we really don't enjoy or want a relegation battle, thankfully we're safe this season.

[@bereketwoldeghebriel6636]

Why would you edit the “Aguero” smh

[@alzinifelshoni2602]

Actually, it’s the other way around. “Football”, the most popular sport in the world, is overtaking the US.

[@Sabundy]

Actually Rugby is the fastest growing sport in the US.

[@Joao-de9gl]

@@Sabundy What's happening to american football?

[@diegoaespitia]

i highly doubt that. Americans do not like football. they love basketball. Americans see football (soccer) as a slow, boring sport

[@alzinifelshoni2602]

@@diegoaespitia here are the average distances players run in each sport: 1. Baseball 0.5 miles 2. American Football 1.5 miles 3. Basketball 2.5 miles 4. Football 6 miles

[@immadebe6043]

@@alzinifelshoni2602 Still boring

[@manfrommontreal]

Fluff piece with a positive spin

[@RickyMasterChiefLaw]

Was this the promo video for ESL?

[@clarkkent8765]

Lol it "begun" in 2005 when the Glazers took over United, but nobody listened to us when we said they were leeches ruining our club for a quick buck until the Super League nonsense started up.

[@ayaanshah28]

They should make a Drive to Survive -esque series for the Premier League

[@william2668]

I see that coming. The new fifa game should be as interactive as nba 2K

[@imogendavies2280]

Not sure I can forgive that pronunciation of premier in this context, it's going to haunt me.

[@zaed7419]

omg i was thinking the same LOL

[@mrobject9113]

Is it just me or calling it English soccer sounds weird, I almost feel like English soccer would be American football played in England.

[@Mad_Graduate]

The moment they called football soccer, most of us stopped watching this videos...

[@siilias7345]

"PreEemEer Liig"

[@KLM1883]

1:15 this clip right should be considered a crime

[@eoe3193]

As a Manchester United fan i totally agree with that 💯 % 🤣🤣🤣

[@sigitprabowo363]

English : American are invading our football business German : Hold my Bundesliga rules

[@jonathanlogan3060]

"Soccer" clubs are not franchises. Having been to Europe and experienced the full force of a city living and breathing its club, I genuinely wanted to cry when the Super League was attempted. First time in my life I would've gone out and protested against something if I lived in Europe. The question isn't "can English football survive Americanization." It is can football survive in any country. The leaders of Super League were owners from La Liga and Serie A.

[@kem1233]

THEY ARE AMERICANIZING THE SPORT OF REAL FOOTBALL, STOP THESE AMERICANS

[@ga8627]

El FOOTBALL es el deporte más grande popular practicado y amado del MUNDO El rugby falsificado versión yanqui sólo existe y se consume en EEUU es tan MIERDA esa copia barata del rugby que nunca ni siquiera logró salir de EEUU que triste que lamentable

[@ga8627]

AMERICA es un CONTINENTE compuesto por 35 países y más de 1000 millones de habitantes y TODOS los nacidos en AMERICA desde Canadá hasta Argentina somos AMERICANOS

[@jamesingham]

Is it just me, but I have never heard anyone actually call it the EPL, lol.

[@ranevc]

Very interesting. Business of sports. More of this!

[@user-ei7ed6zy9k]

we can’t blame the Americans. Most American franchises have GM’s who are the buffer between the coach and the owners and know the sport well. Their motive is winning and not profit. British football is a victim of its own success. The FA and UEFA made it a business 30 years ago. That’s why we need GM’s/footballing directors who oversee the football side

[@ZsamDZ20]

I got a notification about the Man U fans storming the field in protest while watching this. 😊😂😂😂

[@DesertVox]

A clear sign of an increasingly class-divided society: the RICH class getting richer, and investing in the very activities that will make the POOR class love their poverty. Rome Redux 2.0.

[@derkguez8590]

Spot on. 3rd world sport for a future 3rd "worlded" country. If latin american/european soccer fanaticism takes hold in this country.....the president could overthrow the supreme court, corporate monopolies pay 3 dollars an hour, heterosexuality outlawed, people forced to eat their cats.......and most wouldn't care. They'd be too busy prepping for the FC San Francisco game vs New York. And if those two teams fans meet on the streets or in a bar........ That's where the REAL confrontation would happen.

[@alberto4509]

My man a real thinker, i see you see the real deal

[@grafvonvorneundeinskometen7893]

@@derkguez8590 lol I can’t tell if this is serious or not

[@chilldude30]

Capitalism was always heading towards that. Marx even identified so it in the 1800s!

[@juanpabloherrera4899]

Something dies inside of me every time they say EPL 😢

[@npierce14]

Using the wrong aguero clip makes us Americans who do know euro Football look bad

[@tbonico]

USA is discovering the world has been doing business and sport for 100 years without them, let's keep it that way

[@metrofilmer8894]

I mean we have a league and got third place at the inaugural World Cup.

[@tbonico]

​@@metrofilmer8894 yep, something happened clearly, this video is a proof of that

[@molester9434]

Whose here after the Super League announcement? 🤔

[@alexcavallucci9958]

Football feed and investment feed. Man I’m so upset at this announcement

[@kataher]

Ryan Reynolds is Canadian

[@rexstout8177]

These "investors" are riding a growth industry. It's like listening to a rube think he's a genius who made his condo appreciate in value because he bought before the peak.

[@erikstammers7961]

thank you for indirectly putting me on to ted lasso, great video btw

[@JoyIsNiceDK]

The fact that Americans are so fascinated with promotion and relegation in sports is just baffling

[@liambohl]

We've never experienced it personally. At every level in American sports, teams are tied to a single league forever. Promotion and relegation would be great to implement in America though. In addition to raising the stakes, it should make games more evenly matched.

[@kibetkeiyo3597]

@@liambohl and competitive

[@jameswalton4518]

@@liambohl bro I'm sorry but American sports leagues are already some of the most competitive in the world, we don't need promotion and relegation to create competitive balance, we already have it.

[@StylistecS]

@@jameswalton4518 the only reason why it’s competitive is because of introducing the salary cap. Without it, big market teams would simply be dominant in all leagues.

[@juniorchirwa49]

@@StylistecS European teams have varying salary caps too it's not enough alone ensure competition

[@DomagojPS3]

Listen to first 20 seconds, hear soccer, close the tab.

[@Error763]

"Even American superheroes" but both Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool are Canadian

[@kem1233]

CANADA IS BASICALLY USA PART 2.