Chinese League the threat to the European Leagues

[garcia]

Chinese League the threat to the European Leagues

no argument here. if they could take it i'm sure they would. but how are they going to get rooney to agree?

[Borracho]

Chinese League the threat to the European Leagues

Pay up half of the rest of his contract?

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Chinese League the threat to the European Leagues

In the mid-90s, there was a period where golfers were earning more on the seniors tour than the guys on the main one - even though attendances were lower, sponsorship was higher. People loved watching (and sponsors being associated with) the "old guys" - Nicklaus, Watson, Irwin - going at it more than the modern lot.

Irwin, and a few others, certainly earnt more as seniors than they did winning the actual majors that made them famous. It's a trend that has continued, to some extent - Bernhard Langer, and Colin Montgomerie, have similarly coined it in as seniors.

I wonder if the Chinese League, coupled with MLS, is football's version of that.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Chinese League the threat to the European Leagues

garcia wrote:

no argument here. if they could take it i'm sure they would. but how are they going to get rooney to agree?

Green Calx wrote:

Pay up half of the rest of his contract?

Tell him that he can have prawn toast and crispy duck pancakes every day for the rest of his life?

[zahidf]

Chinese League the threat to the European Leagues

Rogin the Armchair Fan wrote: garcia wrote:

no argument here. if they could take it i'm sure they would. but how are they going to get rooney to agree?

Green Calx wrote:

Pay up half of the rest of his contract?

Tell him that he can have prawn toast and crispy duck pancakes every day for the rest of his life?

Threathen to put him on the bench/reserves for the rest of his contract?

[E10 Rifle]

Chinese League the threat to the European Leagues

Having a decadent, ridiculous over-rich top-flight football league and a rubbish national side is, as we have seen, a sure-fire signifier of a country that's stopped making anything, has seen its economic model hit the skids and has started to decline as a global force.

[Chairman Zhao]

Chinese League the threat to the European Leagues

Shanghai Shanggang, who had a trio of Gyan, Conca and Elkeson upfront lost 2-1 to Melbourne Victory.

Then there was Texeira and Ramire's debut with Jiangsu Suning (Suning electronics is actually a really convenient brand, kind of like a weird electronic mall) drew against against 10 men Vietnamese side Binh Duong.

This is kind of how things always seem to go in China...splash the cash and hope things fix themselves. I really wish the country would forgo all the nepotism and actually start hiring people for their merits. Otherwise, we just get a bunch of well connected people at the top wasting away money...

[Chairman Zhao]

Chinese League the threat to the European Leagues

Sydney just beat Guangzhou Evergrande 2-1. Once again money matters not.