The Premier League & Sepp Blatter

Shock..! Horror..!! I'm finding myself in agreement with Sepp Blatter when he says he feels the Premier League is trying to dominate the uner developed footballing areas like Asia. He feels that the richest, most powerful league should be working in conjunction with other leagues to promote football, not necessarily Premier League football per se, and shouldn't be looking to playing matches on foreign soil. Richard Scudamore, the Premier League chief, suggests that promotion of the Premier League is good for grass roots, local football, and football in general.

Well, of course, both are dressing up their arguments to seem more plausible, and none more than Sepp Blatter. But for the right reasons, that is, that Sport/Football should not try to overwhelm another country's sporting culture, even when Business/Football finds no problem there, Scudamore's argument is wafer thin. If Premier League football is so good for local football, then why do we see so many plastic fans..? Surely, by Scudamore's persuasion, Premier League football should help fans be more aware of their own local clubs. Well we know how much tosh that is, even in this country.

And Sepp Blatter is basically afraid that the balance of power will shift from him, to the Premier League leaders. But he's right. Local football will decline as people throughout the world just globalise their support more and more on the big clubs, making them richer and richer, with competition dying as a result. An overgrowth of the Premier League is simply not good for football as a whole.

The thing is all these matches the big clubs play abroad as friendlies are only there for one reason and that is tapping into a market for merchandise and more money it's sad but wont change anytime soon.

The Premier League is a business and they are therefore exploiting their "product" to make a profit. Football is just the vehicle by which they generate that profit.

I dont think the rest of the World is interested in the Premier League, just the big 4. Sad but true. The sooner the big four Feck off the sooner we can get down to the business of Winning Championships.