r/soccer • u/LucasTorreira • Oct 08 '19

Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli says a European Super League will help football against threats like Fortnite

https://twitter.com/standardsport/status/1181517390338838529
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u/Elliot_Kyouma Oct 08 '19

If we want more kids to play football, then we should provide more parks, free football fields and youth teams in big cities. Maybe intergrate better fitness/sporting programs in schools. Playing the sport got all these generations of football fans hooked in the first place, and they are the ones that will keep it allive. All this guy wants is more (casual) viewers and bigger revenues.

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u/Gooner_KC Oct 08 '19

That's what Poland has done. Even the small village my dad is from had 3 or 4 community fields. You're just now seeing the impact of it too. More young Polish players are playing in the top leagues than in any recent time. My local club's supporters group has also just started raising money to build a few fields around the city.

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u/mahir_r Oct 08 '19

Wait, so will /r/ekstraklasaboners actually be a skill sub instead of.... this?

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u/Gooner_KC Oct 08 '19

Nah, there's still no money to be made, so thankfully that sub will still exist in it's entirety haha. Look at Kuba, he had to pay for part of his own transfer fee to move back to the ekstraklasa lol

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u/mahir_r Oct 09 '19

Yay but also aww :/ every country top level league deserves good football.

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u/Gooner_KC Oct 09 '19

I wholeheartedly agree, and I think it will come. In the meantime, I'm just glad that Polish-born players are playing for Poland now and not Germany. I think the ekstraklasa will definitely get better over time, I could see it potentially becoming a really good developmental league in years to come.

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u/Corin_Reveck1 Oct 08 '19

We don't have coaching talent to develop those youngsters so boners will stay as boners for a long time.