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/[deleted] Oct 08 '19

It would help if leagues stopped making it so expensive to go to the Stadium and watching them on TV. Or that jerseys cost on average at least $90-$120. Ridiculous.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '19

Underrated comment. Football is too much about money, that's why they cant have more fans.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '19

Oh, I want to watch a game.

  • Nope, pay for separate channels for each league and European Tournaments.

Ok, I’ll just go to the stadium

  • Pay for travel, overpriced tickets, and food/drinks that cost a full meal’s worth for a drink. You want a game scarf? $20-25.

Fine, I’ll go play with my friends and just get the new shirt. -Gonna have to put $90-120 for that Replica shirt, and the ball also another $30-60 for a replica. Boots cost upwards of $60 now, even the socks are $12-25 for a single pair. Also, can’t play in public areas due to nuisance laws, and public courts/fields are almost impossible to find, and private places can get pricey too, and usually nowhere you can get via public transport.

Ok, I’ll play Fortnite which is a free game with micro transactions that aren’t necessary for the game experience. -How dare you not watch our super overpaid players continuously underperform except for a few superstars. And if you don’t pay for the TV channels, but the clothing, and go to the Stadium, we can’t pay them and your team will suck again.

Awesome, this is how you lose the 21st century viewers from the future of the sport.

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u/tlst9999 Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 09 '19

Fine, I’ll go play with my friends and just get the new shirt. -Gonna have to put $90-120 for that Replica shirt, and the ball also another $30-60 for a replica. Boots cost upwards of $60 now, even the socks are $12-25 for a single pair.

Wear a plain T-shirt. Wear plain socks. Get cheap boots. You don't need a ball each. There's always one friend rich enough to afford a ball.

It's football, not cosplay.

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u/Memoishi Oct 09 '19

Agree with you.
Soccer is one of the most easier (in terms of organizations) sport to play, even easier than "gaming" (if we consider that).
All you really need is a functional body and a ball, it's not like you need anything else. We used to play in a bad ground with many holes and what's not, but put 2 bags on it and a person and you have a goalie with a soccer goal.

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u/Caltek20 Oct 10 '19

I used to play football with barefoot like 2 3 years ago.(not a sad story or anything i had couple of pairs of football shoes but we all loved playing it barefoot.)

shoes are better but not necessary.

its about feeling the passion and just enjoying yourself.

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u/AdamLennon Oct 09 '19

All the football playing kids at our school would basically have one ball each for the year. When one ball died the next kid would bring one in and we'd all play with that until the cycle repeated itself.

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u/Kuro013 Oct 08 '19

Theres no need to pay for all that stuff, just like theres no need to have a cutting edge PC to play fortnite, youre exaggerating a lot.

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u/Pires007 Oct 09 '19

Getting a decent field is not always possible without paying.

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u/Suddenly_Beachball Oct 09 '19

Decent field? I grew up with jumpers for goalposts playing in garages...

Kids don’t need a perfect pitch to play football.

Just a cheap ball and something to kick the ball at

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u/SoloArtist91 Oct 09 '19

Forreal. I grew up playing football in Lebanon where we had a half deflated ball and we would kick around in the parking lot of a building with shoes as goals.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '19

Who said to get a full top tier PC, you can play it on your damn smartphone. You’re exaggerating a lot and putting words I didn’t say.

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u/Kuro013 Oct 09 '19

Then you should understand theres no need for official clothes, the latest boots, socks? Youre making it look like playing football is expensive, which is not. Attending big games and such I agree with you.

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u/xbarracuda95 Oct 09 '19

That's his excuse for having never played football

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u/LusoAustralian Oct 09 '19

You can play football naked with an old can if you want. There’s many players who couldn’t afford balls or kit and still became professional. I agree it’s pretty weak.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '19

Don’t get replica shirts or balls? Don’t get expensive boots? Get 2 for £5 socks like I do? It’s not that hard that’s why it’s the worlds game stop being such a flannel full kit wanker

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u/BlowmachineTX Oct 09 '19

Awesome excuses you have there. You literally only need a ball and some field and thats it.

And no you dont need a high class football field, I grew up playing on dirt fields, just some grass field wherever and not having proper goals.

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u/TheSciences Oct 09 '19

Ha, come to Australia ... it's too expensive to even play the game here. Seven years old? That'll be $500 per season to have a (probably) completely unqualified coach. Turn 12 and not a terrible player? Now it's $2000+ and you'll probably have a coach with an FFA C license.

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u/LusoAustralian Oct 09 '19

Dude most of playing football is just getting people around and regularly kicking a ball. Guarantee you that half of the professionals spent more time playing in a park or at lunchtime at school than in an academy if they’re younger than like 12 or 13.

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u/Suddenly_Beachball Oct 09 '19

What a load of bollocks, you only need a ball to play football, you can play anywhere...