Poggs Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 I'm sure everyone is already fedup with the debate but would "Brexit" affect UK Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasper57saint Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 It will make it more difficult for overseas players to get a work permit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkou Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 I am sure the government would put in place exemptions to ensure the premier league can recruit the best players.. it is a big money spinner for the treasury. We will of course still be in Uefa so I really do not seeing it having much negative affect on football (or anything else for that matter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 (edited) Yes, it would make it better. English players might play for English clubs, and the national team might prosper. Those teams in the Champions League will whinge, but really, who cares about them? Since the creation of the PL, only 4 CL spots have gone to non Big 6 clubs - Everton, Newcastle x2 and Blackburn. Leicester seem to make it 5, but really, CL is an irrelevance to most of us. Whether the lack of foreign players will lower the standard of the PL is immaterial. So long as there is an adequate standard (which I can't see why there shouldn't), then I cannot see why the competition should be devalued. One often turns to the Championship and says that that is the most exciting league, so why not the PL dominated by English players? Also, regardless of the hype pumped out, football wasn't worse pre Sky and the Premier League. There are lots of people who either didn't go to it or have forgotten it, but it existed, and was fun. But, PL is actually quite important to the Chancellor, with the tax raised. During the 2013/14 season, PL clubs and players paid £2.4 billion in tax. No doubt this will be ever rising and not something that Nº11 will want to jeopardise, so I am sure that there will be dispensation. It's a scare story that the common man might understand more easily than some economic one. Pretty base and cynical if you ask me. Wasn't it put out by, ahem, Baroness Peschisolido? Edited 22 February, 2016 by angelman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Uwe Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 Yeah, but that's the thing...I don't disagree with the fact there would be a good case for exemptions for the Premier League based on the amount of revenue it generates, but I'm sure there are a whole host of industries out there who might be inclined to ask the same thing. It is far too complicated at the moment and I don't see an easy solution to it either I'm afraid. And therein lies the problem with the whole EU question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 Just don't let Boris near a football pitch again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 Yeah, but that's the thing...I don't disagree with the fact there would be a good case for exemptions for the Premier League based on the amount of revenue it generates, but I'm sure there are a whole host of industries out there who might be inclined to ask the same thing. It is far too complicated at the moment and I don't see an easy solution to it either I'm afraid. And therein lies the problem with the whole EU question... Not really. You see the whole argument for staying in seems to be financial. I am voting to leave to regain self determination which is to me more important. Simple question really if you have your priorities straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 Not really. You see the whole argument for staying in seems to be financial. I am voting to leave to regain self determination which is to me more important. Simple question really if you have your priorities straight. There is a thread running in The Lounge for you to push your political opinions onto people. Not here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Uwe Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 Not really. You see the whole argument for staying in seems to be financial. I am voting to leave to regain self determination which is to me more important. Simple question really if you have your priorities straight. Lol, thanks for the advice there:lol: Anyway, I was just replying to your point about the PL getting some of tax exemption. Whether you vote Yes or No is not really the point, I'm saying that the whole thing is much more complicated than the Yes or No campaigns are making out. I work in the translation industry and many colleagues who work for agencies here are of course EU nationals who provide native tongue expertise and are currently free to work here as citizens of the EU. Maybe if we vote to leave they will still be allowed to stay in the country as if nothing had changed, or maybe they will be forced to apply for work permits? I don't know and neither do you. And the same point I guess will apply to Saints' EU players, until something definitive is decided after the Referendum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Division South Days Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 There is a thread running in The Lounge for you to push your political opinions onto people. Not here. To be fair the topic itself is 95%political and shouldn't be on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 Not sure I was pushing anything on to anyone, but just stating personal opinion. If people can't make their own minds up and are swayed by pseudonyms on a football forum, then maybe they shouldn't vote. But.....in terms of football, whether the PL is stronger or not, is a complete irrelevance to the rather more pressing question. Bill Shankly was wrong when he said "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 22 February, 2016 Share Posted 22 February, 2016 Not sure I was pushing anything on to anyone, but just stating personal opinion. If people can't make their own minds up and are swayed by pseudonyms on a football forum, then maybe they shouldn't vote. The implication in this part is pretty clear. I am voting to leave to regain self determination which is to me more important. Simple question really if you have your priorities straight. Anyway, this is only going one way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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