And also, Norway's fairly close to England.
Curiously, I think crowds doubled across the league in the period Rosenborg were winning 14 titles in a row.
Another-how we should fix the LOI thread,is it that time of the week already???
And also, Norway's fairly close to England.
Curiously, I think crowds doubled across the league in the period Rosenborg were winning 14 titles in a row.
A friend of mine had this idea:
[COLOR=#0000ff]The FAI should invest money into an academy somewhere to give young talent the chance to shine – similar to Lilleshall in England. The FAI should try and bring as much talent through this academy as possible.[/COLOR]
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[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]Once they reach a certain age, they should commit themselves to the FAI. For example, let’s say that once they turn 16, they can only remain at the academy if they sign a 5-year deal with them, effective from their 18th birthdays.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]Once they reach 20, they can then be loaned to League of Ireland teams (and I’d like that to work like the draft pick system in America, where the team finishing bottom has first pick, the second bottom team the second pick, etc., so that the worse teams get better faster than the better teams, which will allow for more closely matched teams). If, at any time before they reach 23, Premier League or Football League teams are interested in buying any of those players, they can negotiate with the owners of the players (i.e. the FAI).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=blue]This would mean that all talented Irish youngsters would get state-of-the-art training facilities and coaching in Ireland. If they’re good enough to go to England, the FAI will receive the money from the deal – instead of cash-strapped clubs who would accept any offer to try and balance the books – and the clubs get the benefit of the best youngsters remaining in Ireland and playing for their clubs till at least the age of 23.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
Oh **** not sure what happened there
Just edit it and take out the []s.
I've never bought into the facilities arguement either. Donnybrook, Thomond Pk (before it was rebuilt) and the RDS are not great stadia. Same goes for a lot of the GAA stadiums. Lets say one of the LOI teams became an anchor tenant in the new Lansdowne Rd, do many people really believe, that alone would result in a sudden large increase in attendances. I for one would seriously doubt it.
Right take two!
A friend of mine had this idea:
The FAI should invest money into an academy somewhere to give young talent the chance to shine – similar to Lilleshall in England. The FAI should try and bring as much talent through this academy as possible.
Once they reach a certain age, they should commit themselves to the FAI. For example, let’s say that once they turn 16, they can only remain at the academy if they sign a 5-year deal with them, effective from their 18th birthdays.
Once they reach 20, they can then be loaned to League of Ireland teams (and I’d like that to work like the draft pick system in America, where the team finishing bottom has first pick, the second bottom team the second pick, etc., so that the worse teams get better faster than the better teams, which will allow for more closely matched teams). If, at any time before they reach 23, Premier League or Football League teams are interested in buying any of those players, they can negotiate with the owners of the players (i.e. the FAI).This would mean that all talented Irish youngsters would get state-of-the-art training facilities and coaching in Ireland. If they’re good enough to go to England, the FAI will receive the money from the deal – instead of cash-strapped clubs who would accept any offer to try and balance the books – and the clubs get the benefit of the best youngsters remaining in Ireland and playing for their clubs till at least the age of 23.
Look PS - we all know you don't like the AIL concept. That's fine - and as a UCD fan, it's understandable.
So please stop boring everyone by coat-trailing your dislike of it at every opportunity. You're misguided (for benefit of Da Hamsta) if you think a league proposal with a backer is the same as proposals that are against the law.
You may not like the AIL proposal - but it wasn't illegal, it did have a backer, and most importantly it may well have worked. It's simply your opinion that it wouldn't. A levy on satellite consumers is clearly illegal and whether it would work or not therefore isn't down to opinion.
We had a big discussion on this a while back, here's the link: http://foot.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=117289
Irish papers reporting on Irish soccer and Irish soccer only would be a start.
You've got no fans.
How about provincial clubs? Connacht Rovers, Munster United, Sporting Shelgallians....... what's not to like?
Gas chambers?
Tallaght Stadium Regular
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