Not sure if anyone has heard or read about this yet but could this spell the end for a lot of clubs its things like this as to why I avoid watching the Premier League and in general can't ****ing stand it http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/premier-league-clubs-discuss-lower-league-feeder-teams-081234976--sow.html http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/jim-white/b-team-plan-flawed-one-english-football-124704586.html
I'm a massive fan of the PL, but I'd hate it if this happened. I doubt it will, but it's a bit worrying that it's being suggested.
It has been floated a number of times,currently many league sides benefit and survive on the loan scheme if this happens agree it would give more power to the premier league and weaken the league system which is almost a monopoly type situation at the moment. (in my opinion) As for giving more English players a chance to develop outside the premier league thats a smokescreen as they already acheive this through loans!also many of the premier league sides are chock full of foreign youngsters who would play in a so called B side so the result would not benefit the English team. COR
Also loaning a load of young players out from teams may end up hindering lower league teams younger players from coming threw the ranks maybe could be a limit on how many players a club could sign up.
Bloody Premier League, what a joke. Silly me, I forgot the football actually revolves around the Premier League and certain big teams in particular and everyone else be damned. According to FM, there is. Like 3 long-term loanees and 3 short-term loanees or something.
"Yet turning the reserve sides into branded B teams, such as they have in Spain and Germany, would mean other clubs would lose their spots in the Football League." if that is allowed then that would be a disgrace!! there would be uproar and appeals for the club that lose their league status! "cash-strapped teams in lower leagues could be taken over wholesale by Premier League clubs and used as feeder sides" i really hope clubs dont sell out. if any club do this then i would feel so sorry for the fans of said club/s.
Q&A.... How would feeder clubs work? In one of two ways. Premier League sides might be able to enter their reserve teams into the main league system, or else buy out a lower league side and take over completely. The feeder teams would be fully owned by their parents, but succeed or fail on their own merits. Would they play in all competitions just like a 'normal' team? Yes: to all intents and purposes they are normal clubs with the same status and opportunities as any other. There would be no point running things otherwise, considering that it's all about giving players experience. Wouldn't that lead to some strange anomalies? Absolutely. In Spain, for example, Real Madrid Castilla made it to the final of the Copa del Rey back in 1980 - where they faced Real Madrid! The 'senior' team won 6-0. How about promotion? Could there one day be two Chelseas or Uniteds in the Premier League? That's the sole limitation on the feeder teams: they cannot play in the same division as their parent club. Again in Spain, both Real Madrid's and Barcelona's have earned promotion to the top flight, but been denied the chance to move up. Theoretically they could go up, but only if the parent club happened to be relegated in the same season. Given the wealth of talent at the Spanish clubs, that has led to some interesting anomalies: Real Madrid Castilla and Barcelona B have both won promotion to the Spanish top flight on occasion, but cannot move up a division according to league rules. The most recent exanoke was 2010-11, when Barcelona B were denied a spot in the play-offs despite finishing third in the table. There's another potential twist as well: should the parent club get relegated to the division in which the feeder club played, the feeder club would also have to drop down a division to avoid a clash. JUST CRAZY!
