Comments on: How About an Indian-Style Football Premier League?

By: Callum Sutton

Callum Sutton — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:23:42 +0000

i think that it would be a good idea

but not as the english premeier league it is fine as it is

but i think that it could work as something else but the premeier league is to big

By: iqnadirshah

iqnadirshah — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:28:31 +0000

Livefooty.com- thats a new one. Thanx……..

By: SpiralArchitect

SpiralArchitect — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:20:59 +0000

I’ve always thought that the coverage in India of the European leagues is quite good (or has improved tremendously in the last few years). ESPN, Star Sports & a couple of other ones do show a lot of them. And yeah the presentation is quite priceless. Thanks for the references though (although i go & watch most of my stuff in Australia on livefooty.com).

By: iqnadirshah

iqnadirshah — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:26:31 +0000

To hk and spiral
Its useless depending on espnstar for our matches(allthough the presentation by john dykes, andrew leci, macca and shebby are top class). The priority is always cricket. You can check out channelsurfing.net and hifooty.com to watch live streams free(I watched arsenal vs fulham on channelsurfing.net). Enjoy…………..

By: hk

hk — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:05:28 +0000

Thank god this IPL is not on espn star to spoil my EPL matches…We in India are already having such a rough time with that ten sports team getting the CL rights….IPL will be rubbish…An absolute waste of time….EPL simply rules…Bring on the 39th match(if it ever happens) to india please….

By: Antimanu

Antimanu — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:06:14 +0000

Excellent idea. Should suppress Man Utd and would a true indicator of a good manager.

By: SpiralArchitect

SpiralArchitect — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:11:23 +0000

In a country where the national obsession is nothing else but cricket we’re facing a glut of different competitions that are stifling the development of every other sport.

I didn’t watch the auction, but i read about it & it sickens me to such gynormous amounts of money wasted on bringing foriegn players in to play in a country that’s already brimming with talent (but still has a relatively shite national cricket team full of prima donnas). Like Iqnadirshah said, its a money making farce & i hope it dies a quick death.

If they could spend 1/10th of this amount of money in setting up a better national football league format in India & invest in infrastructure & players it would do wonders for the game in India.

As for suggesting this format for the European leagues, what the hell is SO wrong with the current system & level of entertainment that you would want a glut of football in that market? How about suggesting it for the USA instead? Seems like they would need it. Having it in Australia wouldn’t be a bad idea either.

By: iqnadirshah

iqnadirshah — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:18:39 +0000

Its a good idea with respect to the selection of the players. But lets not glorify the IPL. Its a commercialised, extremely hyped up nonentity(as of now) which was made to counter the ICL(privately owned whereas the IPL is owned by the BCCI-board of cricket contron in india). At least the ICL ensured that the smaller players would get a chance to play under the spotlight. This is just a money-making farce which would not benefit the game in any way………….