Jim05 wrote:Booney wrote:The EPL.
Every year there's only 3 or 4 teams that can win it, every year a couple of the sides that come up go right back down and every year there's a bunch of a dozen sides who are no chance of doing either.
How the **** do so many people give a shit about such a compromised uneven playing field? I just don't get it....
Last 5 years of EPL there has been 3 differant Champions.
Despite rigging the fixtures, salary caps, drafts and everything else thats manipulated by the AFL there has been 3 differant Premiers in the last 5 years.
Ask a Dogs, Saints or Tigers fan what its like to have little to no chance of success for years. All comps have their flaws but id take the EPL model everyday thanks
Bar Newcastle ( over 10 years ago ) and Leeds ( 15 years ago ) the same 5 clubs have had a monopoly on the competiton.
United, Chelsea, City and Arsenal have won the last 20 between them and Liverpool get the odd bronze medal. You simply can't compare it to the AFL where the top 4 is rarely known before the last round and in the last 20 years almost every side ( bar a couple ) have been in a prelim at least.
In fact, I think everyone has bar Gold Coast and GWS. St Kilda, the Bulldogs, Melbourne, Carlton have all played in prelims at worst since 1995....
*EDIT*
Yep, Geelong beat Richmond in the 95 prelim.