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英超建議下季作客贏波有四分 (C&P)
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http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,1494905,00.html
為左避免作客球隊打悶波
有人建議作客贏波有四分
今個星期會開會傾呢樣野
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Premiership debate four points for away win
Radical changes to be discussed at Premier League annual meeting
as fears grow that there are too many boring games
Denis Campbell, sports news correspondent
Sunday May 29, 2005
The Observer
Premiership clubs could receive four points for an away win under
plans to be discussed by team bosses who want to make games
more entertaining.
The radical idea will be floated at this week's Premier League annual
meeting, which will hear calls for dramatic changes to address rising
concern that there are too many boring, irrelevant matches.
In a briefing note to chairmen before this week's gathering, Premier
League chief executive Richard Scudamore has listed the many
challenges that clubs face if the Premiership is to safeguard its
status as the world's most popular and most lucrative league. It is
a summary of areas of concern identified by the league's Attendances
Working Group, which was set up last November to examine whether
the increase in the number of matches shown on Sky television - up
from 106 to 138 - and prices charged by clubs were affecting crowd
levels.
The issues include 'quality of football - negativity, formations, less
attacking play' and what many clubs believe is the closely related
issue of 'competitiveness of the League - predictability, including
points structure'. The recent decline in the number of away fans,
the increased number of matches moved from Saturday 3pm
kick-offs to suit television and negative impact of misbehaviour
by players and managers are also on the agenda.
Several club chairmen and chief executives told Observer Sport
yesterday of their fears that the tendency for teams to opt for
safety-first football, deploying only one forward in a cautious
attempt to avoid defeat, was producing too much dull play, leaving
fans frustrated.
'Last season more and more teams played 4-5-1,' said one chairman.
'It may help them pick up more points than they might otherwise
have got and increase their chances of staying up, but it's often not
exciting. There are too many irrelevant, unmemorable games,
especially involving teams in the middle of the table who won't get
relegated or get into Europe, and especially towards the end of the
season.'
Another chairman said: 'This trend towards 4-5-1 is understandable
- the financial consequences of not surviving in the Premiership
are serious - but it cannot be good for the Premier League in the
long run. There are signs that, combined with the saturation
coverage of games on TV and the cost and hassle of attending
matches, this could make some fans stop coming.'
Encouraging the visiting team to attack by awarding them four
points for a win is one of the ideas to be discussed. Concern
about the attractiveness of the Premiership will be heightened by
the revelation that matches televised by Sky suffered a 10 per
cent fall in their average audience last season. Official figures
from the British Audience Research Bureau published last week
by TV Sports Markets magazine show that an average of
1.224million viewers per match tuned in during the 2004-05
season, a drop of 9.7 per cent on the previous season's 1.356m.
Club executives say that, with 32 further fixtures being shown
and league rules requiring each team to be screened a certain
number of times, a loss in the quality of some games shown - and
reduction in the average audience - was inevitable. However,
league chiefs are heartened by the fact that the total number of
viewers watching live games over the course of the season has
risen. It went up from 89.5m in 2003-04 to 107.7m, an increase
of 20.4 per cent.
The annual meeting may also hear rumbles of discontent about
the way the Premier League share out broadcasting revenue and
claims that clubs below the unofficial Big Four of Chelsea,
Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool get too little. But new
figures from the League, revealing how much each club earned
last season, show the gap between the top and bottom clubs has
narrowed. Chelsea, the champions, received ￡30.7m, while
Southampton, who finished bottom, were paid ￡18.4m. |
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