How can one be relegated to a Championship? Boggles the mind.
"Not only is it a gateway to the Premiership, it is one of Europe's leading league competitions, in terms of the standard of football, the stadia and the numbers of supporters attending," he insisted. Maybe they should call it The Gateway? That way you capture the fact that you can leave or enter through it. Or maybe it should be called The Manhole. The Insecurity Complex? And isn't there some silly Coca-Cola sponsorship tied to this? This may actually be more of the catalyst than anything else. Perhaps, Coke was saying, hey, could you spiff this thing up a bit so we won't be so embarrassed to be associated with it? And trox: Brilliant. LOL.
Did Starfucker set this up?
usfbull: Ha! You kill me. OK, if we're going to do this right ... The Premier League The Deputy Premier League aka Div 1 The Chancellor of the Exchequer League aka Div 2 The Whip League aka Div 3 The Page Boy League aka That league below Div 3 (or however the Brit gov chain of command works out)
Well, hey, Coca-Cola is involved after all. They should have just gone: Div 1 = Coke Super Gulp Div 2 = Coke Regular Div 3 = Coke Small Also: "The renaming of the Football League is part of a wider rebranding process being carried out by club directors who have hired the advertising company TBWA to examine ways of raising the competition's profile and increase sponsorship opportunities. New logos, community programmes and a number of other commercial initiatives are also being introduced from the start of next season as part of the league's new image."
If Coke is involved then how about Classic, Coke II, Diet and Tab?
I'd go with the following version Coke Diet Coke Sprite Dasani (The product gets weaker as you move down.)
dng. Southend fan? I used to live there. My dad still follows them. And yes, the Championship is dumb.
I don't care how bad this idea is. I just wish we had a sports league in the U.S. that adopted relegation.
We're trying to institute relegation/promotion on our SpoFi leagues but the Brits have conspired to stop the revolution. Bleeeeeeeh!
Okay, how did i get insulted regarding this?!
I didn't insult you. I was supporting you. Calm down. Have a drink.
When people say "The old division 1" they're normally referring to the premiership pre-90's. So what will they call the old new first division? I'm going to get ridiculously confused.
Here's the Guardian's report, and my favorite quote: "It means that in the space of just a few years, the bottom division of the top footballing echelon has gone from being known as Division Four, to League Two."
