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Originally Posted by jofillips
yea i agree ticket prices would probably go up which would suck but so would the quality. Its hardly cheap now tho...
To go back to football, the premier league does what it wants and has so much more power than the FA - yet international football goes on with players still going (ignoring friendlies). Doesnt stop certain managers complaining about it tho!
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The premier league doesn't just do what it wants, it has to oblige by the FA and FIFA. FIFA determines the international calendar dates, the premier league has to schedule around it. They have to schedule around UEFA and Euro qualifying.
But the main difference is money. Euros and World Cup are money tournaments. Millions go to the winner and Millions are given out in compensation to clubs who send the most players to the tournament and there is insurance in case of injury. If England wins this summers World Cup, the FA gets 35 million. That can go into youth development, into clubs and into prize money for things like the FA Cup. What's Hockey Canada getting tomorrow?
If this were football, The Islanders would get some money for sending Tavares and some more money for his injury. The Islanders still lose a player and it sucks but at least they have something back.