The President of GFF weighs in on an invasive European Premier League
FIFA President Gianni Infantino and GFF President Wayne Forde united against the European Premier League.
Kaieteur News – Even as a tsunami of condemnation exploded with the spread of a European Premier League announcement; President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Wayne Forde, has offered his aspect of this development which he is expected to fall through due to the heavy backlash he has been receiving from stakeholders around the world.
Forde asked that the Super League, based on the information it possesses, would be a serious tipping point for the organization and structure of global football.
“While football as an entertainment product has been skillfully commercialized over recent decades – I would strongly argue that the commercial side of the game is not a reflection of the true spirit of football. Until the number of paid people around the world takes the number of volunteers who sacrifice day and night to develop the beautiful game – then football must remain a game for the common man his passion has fueled his continued existence for centuries.
Should the writers of that sinister conspiracy to erode the game’s foundation succeed in launching this aberration, I’m convinced their success will be short-lived. The fans will have the final say…! ”
Many of the big clubs have already announced their intention to quit the invading European Premier League, with Man City receiving a UEFA reprimand on their withdrawal. Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester United and Atletico Madrid were all set to follow the same after a backlash from the football world.
Fourteen of the 20 Premier League clubs, in expressing their disgust at the move, excluded the ‘Big 6’ from an emergency meeting yesterday where the remaining 14 clubs rejected the plans and threatening penalties to owners for breaking a rule about entering a competition with prior permission.
This move hit home so hard that it even distracted the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby who warned against the scheme saying: ‘Many football clubs were founded by churches, it happens, including Liverpool. And we want to protect a community ‘.
And Facebook and Amazon said they would not offer to screen the European Premier League, leaving only Sky and Disney to announce whether they will bid for the rights.