“There is a Saudi professional football league that is incredibly popular among Saudis,” is the site’s next claim, a word that would be hard to beat for hard-core energy. “Friends and families get together to cheer on their favorite teams on TV. and in the stadiums. “
In the early months of the acquisition of the new Saudi Pro League, it’s fair to assume that most friends and families gathered to cheer on their favorite teams opted for the TV option, if at all.
Eight of the 18 clubs in the Saudi Pro League have an average attendance of less than 4,000 people this season. Even the two largest, Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad, leave an average of 80,000 empty seats at their combined capacities.
The SPL operates on a 75 percent empty stage model. The lowest attendance reported, as expected among two of the clubs currently not owned by the Gulf state, 133. That figure was surpassed this weekend by Division One South Division One side Selsey FC.
Even Western media that was foaming at the mouth over a potential force replacement have largely lost interest, with the exception of ESPN, which tweets after every Cristiano Ronaldo goal with a goat emoji because social media isn’t fun anymore.
It feels like the end of football’s ultra-capitalist game: ridiculously overpaid old players running part-time in the humid heat of plastic stadiums for the entertainment of almost no one who sees them live.
There is no pretense of biological growth, nor of selling prices to finance expenses. You just buy what you need to buy, and then the boring moment comes. Don’t worry, some other window of movement will come soon and perhaps Mohamed Salah will have to check into the silent nightclub.
It’s easy to find a clever part of this pretty fun, so let’s get into it. Henderson, who happens to see morality as a mobile dinner that depends on whether you want to make mega or mega mega money, justified this immersion in Scrooge. McDuck’s coin fund because it had long been driven by a preference to “grow the game. “I guess it makes things less difficult if you can shake their hands one-on-one as you head back to the locker room for Stevie’s postgame briefing.
Riyad Mahrez tweeted that maybe he just “hears and sees the fans” but doesn’t express himself about the numbers. Do they know we know they’re playing?
This will be a morality tale. For Saudi Arabia itself, who would have thought that signing some of the world’s most outstanding players and Jason Denayer could also immediately create a football culture and know that some things require biological growth?
For broadcasters, who will be fully aware of the fact that nothing beats the hum of an attack than empty seats (perhaps a return to the ambient noise of Covid times)?For the players who have so temporarily disappeared from our radar. The last time you thought of Allan Saint-Maximin or Sadio Mané?
But here we don’t understand the important thing: no one in the rate provides a flying Fahd. This league was not created to please the masses, and the budget of the Public Investment Fund is enough to make profits a small thing that is obsolete and easy to ignore.
Saudi Arabia aspired to organize a World Cup – despite many rules that would have had to be changed in the procedure – and they almost actually succeeded. They hired the players not to score goals, but to sing like canaries about their candidacy. “Saudi Arabia 2034,” was Henderson’s message, delivered between deep sips of Kool Aid.
“If sports washing is going to increase my GDP by 1 percent, then we will continue sports washing; my goal is to reach another 1. 5 percent,” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Fox News last week. the project and the total act. At matches, football fans can buy tickets, a drink or a scarf. They’re unlikely to increase their PIB. No it matters if they’re there or whatever.
About halfway to the main stand of Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, in front of the TV portico, a group of about 150 Al-Riyadh enthusiasts form a small organization and, in their defense, try to make as much noise as possible. A hundred meters to his left, an organization of Al-Ettifaq supporters saw their team lose 1-0.
The stadium has a capacity of 22,200 but is expected to double. The club of Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson, Moussa Dembélé and Georginio Wijnaldum was greeted and then banged. Attendance was 696 euros.
There’s a glorious paragraph on the Saudi Arabian embassy’s American online page about the nation’s love of soccer. He mentions young people “mingling in the playgrounds,” probably a false impression between soccer and soccer, and promises that Saudis of all ages have taken up soccer. Seriously, anything enthusiasts say to each other.
“There is a Saudi professional football league that is incredibly popular among Saudis,” is the site’s next claim, a word that would be hard to beat for hard-core energy. “Friends and families get together to cheer on their favorite teams on TV. and in the stadiums. “
In the early months of the acquisition of the new Saudi Pro League, it’s fair to assume that most friends and families gathered to cheer on their favorite teams opted for the TV option, if at all.
Eight of the 18 clubs in the Saudi Pro League have an average attendance of less than 4,000 people this season. Even the two largest, Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad, leave an average of 80,000 empty seats at their combined capacities.
The SPL operates on a 75 percent empty stage model. The lowest attendance reported, as expected among two of the clubs currently not owned by the Gulf state, 133. That figure was surpassed this weekend by Division One South Division One side Selsey FC.
Even Western media that was foaming at the mouth over a potential force replacement have largely lost interest, with the exception of ESPN, which tweets after every Cristiano Ronaldo goal with a goat emoji because social media isn’t fun anymore.
It feels like the end of football’s ultra-capitalist game: ridiculously overpaid old players running part-time in the humid heat of plastic stadiums for the entertainment of almost no one who sees them live.
There is no pretense of biological growth, nor of selling prices to finance expenses. You just buy what you need to buy, and then the boring moment comes. Don’t worry, some other window of movement will come soon and perhaps Mohamed Salah will have to check into the silent nightclub.
It’s easy to find a clever part of this pretty funny, so let’s get into it. Henderson, who turns out to see morality as a moving dinner party that depends on whether he wants to make mega or mega mega money, justified this dive into Scrooge. McDuck’s coin fund because he had long been driven by a preference to “grow the game. ” I guess it makes things less difficult if you can shake their hands one on one as you head back to the locker room for Stevie’s postgame report.
Riyad Mahrez tweeted that maybe he just “hears and sees the fans” but doesn’t express himself about the numbers. Do they know we know they’re playing?
This will be a morality tale. For Saudi Arabia itself, who would have thought that signing some of the world’s most outstanding players and Jason Denayer could also immediately create a football culture and know that some things require biological growth?
For broadcasters, who will be fully aware of the fact that nothing beats the hum of an attack than empty seats (perhaps a return to the ambient noise of Covid times)?For the players who have so temporarily disappeared from our radar. The last time you thought of Allan Saint-Maximin or Sadio Mané?
But here we don’t understand the important thing: no one in the rate provides a flying Fahd. This league was not created to please the masses, and the budget of the Public Investment Fund is enough to make profits a small thing that is obsolete and easy to ignore.
Saudi Arabia aspired to host a World Cup – no matter how many rules would have had to be changed in the procedure – and almost in fact they succeeded. They hired the players not to score goals, but to sing their candidacy like canaries. “Saudi Arabia 2034,” was Henderson’s message, delivered between deep sips of Kool Aid.
“If sports washing is going to increase my GDP by 1 percent, then we will continue sports washing; my goal is to reach another 1. 5 percent,” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Fox News last week. the project and the total act. At matches, football fans can buy tickets, a drink or a scarf. They’re unlikely to increase their PIB. No it matters if they’re there or whatever.
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