The Premier League could hold a US-style All-Star game involving North and South clubs, according to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly, but the suggestion has generated uproar.
Todd Boehly has made some big allusions about Chelsea’s future intentions.
It’s obvious that criticizing Todd Boehly for his All-Star Game proposal is equivalent to kicking a puppy.
Even if the American owner of Chelsea had dressed as a huge coconut, he could not have made himself an easier target. Where do you want to begin with this absurd notion? Where do the clubs in the Midlands fit in? For both sides in this Premier League special, are players from Wolves, Aston Villa, Leicester City, and Nottingham Forest eligible? And even then, it’s only a small complaint.
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There are scheduling issues and a fundamental misperception of the football fans’ mindset here in the United States. It is basically political since we only support and care about our own team.
In the United States, moving a big sports team wholeheartedly to a different city doesn’t raise any eyebrows. The Los Angeles Rams of American football have played in LA, St. Louis, and back in LA.
The once-dominant Baltimore Colts’ owner, Bob Irsay, made headlines in 1984 when he organized a moonlit trip to Indianapolis, which was only 600 miles away. Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, who Boehly currently shares ownership with, were formerly known as the Brooklyn Dodgers.
There are some who think differently. The American Football Conference and the National Football Conference do in fact have a rivalry in the NFL.