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Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, left, is challenged by Barcelona's Yaya Toure during the UEFA Champions League final soccer match between Manchester United and Barcelona in Rome, Wednesday May 27, 2009. AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia
The recent transfer by Manchester United of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid highlights why the world’s most popular soccer league, the English Premier League, should introduce a draft system, similiar to the NBA in America.
While everyone knew that Ronaldo wanted to join Real Madrid, and eventually he did, it was the transfer money itself that was mind-boggling.
For football to have any chance of restoring credibility with the media and fans, changes must be made. If the EPL wants to improve the game, here’s their chance.
Introduce a draft system under the auspices of the EPL.
The teams that are promoted into the EPL after getting promoted from the Coca-Cola Championships gets the first three picks in the draft (with the club that won the Coca-Cola Championship securing the coveted number one selection).
The team that won the English Premier League (last season, Manchester United) gets last choice in the draft.
All players who were up for transfer can now go into a draft selection process.
So, instead of reading “Paul Scholes was signed up by Hull City for a transfer fee of $A100 million”, it would instead read “Former Manchester United player Paul Scholes was taken at pick no 45 by Hull City at the EPL draft yesterday.”
It provides for a more even competiton, rather than the EPL being dominated by the Big 4: Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.
Otherwise, if these changes aren’t made, then the EPL could be a Manchester United benefit show. And that isn’t good for the English Premier League.
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