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Manchester City and the English Premier League Shows American Sports How It Should Be Done
Keep the regular season valuable and crown TRUE champions.
Yesterday, as you’re aware of, the English Premier League ended their season.
You’re aware of it because unlike many sports of traditional American appeal, the Premier League seemed to be on every channel in the United States Sunday morning.
Manchester City, not to be confused with Manchester United, finished their season with 14 straight victories to edge Liverpool by a point to win the Premier League championship.
There’s no championship game like a Super Bowl in the Premier League. There’s no wild cards. The champ is the team that finished first.
But Manchester City’s winning streak and the way they won their fourth straight championship in eight years and second straight overall has captured the attention of the world in a way the New England Patriots could never dream of.
Manchester City has 17 million Facebook followers, or double what the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys have.
There’s a lesson to be learned here.
It’s that expanding playoffs destroy the regular season. And if there is less interest in the regular season, then there is less interest…
