English Premier League idea

[Dawg61]

I'm in sounds like fun

YES!!! Welcome to the party DistrictDawg92!!! We now have 18 new team owners and we're waiting on only 2 more to join and we can have a full 2nd draft. Hurry up only 2 spots left. Thanks

[dickiedawg]

I just want to point out that DudyDawg has described the UEFA Champions League. There's also a CONCACAF (USA/Mexico) Champions League which starts next month. It will have 5 MLS teams (4 U.S./1 Canada) and 4 Mexican teams. It's been pretty much dominated by Mexico recently. Real Salt Lake made the finals in 2010-2011, but Mexican sides have won every year since 2006 and only 2 non-Mexican sides have made the finals in that time.

[DudyDawg]

I just want to point out that DudyDawg has described the UEFA Champions League. There's also a CONCACAF (USA/Mexico) Champions League which starts next month. It will have 5 MLS teams (4 U.S./1 Canada) and 4 Mexican teams. It's been pretty much dominated by Mexico recently. Real Salt Lake made the finals in 2010-2011, but Mexican sides have won every year since 2006 and only 2 non-Mexican sides have made the finals in that time.

it also features teams from Costa Rica, Honduras and more. Thats the next big step for MLS to take as far as getting respect in our region and globally. If we can start winning it every two years, consistently getting teams in the semifinals and finals, it will help the league get attention outside of the US and Canada.

[Dawg61]

Here is the list of the new owners, keep in mind Man City is off the board already.

FatDrunkandStupidDawg

bgdog

DawgHouseUnited

dickiedawg

Dawgowar

Tbonewannabe

SignalToNoise can you handle possibly not getting AV?

WeWillScrewItUp

thedawg

It_Could_Happen

msu4life07

David Luiz's Afro

LiterallyPolice

preachermatt83

Smitty

BulldogDX55

DistrictDawg92

DanglyGiant

ebdawg

We have reached 20 new owners for the 2nd draft. Draft takes place at 4pm CT.

[DanglyGiant]

I'd like to squeeze in if there's room.

[TheRef]

I'd like to squeeze in if there's room.

There's #19. ONE MORE!!!!!

[War Machine Dawg]

There's #19. ONE MORE!!!!!

I'm on pins and needles to see how quickly #20 steps up.

[Dawg61]

I'd like to squeeze in if there's room.

YES!!! Welcome to the party DanglyGiant. That will be the only time I hope that I welcome a Dangly Giant to a party. That makes 19 new owners waiting on just one single more and we can have our 2nd draft!!

[DawgHouseUnited]

So what was decided on the draft- is it for second ownership of the same teams, or a different league, or what?

[TheRef]

So what was decided on the draft- is it for second ownership of the same teams, or a different league, or what?

I believe second ownership of the same teams.

[BulldogDX55]

I believe second ownership of the same teams.

Are we picking or are you assigning?

I'm excited for this. I just hope that I don't get one of the ones with a really dumb name.

I'm looking at you, Burnley, Everton, QPR, and Spurs.

I'd still take em. Those are just silly.

[Dawg61]

So what was decided on the draft- is it for second ownership of the same teams, or a different league, or what?

2nd owners of same 20 teams. Just keeping it EPL this year. It's fine to comment on other leagues I am just not going to assign that to any posters.

[Dawg61]

Are we picking or are you assigning?

I'm excited for this. I just hope that I don't get one of the ones with a really dumb name.

I'm looking at you, Burnley, Everton, QPR, and Spurs.

I'd still take em. Those are just silly.

[dawgs]

I'd like to do it, but I'm way too busy right now. Maybe next year.

[DawgHouseUnited]

2nd owners of same 20 teams. Just keeping it EPL this year. It's fine to comment on other leagues I am just not going to assign that to any posters.

Cool, thanks!

[ebdawg]

I'm in if you still have room.

[FatDrunkandStupidDawg]

Really pumped for this! For those like me that know little to nothing about professional soccer, I compiled a list of frequently used terms and rules with their definitions. It's a little long and may be excessive, so deal with it! This will help us understand what those crooked teeth Brits are talking about once the season rolls around.
BOX: The box means the penalty area. Sometimes called the 18-yard box, to distinguish it from the goal area, which is the 6-yard box (for those with a metric turn of mind, the corresponding measurements are 16.5 meters and 5.5 meters).
CAP: This isn’t a type of hat. In soccer, a cap is the term used to describe how many international matches a player has partaken in.
CARDS: The referee holds two cards in his pocket — one yellow and one red — which are used to indicate a serious foul has been committed. If a players is given a card, it is said that he’s been “booked.”
CLEAR: This is a way to describe a kick or head bump to the ball that knocks it, or clears it, away from the goal area.
CORNER KICK: If a ball is sent out of bounds by a defender on the end line around the goal, the attacking team gets to kick it in from the closest corner of the pitch.
FREE KICK: A player is awarded this when his opponent engages with him in a particularly careless or reckless manner. The kick can be described as either direct, where the player can pass or kick on the goal from the spot of the foul, or indirect, a kick which is awarded to a team if the opposing goalie commits a foul in his own penalty area.
GOAL: Don’t ever say “points.” If a game is 3-2, it’s three goals to two.
KIT: A player’s uniform.
MATCH: This is the preferred way to refer to a soccer game.
NIL: There are no zeroes in soccer. When the score is 1-0, you don’t say “one to zero,” it’s “one-nil.”
OFFSIDE: You will hear this one a lot. It’s called when a player is closer to the opponent’s goal than the ball or the penultimate defender.
RED CARD: If a player is given a red card by the referee, he is automatically ejected from the game. Violations include: violence, spitting, deliberately touching the ball with your hands if you’re not a goalie, overly dangerous plays, flagrantly fouling an opponent to prevent an inevitable goal, offensive or insulting language or gestures or receiving two yellow cards in one game.
PENALTY: Beware! The word "penalty" has a very specific (and very dramatic) meaning in soccer. It should be applied only to the award of a penalty kick -- i.e., the 12-yard direct free kick taken from the penalty spot with only the goalkeeper to beat. It should never be used in connection with any other offense or free kick situation.
PITCH: AKA Field. Soccer fields are by no means all the same size. International rules allow substantial variation, but the length (from 100 to 130 yards) must always be greater than the width (50 to 100 yards). Excessively narrow fields are a problem in the USA. Many soccer fields are modified football fields, whose playing width of just over 53 yards can rarely be sufficiently enlarged to give the minimum 70 yards that a satisfactory soccer field needs.
PROMOTION and RELEGATION: Soccer leagues throughout the world usually feature a number of divisions. The weakest clubs are in the lower Divisions, the strongest in the top Division. The composition of the Divisions changes each season. The top clubs in each lower division (usually the first three or four) are promoted to the division above, whose bottom three or four clubs are relegated (demoted) to replace them. Thus each division features two competitions: one at the top to decide the championship and promotion places, the other at the bottom to avoid relegation.
SCORELINES: The convention used throughout the soccer world is to name the home team first. Thus, a scoreline of AC Milan 3 Lazio 2, tells you not only that Milan won the game, but also that the game was played in Milan. A scoreline of AC Milan 0 Lazio 1 indicates an away win for Lazio at Milan.
STOPPAGE TIME: This is extra time slapped onto the end of the each 45-minutes half as deemed appropriate by the referee. Since soccer is played in uninterrupted intervals, the stoppage time accounts for the delays that happen due to injuries, substitution or other scenarios the referee sees fit.
TACKLE: To use the feet in attempting to take the ball from an opponent's feet. A tackle may be accompanied by a legitimate shoulder charge, but there must be no holding, pushing, tripping, elbowing, or hip-checking. Clean tackling -- the ability to strip the ball from an opponent without fouling -- requires considerable skill. Unfortunately, the leniency shown to defenders has meant that many defenders are not good tacklers. They simply clatter into the guy with the ball, often from behind, and -- if called for a foul-- protest, "But I got the ball ref!" Possibly, but only by demolishing the opponent as well. FIFA's claim that its rule changes have banished the more violent tackles from behind is questionable - such tackles are still frequently seen.
TOUCH LINE: This is a synonym for sideline.
TRANSFER FEE: When a player under contract to a club is traded (transferred) to another club, the new club has to purchase the contract, often paying huge sums of money for it. This is the transfer fee -- it goes to the selling club, not to the player.
YELLOW CARD: This card is doled out as a formal caution. If a player racks up two during a single game, he will be ejected. Yellow card fouls include unsportsmanlike conduct (including dives!), dissent by words or actions, persistent breakage of the roles, delaying the start or restart of a play, defending a corner kick, free kick or throw-in too closely, and entering or leaving the field without the referee’s permission.

[Dawg61]

I'd like to do it, but I'm way too busy right now. Maybe next year.

I'll be happy to add you whenever

[Dawg61]

I'm in if you still have room.

BAM!!! Welcome to the party ebdawg!!! We have reached our twenty new owners. I will hold the draft at 4 pm CT. Thanks to all that have joined. For those that want in after this 2nd draft you are in luck. I will keep adding new owners for a 3rd draft. Welcome everyone and thanks for joining in the fun.

[War Machine Dawg]

I love how Curmudgeon's hissy totally blew up in his face. #WIN