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Players, coaches (and fans) always (rightfully) cry about too many matches. So why are there no actual protests? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by BaguetteOfDoom@alien.top to c/talk@soccer.forum

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Whiney interviews won't change anything. But imagine all teams collectively boycotting an entire matchday. They just refuse to play. This would do huge damage to the leagues, UEFA, FIFA etc. And the clubs or associations can't just punish everyone. They rely on the players. Don't the players even have a union? So why is nothing like that happening? The only reason I can think of is that the pain isn't strong enough yet to actually act.

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[–] lifewithjames@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

I always think there isnt really a massive amount of difference between the amount of games.

Premier League season is still 38 games and has been since 95-96

Back then, a team starting the league cup from the 2nd round would play a 2 legged tie that round. I think there was replays in each round too.

FA Cup in the past you had replays in every round including the final.

Champions League...back in the day the finalists would play 6 games, two legged quarter finals and semi finals then the final. So 11 games. Now there's the round of 16 so an extra 2 games. However for a few seasons they had an extra group stage so in total the finalists would play 17 games.

World Cup/Euro qualification is pretty similar usually about 5/6 teams per group.

Teams would often play on the Saturday and then the following Monday.

In the 96-97 season, Man Utd and Middlesbrough played on the Saturday 3rd May, played each other on the Monday 5th. then both played I think on the Thursday, then the following Sunday. 4 games in 8 days.