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Sign away people:
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/ ... to-b-teams#

Stop Greg Dyke - the man that will bring death to lower league football.

Fair play to the two blokes that are collecting this petition. They have collected over 17000 signatures already and now have a website live. Yes, I also don't know whether a petition will achieve anything, but it us surely worth showing Dyke what we think. Sacrificing our clubs to satisfy the greed of foreign owners of a handful of Premiership teams is sickening.

Signed last night - they also have a presence on twitter if anyone uses it; @againstleague3

This petition is unfortunately too simplistic and will be ignored. There's nothing wrong with 'B' teams, i.e. reserve teams, providing they play in their own league system outside the current football pyramid. Rather than making a naïve protest which will get nowhere, the organiser should have at least given a little more thought to it and included basic reasons for the petition and pointed the FA in a better direction. Top marks for making the effort though.

Gullscorer wrote:This petition is unfortunately too simplistic and will be ignored. There's nothing wrong with 'B' teams, i.e. reserve teams, providing they play in their own league system outside the current football pyramid. Rather than making a naïve protest which will get nowhere, the organiser should have at least given a little more thought to it and included basic reasons for the petition and pointed the FA in a better direction. Top marks for making the effort though.

well at least they have made the effort.

They have made an effort, which should be commended. Yes it is naive, but it is a cry from the heart, which is often more powerful than reasoned argument. Reasoned argument rarely works against powerful vested interests anyway.

I suspect that further action will follow if Dyke does not drop this ludicrous idea. For example, why should I continue to pay a TV subscription that ends up in the pockets of the very clubs that are trying to screw mine. I intend it give my notice and explain the reasons. If other fans of smaller clubs did the same then consumer pressure would in time hurt the large clubs that are trying to bring their B teams into our League.

gullintwoplaces wrote:They have made an effort, which should be commended. Yes it is naive, but it is a cry from the heart, which is often more powerful than reasoned argument. Reasoned argument rarely works against powerful vested interests anyway.

I suspect that further action will follow if Dyke does not drop this ludicrous idea. For example, why should I continue to pay a TV subscription that ends up in the pockets of the very clubs that are trying to screw mine. I intend it give my notice and explain the reasons. If other fans of smaller clubs did the same then consumer pressure would in time hurt the large clubs that are trying to bring their B teams into our League.

Spot on.

Money is the only thing they care about so it is the only way to make them listen.

Every supporter of a club outside the Premier League needs to let Sky know that they will be cancelling their contract if this idea is backed by Sky.

Also the FA need to be told that no more England tickets or merchandise will be bought until they withdraw this ridiculous plan.

a voice of reason from the premier league boss.........................

they arnt all bad........ =D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27340856

Gullscorer wrote:This petition is unfortunately too simplistic and will be ignored. There's nothing wrong with 'B' teams, i.e. reserve teams, providing they play in their own league system outside the current football pyramid. Rather than making a naïve protest which will get nowhere, the organiser should have at least given a little more thought to it and included basic reasons for the petition and pointed the FA in a better direction. Top marks for making the effort though.

Not really and no it won't.

I signed the petition and it is currently over 24,600. It was easy to sign and only took a minute. Even though it is simplistic in nature, the point is being made. Please take a minute to go to the site and sign.

It might be viewed by some as simplistic and not worth signing. Well to those I say. What have you done to register a protest. Have you set up a commision to review the review. have you sorted out a meaningfull petition or protest. If not why Not. Don't just sit there on your arse complaining. Get off your butt and do something. I have signed it
All it takes for evil to prosper is for good men to stand by and do nothing.