Juventus boss Agnelli compares Super League to Fortnite and Call of Duty The Super League \/ ActivisionJuventus Chairman Andrea Agnelli, one of the architects of the now-failed European Super League, has defended the project, claiming they believed it would create a product to compete with Fortnite and Call of Duty for young people\u2019s attention. The European Super League was first announced on Sunday, April 18, and had already effectively failed by the evening of Tuesday, April 20. The plan, which would have seen 12 of Europe\u2019s top clubs guaranteed a permanent spot in the competition, with no threat of relegation, was roundly condemned by the European football community. But, the men behind its creation, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and Juventus Chairman Andrea Agnelli, still believe it is a necessary step for the future of the most popular sport on earth. Football vs Gaming Speaking to Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport, Agnelli said that one of the threats to the popularity of football is the shortening attention span of young people aged 15-24. \u201cThe younger ones want big events and are not tied to elements of parochialism. My generation was much more so,\u201d Agnelli said. \u201c40 percent of 15-24 years old have no interest in football. We need a competition capable of opposing what they produce on digital platforms, transforming the virtual into real. Through FIFA you create your own competition, that competition has to be brought back to the real world. Let\u2019s leave out the effects of competition from the various Fortnite, Call of Duty etc., authentic catalysts of the attention of today\u2019s kids destined to be tomorrow\u2019s spenders.\u201d Clearly, The Super League believed that for the long-term success of football, it was necessary to compete for young people\u2019s attention, already dominated by gaming. Florentino Perez, the figurehead of the project, had even suggested in interviews that they may have to make football matches shorter than 90 minutes, if they couldn\u2019t keep young people\u2019s attention. Read More: Adam Fitch: You\u2019re not an esports expert – But, fans, young and old, rallied against the proposals, protesting outside the stadiums of the six English clubs who had signed up: Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Tottenham. With all six of those clubs now pulling out and apologizing to supporters, the European Super League plan seems dead in the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Juventus boss Agnelli compares Super League to Fortnite and Call of Duty The Super League \/ ActivisionJuventus Chairman Andrea Agnelli, one of the architects of the now-failed European Super League, has defended the project, claiming they believed it would create a product to compete with Fortnite and Call of Duty for young people\u2019s attention. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}