sport news 'You're welcome England': Alexi Lalas backs Todd Boehly's Premier League ... trends now

sport news 'You're welcome England': Alexi Lalas backs Todd Boehly's Premier League ... trends now
sport news 'You're welcome England': Alexi Lalas backs Todd Boehly's Premier League ... trends now

sport news 'You're welcome England': Alexi Lalas backs Todd Boehly's Premier League ... trends now

'You're welcome England': Alexi Lalas backs Todd Boehly's Premier League All-Star idea as he claims the backlash is 'about the American messenger than the message' after fans slammed the 'silly' idea At a conference in New York, Boehly proposed an All-Star Game for the EPL His idea would be to use this game to help fund the English football pyramid A few media members, like Alexi Lalas, praised the idea, claiming those against it were more against an American suggesting new concepts than the game itself Twitter reactions were mostly adverse, with some targeting Boehly specifically 

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At a conference in New York City, new Chelsea owner Todd Boehly proposed a number of new ideas that he thinks would improve the money and attention given to the Premier League.

His idea revolves around increasing the number of one-off tournaments and matches played in a season, citing the revenues earned in Major League Baseball as an example of how teams can earn more money. 

'Ultimately, I hope the Premier League takes a little bit of a lesson from American sports and really starts to figure out...you know, why wouldn't we do a tournament? With the bottom-four teams?,' Boehly suggested.

'Why isn't there an All-Star game? I mean, people are talking about more money for the

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