Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
The News Agents
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🗓️ 22 September 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Sports Agents...
Ahead of the opening matchday of the new and extended Champions League, we were joined by UEFA vice secretary general Giorgio Marchetti and European Clubs Association CEO Charlie Marshall.
They discussed the suggestion that players may need to strike over the ever-increasing number of games and why UEFA's recent letter to No.10 Downing St. was not a thinly-veiled threat to Keir Starmer's government and their plans to introduce an independent football watchdog. And responded to criticism that this new competition format is just a European Super League Mk II.
Later in the week, Gabby and Mark were joined by Olympic bronze medal boxer Lewis Richardson for an insight into what actually happens when an amateur decides to turn professional.
Plus, as the new WSL season kicks off, it's first-ever Chief Exec Nikki Doucet was in our studio to talk about the big split from the FA this summer and the big challenges facing women's football.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, Mark. |
| 0:06.8 | Hi, Gabby. |
| 0:07.7 | Welcome to another weekend edition of the sports agents, an opportunity for you to catch up |
| 0:11.8 | on some of our favourite bits from the guests we've had on the podcast over the last seven days. |
| 0:15.8 | I've had some good ones this week. |
| 0:17.4 | Although, we have good ones. |
| 0:19.0 | All the time. |
| 0:19.6 | Yeah, I'm going to go down the Bruce Forsy through that. Oh, God, guess this week, Simon's better than last week. That's not true. We always have good guess. Anyhow, this week we took a closer look at the new and extended Champions League format as more and more high-profile players bemoan the extra games. We also welcomed an Olympic medalist into the studio to find out a little bit more about |
| 0:38.0 | what happens after an Olympic boxer wants to make the jump to turn professional. Let's get on to it |
| 0:43.0 | then. Welcome to the Sports Agents With Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman |
| 0:56.0 | First of all, we're going to rewind to Tuesday, the opening match day of the new and extended Champions League format |
| 1:05.0 | and a conversation with two representatives of the key stakeholders, the unmistakable master of the Champions League draws, |
| 1:11.6 | who also happens to be the UEFA Vice Secretary General, Giorgio Marquetti, and CEO of the |
| 1:16.6 | European Clubs Association, Charlie Marshall. Among many things we discussed was the recent threat |
| 1:21.4 | to Kia Stalmers' government over the plans for an independent football watchdog. |
| 1:25.8 | I don't like speaking about threats. |
| 1:28.2 | There are no threats. |
| 1:29.4 | Nobody is threatening anyone. |
| 1:37.5 | I think the UFO letter simply pointed out things which are of vital importance for not just for football, but for sports. |
| 1:40.2 | The independence of sports, no political interference in sports, |
| 1:43.9 | is a principle which is shared |
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