League 3
The Football Association commission’s plan to boost English football includes a proposal to create a new tier for Premier League B teams. This tier, League 3, would be between League 2 and the Conference and would initially be made up of 10 Conference teams plus 10 Premier League B teams.
Some Premier League clubs have expressed support for this idea but there has been a negative response from the lower tiers. The Football Conference issued a statement saying that representatives of the Conference were not consulted about the proposal and feel it threatens the existence of the Pyramid on which the English game is based.
Supporters Direct (SD) and the Football Supporters Federation (FSF)have said that supporters should also be consulted. The SD statement said that the introduction of B teams would reinforce the present system that stockpiles talent. The FSF have put a poll on their site to get fans’ opinions on B teams.
Blues Trust is in agreement with the statements made by SD and FSF. We strongly agree that the FA should consider supporters’ opinions on this matter. We encourage all fans to make their views known by taking part in the FSF poll.
Only if it was between conference and lower leagues
100% no
Totally against it, the Premier League should form their own inter league games for the young players or do as they are doing and loaning them out to help lower league clubs and give these players some experience.
They should seek to reinstate the old Combination Leagues for each Division and play like the old reserves used too!
No not interested in it. Not sure what benefit will come out of it. Will it be a glorified Pontins league or something but if the top prem B sides play each other then TV will come into it and make them even richer?
Greg Dykes proposal may be supported by Premier League Oligarchs but I do not believe it is supported by the Football League, Football Conference et al.
If Greg Dyke wishes to deal with the demise of english players in the top flight, which began with the formation of the Premier League, he should propose the introduction of fifty plus one control of Premier League clubs and more equitable division of television money.