Sunday, March 1, 2020

The Scots called their top division Premier first.

Scotland called their top division the Premier before the English did.
We always here people talk about the English Premier League as the 'Premier League.' But surely as Scotland called their top division, the Premier, before English football did. When people refer to the Premier, they should be referring to the Scottish Premier.
I once got into an argument with a rude person who insulted me for calling the English Premier League the English Premier League, rather than the Premier League. The guy was deeply unreasonable and rude to me, with various insults.
He suggested that as the Spanish call their league La Liga, and the Germans call their League the Bundesliga, that we should always refer to the English Premier League as the Premier League. And that I was in the wrong. But I think that is unfair.
Why should people not living in England refer to the English Premier as '
The Premier League?'
The fact is Scotland, Northern Ireland,. the Republic of Ireland, and Wales all call their top divisions the Premier.
If you live in Scotland, or Wales, or Ireland and you use the term Premier in terms of football, you should have every right to be taken to as referring to your own nation's Premier.
Why should people living, in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, who have their own Premiers in their own countries, have to be taken to be referring to the English Premier League when using the term 'Premier' on it's own?

I have no problem with English people at all. I think bigotry towards the English is wrong. And I have no problem with people in England referring to the their top league as the Premier. But why should people outside of England be expected to be talking about the EPL (English Premier League), when using the term Premier, Premiership, Premier Divisions or Premier League in football?

There is even a entire range of sports where the top trophy, or league is called the Premier.
In cricket, the term Premier League is used in Inia, and other countries such as England and Wales. There are Premier League or divisions or cups in darts, basketball, rugby union, and snooker.
There are an entire legion of leagues called the Premier in football such as Russia, Egypt, and Israel.

So why should the Premier League in all these countries be seen to be referring to the English Premier League of soccer?

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