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Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has warned that football fans will suffer from the ever-increasing schedule of games. He believes that the overall quality of the sport will decline if the current trend continues. Rodgers said: "When I look at the bigger picture of the game, there's absolutely no doubt about the recovery of players.
"But it's the players that will suffer in the end, as will the supporters, because of the quality of the game." Read more: Union Bears issue Rangers support request ahead of Athletic Bilbao clash St Johnstone vs Celtic: TV channel, live stream & kick-off time He expressed concerns about the impact on fans, suggesting that an overabundance of matches could lead to a decline in interest. "There can be too much football.
"There absolutely can, and we all love football. "I watch football from all around the world, games most nights, and sometimes three or four games a day. "But you're risking just showing too much football, which in time might turn people off.
" He also suggested that the game could evolve into a year-round season, with players needing different recovery periods. "I also mentioned before, I do think that it will become a 12-month season, the game, and then players may have to look at different recovery periods other than just in the summer." His comments come as Scottish football, including Celtic, had to forgo a winter break this season due to the extra European games.
Plans to reduce the size of the Scottish Premiership, and therefore the number of games played each season, have so far failed to take off. Rodgers believes this could be a beneficial move to ease the growing schedule. He said: "So there's obviously a lot of discussion points in it, but certainly from a domestic perspective, I think the notion of if you could have a few more teams in there, I think it could work well.
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