{"id":11003,"date":"2016-10-18T13:25:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T07:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/football-manager-just-got-slightly-too-real-with-an-incredibly-detailed-brexit-feature\/"},"modified":"2016-10-18T19:11:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:11:33","slug":"football-manager-just-got-slightly-too-real-with-an-incredibly-detailed-brexit-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toptrendingnews.co\/football-manager-just-got-slightly-too-real-with-an-incredibly-detailed-brexit-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Manager just got slightly too real with an incredibly detailed Brexit feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Bad luck if video games were your escape from Brexit \u2013 it will feature in the new Football Manager.<\/p>\n

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Football Manager is the most realistic football game ever. #Brexit<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dean \u00f0\u009f\u0094\u008c (@PRiNCEAK_) October 18, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Football Manager 2017 will be released on November 4 and will include some of the footballing ramifications which could occur when the UK leaves the European Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as I know this is the first time a computer game has tried to predict the future of a country,\u201d the game\u2019s creator Miles Jacobson told the Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n

The Football Manager games have become famous for being so rigorous in their research that real-life scouts and managers use their player database (Sports Interactive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Players will be alerted at some point anywhere between two and 10 years into the game that trade negotiations on the UK\u2019s exit from the EU have begun. A year later, they will be given the full details of what the virtual Theresa Mays and Jean-Claude Junckers have decided.<\/p>\n

The creators, from Sports Interactive, said there was no way of predicting only one outcome to negotiations so, with a lot of research, decided to try and cover all the bases. Artificial intelligence and percentage chances are employed by the game to make each player\u2019s experience unique but there are three main scenarios to Brexit.<\/p>\n

A hard Brexit scenario can even see Scotland leaving the UK (Sports Interactive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Some game players will end up with the \u201chard Brexit\u201d scenario, which will stop free movement of EU footballers and make it harder to buy overseas players into UK leagues. EU stars will then be treated in the same way as non-EU footballers, who receive work permits based on a points system biased towards players in the top 25% of earners at their respective club, international players of major countries or players with high transfer fees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we already had these rules in place, players such as N\u00e2\u0080\u0099Golo Kante and Dimitri Payet would not have been able to gain work permits to move to the Premier League,\u201d says Jacobson. \u201cThat\u00e2\u0080\u0099s two of last season\u00e2\u0080\u0099s three best players.\u201d<\/p>\n

This scenario can result in much higher transfer fees and even a cap on players from outside the UK at British clubs, similar to the cap on non-EU players employed in Italy. Creators say this cap on the number of non-UK players could range from as high as 17 to as low as four a club.<\/p>\n

A soft Brexit is what most players will be hoping for (Sports Interactive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Another scenario in the game is footballers being given \u201centertainer\u201d status and hence being given preference on work permits over others. This system is already in place for actors and musicians on tour.<\/p>\n

Finally, a soft Bexit will mean the free movement of workers remains, allowing managers to continue to buy EU players as they have previously \u2013 something most players will probably be hoping for.<\/p>\n

Miles Jacobson has been Sports Interactive studio director since 2001 (Sports Interactive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Creator Jacobson said a hard Brexit in real terms could be good for the national team and from a British perspective, but not for football in the country as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the Premier League as it is. I love seeing the best players in the world on a weekly basis,\u201d said Jacobson. \u201cIf people think the outcome is bleak, this is what I believe could happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Looking forward to the inevitable Why I Changed My Mind About Brexit After Playing Football Manager 17 thinkpiece.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Chris Schilling (@schillingc) October 18, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

An excellent idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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