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Originally Posted by Addick
It's funny because that is what you get when you look at the larger picture. In other parts of the World, it is more important that any team in the country could play in the top flight and win it all than any team in the top flight realistically being able to win the league. In North America, there is parity but it comes at the expense of inclusion. Elsewhere, having the league open to anyone is more important than league parity. In fact, the league is often more than just the top flight; its a pyramid.
In addition to the inclusion, I really love the sub-competition. Every clubs gets some form of excitement out of one of them almost every season. You mentioned Nott Forest, well Charlton is a bit similar. They have been much more interesting to follow than the Flames over the last decade and they haven't been anywhere close to a final.
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Also there's is the Champion's League component. A country wants to have giants atop the league in order to be competitive against other big giants. It's all bragging rights. If the league has parity, the top team will be too weak to compete against someone else. Unless we make all 200 top divisions to have a salary cap, it won't work.
North American leagues in the 4 major sports don't have to play other leagues so they can have economic stability within the 30 teams. In soccer we're talking thousands of teams.