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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Yes, I am aware that the relegation system creates an artificial competition at the bottom of the ladder, but it is a smoke and mirrors game designed to fool the fans caught in the promotion/relegation death wheel that any of their team's games matter. The system itself is hostile to teams trapped in it because they are never given time to grow and improve into a potential contender. Instead, most get relegated quickly after promotion, sell off their best talent they can no longer afford, and start the cycle all over again. Meanwhile, the big dogs get fatter off the guaranteed revenues of being guaranteed of their stay at the top and their ever increasing ability to buy whatever talent they want.
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You mean its just like the NHL prior to the cap?
There are many things I don't like about the EPL but all of them would be cured by a proper cap.
And relegation doesn't create artificial competition, there is nothing artificial about it, lousy teams are punished, Kevin Lowe would be selling peanuts by now if the Oilers had to face relegation.