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Originally Posted by Matty81
Another bombshell from the glazers and fenway today
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...ked-tournament
Pitching a heavily debt backed European premier league with playoffs instead of a league table to decide it and without that pesky business of having to qualify on merit (permanent membership).
Man the American owners are dead set on destroying the epl and bringing the franchise concept in.
If its just the two of them, I would honestly punt them out of the league and keep competing against the super league with your other 18 teams.. I actually feel bad for their fans and based on the reaction on Twitter a lot of them saying they'd refuse to go to these games and would support a local league team until its over, which is pretty fantastic, respect. |
I get why they're proposing it.
The Super-League format has been under discussion for decades.
There is a vast cultural gulf between North American and European sports and it primarily revolves around relegation.
Not just the potential loss of revenue should your team be relegated, but by having competition between your club and relegation-fodder/newly promoted clubs you just make less money for that particular match.
Then theres the assortment of minor tournaments that are less than 'revenue optimal' and finally you run into the fact that you have a handful of governing agencies, The FA, the EPL, FIFA, UEFA, etc who all take their cuts.
So it doesnt surprise me at all that the American ownership groups are entirely on board with this. That being said, I hope they're told to go pound sand.
For a couple of reasons really, first of all I think this is very short-sighted. I love the idea of a Super-League...kind of. I think the novelty would get old in a hurry. Thats part of the charm of the Champions League, you rarely get to see these heavyweights go against each other....what if you saw it week-in and week-out? Oh...Liverpool is playing Bayern Munich? Again? Yawn.
Further...I really like the idea of relegation. I understand that it waters-down the talent pool in a way, but it also creates another element of excitement because there are real, human consequences.
I cheer for Liverpool, but I also love keeping my eye on the relegation battle and usually watch the matches of a newly promoted club just to keep tabs on them. This year its Leeds.
Anyways, I apologize for the Wall-o'-Text but I can understand why they would be all for this, what I dont understand is why they would think anyone else would be...