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Originally Posted by troutman
Any chance it won't be the Big 4?
I like football, but how do fans of all the other teams justify supporting a league that only has 4 competitive teams? The rest are pretty much development squads for the big 4 now, and with UEFA $ getting so big, the problem just perpetuates itself.
The concept would be really foreign in Europe, but would they ever introduce salary caps, revenue sharing or amateur drafts?
Should the fans of all the other teams boycott EPL until the playing field is level? Would you follow an NHL where NYR, DET, TOR and COL fill out the top 4 every year? I don't think we would stand for this in North America.
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Great post. It's the main reason why I can't stand European soccer. Competition between 'lesser teams' and the 'big 4' is a joke. But yet there are always fans of these lesser teams who for whatever reason keep showing up. Major League Baseball has this problem too. I grew up playing and loving baseball. With every third place finish of the Blue Jays in the AL East a little piece of my baseball soul dies. I watch less and less of it each year until eventually I won't follow it at all. If Europeans were any bit egalitarian, fans of these lesser teams should slowly fade out too.