Windhook
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American investment banks. Something I would attribute to Florentino's connections.Who is funding this league?
American investment banks. Something I would attribute to Florentino's connections.Who is funding this league?
Interesting concept. Maybe we will see it?I'm rambling here a bit, so advance a little in advance for these walls of text.
But a potential advantage of a Super League setup is that it opens up the chances of clubs (ie investors) breaking up the hegemony in European football and invest in untapped markets.
For example someone could invest in Bohemian FC of Dublin in Northern Ireland, and through the Super League system, have a major club realistically become a mainstay in the league hosting an Irish superclub. A city with huge GDP in Europe but without a league system to make it financially viable to otherwise host a top club football side.
Same goes for bigger heritage clubs which were harmed with Bosman and comparatively diminishing right sales like Ajax, Red Star and Copenhagen.
Agree there should be more teams relegated in the top leagues."20 of the 32 blue league teams are relegated each season"
"2 of the 32 blue league teams promote each season"
That's a tough sell. On the other hand I have read that the blue league teams would earn more than the CL teams currently. So that would in theory keep the domestic leagues competitive as the carrot for a Real Sociedad or Girona is bigger than the current CL, Europa League and Conference League model, and also adds better stakes to those secondary competitions.
The model is better than what we have, and definitely better than what we are going to get with the CL changes. But getting it through the heads of the vocal English idiots is a tough sell until they actually see it in action.
Well… the major con is that instead of facing Man City or Arsenal in the CL, we would face FC Basel and FC Porto, etc. Quality would decrease tremendously (at least short term).I wouldn't mind it tbh. This is just a CL/CL replacement.
What are the cons? That it will take time for a club to get into the Star League?
Domestic football will mostly be the same. Although clubs already in Star League can finish 2nd or 10th without missing out on anything.
@Sterlingfan2000 out there partying right now btw
Agree there should be more teams relegated in the top leagues.
This is maybe not finished yet, but how would teams promote to the blue league?
Say Sociedad are in Blue League and finish in one of the relegation spots but at the same time have a good year in Spain and finish 3rd. Shouldn't they then get a spot in Blue League?
Would think they best placed teams other than those already in Star/Gold would qualify for Blue.
Well… the major con is that instead of facing Man City or Arsenal in the CL, we would face FC Basel and FC Porto, etc. Quality would decrease tremendously (at least short term).
And why would the English government get involved? Perhaps they should let companies and institutions join whichever league benefits them the most? What business is that of theirs? Fascism galore!
Regardless, who wants to watch a Super League comprised of crappy teams (bar Juventus, Barca and RM)?
That’s true; the SL “could” in essence redefine who the big guns are! The question is if smaller teams (Porto, Basel, etc), who finish in mid-table in the SL, would earn that much more than they do right now! Also… who’s to say that UEFA doesn’t increase the prize money to make it more lucrative for the big guns to remain? Every action has a response… so to speak.
The other angle is that if there is more money in this than the CL without the EPL sides, then the likes of Porto, Ajax and Fenerbache would be able to recruit top talents to make it a worthy challenger alternative.
Look at the Saudi League. Atleast the European clubs hold legacy names. Fair weather fans will follow the player names.
Whilst we can't ignore that a football competition outside the grasp of FIFA and UEFA and be projected differently and be more digestable commercially rather than the archaic style right now.
The most recent Champions League final between Man City and Inter was a proof for me about the quality gap in European football. Inter got there by lucky draws, facing teams of their calibre, while Man City beat the top dogs. Not for a single moment I thought Inter could pull a miracle.