Once again i think this is the wrong way to go about it. The best solution would be for Spain/Portugal/France/Italy to combine their leagues - if they can make the logistics work. That would effectively create a Superleague capable of financially competing - if not outright outcompeting - the PL. It is a very big IF though. Would need a complete reorganization of multiple domestic pyramids, even just starting at the top, you would have to figute out which teams from which countries would make the cut, and then the promotion/relegation system would be a logistical hell - the resulting top 2 divisions should make enough money to work just fine, but below that, the SL would need to funnel a lot of money downwards to make it viable i think
I dunno. I like the idea of the SL, but i don't see how it can be executed without killing the lower domestic divisions clubs...
A pooling of tv money and subsequent equal distribution of it across all UEFA members would truly bring equality, grow and develop the game at grassroots level, but at the the cost of competitiveness at the top - no more superteams, we would be back to pre-Berlusconi era of football. The big obstacle here of course would be the PL itself, who would naturally oppose any such initiative(as would most of the big clubs outside of england i believe)
I don't understand this SL doing things.
This all feels like just a way to force UEFA sharing more money.
The problem for some clubs in the end is that the pie share is too small.
Like 40% going to clubs who takes all the risk for business and UEFA keeping 60% for managing stuff without risk.
Else what's the point of all this?
First you wanna replace CL with this SL having fixed spots and few wild cards to invite teams to fill it up based on we dunno what.
Then they came with a new format of 60-80 clubs to make 3 divisions as if it's a national federation but instead pan-european.
I mean while the precedent was more a "let's replace CL" this looks more like a "let's merge the best teams of few countries into leagues"
While the other format had no impact on domestic leagues this format if allowed by EU rules gonna impact domestic leagues.
Because unless teams partecipating in the ESL have like 30-35players how can they play domestic league (39games) + national cups + ESL (minimum of 14games they said)
So unless you have bigger line up it's not doable to do that and adding games for national teams for EU and WC.
I like the idea to take away control from UEFA and give it to clubs. So that they could fix rules for wages and deleting from football a cancer known as agents. Agents and money imbalance are the real cancer of football.
But this looks so messy. Even this message they gave explaining few things I don't understand it.
Why talking NOW and not waiting to have the final OK from the EU. You're just gonna get smashed like old ESL from politics and nationals leagues fearing for their interests + UEFA.
That's why I say this is more a way to force something on UEFA rather than really organizing something.
I would love the idea of a league composed from the best of Portgual,Spain,Italy,France,Germany,Netherlands etc etc in a more league like format instead of what we have now.
But they're doing everything wrong.
If I were them and have the best of said countries agree into this 3 tiers league involving 60-80clubs I would go to national leagues and FIRSTLY reduce national leagues to max of 16 teams for 31games.
Then organize those 3 tier ESL thing with meritocracy and all the technical and economic stuff.
I doubt they could hand out 400m for 60-80 teams that's an absurd amount of money if it's not a one time only thing....
Could be done for the old ESL format but now?
Football has to change and since UEFA/FIFA aren't doing anything to fix problems (agents and economic imbalance) clubs should take things in their hands.
But why this looks and sound so amateurish?
Also we should leave the english to their SL and find way for the rest of EU football to compete and not just be feeders for countries-teams from PL.
