European Super League - Does anybody think this is a good idea?

It's being reported that Chelsea and Man City are pulling out of the Super League. If true, I'd say that's the end of it. A colossal misjudgment by people that you would think are pretty smart.

If it leads to changes, and improvement in the Champion's League, I'm all for it. You can even give the big boys a bigger cut of the pie. But no team should be granted admission based on reputation or history; teams should have to qualify or it's not really a competition.

In option 2 - what are the games FOR? They can't all progress so some of those "super" teams will not be in the playoffs. If you have AC Milan (6th in Serie A last season) playing Tottenham Hotspur (6th in Premier League last year) or Arsenal (9th in Premier League) playing Dortmund (5th in Bundesliga) but neither can progress or both teams have already confirmed progression - it's a dead rubber. Disclaimer: Dortmund rejected the proposal but were invited

By contrast, Olympiakos won the Greek championship, Porto won the Portugese Primeira Liga and Marseille were second in Ligue 1.

The big games will inevitably be the playoffs to determine the champion, but we have that format already with the Champions League knockout stage. Surely it's better to have a one or two so-called mismatched games rather than half of them being meaningless. There's no way the founder teams can be removed so there's not even the incentive of once you are knocked out, you try and qualify again for next year's tournament - which is what this is all about - the owners don't like investing money and then finding their team doesn't qualify.

Also can they actually play all these games? They already complain about player fatigue.

johnny99 wrote:

It's being reported that Chelsea and Man City are pulling out of the Super League. If true, I'd say that's the end of it. A colossal misjudgment by people that you would think are pretty smart.

If it leads to changes, and improvement in the Champion's League, I'm all for it. You can even give the big boys a bigger cut of the pie. But no team should be granted admission based on reputation or history; teams should have to qualify or it's not really a competition.

Also Bar$a and Atletico have pulled out.

Leagues and UEFA should still take action against them,forget giving them more money they should be banned for a while and fester.

It appears that Chelsea is not going to join the Super League

https://theathletic.com/news/european-super-league-chelsea/cAehpNnJ20Dk

Lol, this has come tumbling down to a quick end.

This is a trash capitalist selfish move backed by big banks all in the name of making money.

NERunner00053 wrote:

This is a trash capitalist selfish move backed by big banks all in the name of making money.

And in real news it is all over,all English teams have withdrawn and they were the only ones who bring the money.

There are pros and cons, I guess. On one hand, the ESL said it would generate more money than the Champions League and would result in a greater distribution of revenue throughout the game. Yet this is good for nothing apart from lining the pockets of some already pretty rich individuals. On the other hand, the ESL will also allow teams to grow. The format of the league means that they'll be able to better engage and, quite frankly, monetize the global fanbases that they've been able to build. I think we will see the final result only at the end of the season. Currently, I'm watching all the Europa League games. Fortunately, I found the way to do this on firestick https://www.firesticktricks.com/watch-europa-league-on-firestick.html And I'm looking forward to finding out whether the founders of the ESL themselves are pleased with the new changes or not.