European Super League

El Gato

Villarato!
Possibly the most stupid format I have ever seen. Everybody will be in the same table, but they will not play the same teams. I dont know who are the bigger idiots, those who came up with this idea, or those who approved it.

For the sake of an argument, is there a league like this that exists and plays in that format?

I know NBA teams play each other 4 times per division and only home and away when from a different division in a different conference.

What's this UEFA model based on?
 

Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
UEFA was given the greenlight to sanction the three amigos.
[MENTION=19910]Sterlingfan2000[/MENTION], what do you say about this?
 

Barcaman

Administrator
Staff member
Listen, Perez is right. Big changes are needed if football is to stay this relevant. Kids are immersed in technology and find football boring and prefer more interactive entertainment nevermind being much much less physically active.

Don't know if the mentioned format is the answer but big changes are needed while status quo only benefits UEFA leeches.
 

Jenks

Senior Member
Listen, Perez is right. Big changes are needed if football is to stay this relevant. Kids are immersed in technology and find football boring and prefer more interactive entertainment nevermind being much much less physically active.

Don't know if the mentioned format is the answer but big changes are needed while status quo only benefits UEFA leeches.

He's approaching this like a capitalist, and he thinks that if football is not growing at the same rate as the population or higher then the game is in peril. The truth is that there has been an explosion in content creation and football cannot help but make up a smaller proportion of that market. It's doesn't mean football is going to wither and die, but it's popularity (proportionally speaking) probably has peaked. Turning it into something different just to chase viewing figures is not a good idea.
 

El Gato

Villarato!
Wouldn't even be much a problem if proposal didn't stand on a series of bogus assumptions and presented a plan for transition of domestic competitions. If you want to take on existing model you're obliged to present all the necessary details of how the alternative is better. Perez and Agnelli did sodall towards that and got met by government response as should.

Not a single thought given towards playing massive games midweek and expecting fans to turn up and travel across Europe 9 times during group stage alone.

Not an ounce a plan for Europa level comps, qualifications or progression.

No detail provided how Super League sides balance domestic comp with European comp considering Super League in 20 team format means 18(+-knockout games) fixtures in addition to domestic 38. Which just leads to conclusion they really plan to exit them. Which would be a domino of cash flow issues for domestic promotion.

And that's without going into how they plan to work around the international football this would kill considering UEFA structures would get shattered.

Nowhere near a good idea in how been proposed.
And Perez has to move fast with the 2.0 to avoid EPL becoming too big to end up not wanting to be part of it, and getting too old himself to make it happen.
 
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