21-12-2023, 12:40 PM
(21-12-2023, 12:19 PM)Rdd Wrote: As the BBC article says, this doesn’t mean a Super League will be set up tomorrow or next week or even next year. It has clear reprucussions for the manner in which FIFA and UEFA run the game, mind, but green light for a Super League it is not. The English clubs in particular will I think be slow to touch it given what happened the last time (doesn’t mean they could stay out indefinitely, if their peers on the continent all moved to a Super League model, I think for commercial reasons they’d eventually have to go with the wind).
Quite agree, but A22 have unveiled a new proposal for the Super League.
I don't believe for a minute all matches will be FTA - that is traditionally the biggest source of income for sporting competitions and I doubt there will be many FTA broadcasters who would be willing to air so many games.
I'm also not sure why there is an 'X' for UEFA in the home & away row. Unless I've missed something, the only match at a neutral venue will be the finals. Unless the new Champions League format is like the current Champions Cup rugby, and no team plays the same team twice in the Swiss League format.
Overall, even more matches and less hard for the big teams to not qualify. Yay.
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For the Emglish teams, joining should be illegal by the time it all comes together and today's ruling doesn't change that (a Brexit benefit for football's status quo).
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