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So do they want to be able to play in both Super League and their home domestic leagues and possibly qualify for Champions League?

Purely as an outside observer i think they should be allowed to form their own league if they want but then their own leagues should be able to boot them out. If they don’t want the be booted then they should stay where they are.

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They acutally want to stay in their home leagues as well. And with all the money from the planned Super League, they easily would defend a top spot every year.

I think it’s pretty simple: If you want your own league – go with it! But don’t expect to make friends with this and don’t expect to still have a chance to compete in another league.

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Uefa/Fifa already threatening to kick those clubs out of the current CL season + players of that Super League are not allowed to participate in world cups and eurocups.

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Well then now it’s a who’s cock is bigger contest :joy:. This will be fun to watch play out :popcorn:

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Of course that’s their right. But it will be very interesting (?) to see all those lawsuits. Teams suing Uefa, Uefa suing the teams, individual players suing clubs and the Uefa, TV-rights-holders suing everybody, …

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Still don’t see it happening to be honest

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The domestic leagues cannot kick them out though. I mean imagine the premiership without the big six. It would be suicide.

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Don’t fully agree. Premier league is the only league who would still have a bunch of noteworthy teams. Not so much for the other leagues

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Sure, its still watchable and they would still have a whole lot of talent in the league. But i would argue those six clubs are the ones most shown on the telly and they are the ones who bring in the big money with their views and their huge number of followers. They are far ahead in drawing in views and money.

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Oh for sure. It’s ridiculous anyway. My point was more that there would be even less left in the Spanish & Italian leagues in comparison

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So does Premier League share television revenue equally among the teams even if the viewership is lopsided? The NFL does that and did it well before other leagues. The NBA has moved towards mostly that model and the MLB continues to let each team have their own tv deals. As a spectator of all leagues the shared tv revenue setup makes for far better competition bc the way the NFL does it is that they have not just a salary cap but also a salary floor. In baseball you can find 25 guys who all suck and pay them all the league minimum and you will suck forever.

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The Premier League broke down their central broadcast revenues as follows in 2018-19: Equal Share - 50 per cent of all finance equally shared between all teams. Facility Fees - 25 per cent shared based on number of club’s matches broadcast in UK. Merit Payments - 25 per cent shared based on league table finish.

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Thanks for the info. Yea the NFL evenly splits the tv money including playoff money. So you miss the playoffs and I win the Super Bowl. Same amount of tv money for both of us. It really goes a long way to keep it competitive.

Formula Ones recent financial rule changes fascinate me too bc they are attempting to bring in large cost caps but they still pay prize money based on standings (after Ferrari gets their guaranteed portion of course :joy:). It’ll be interesting to see if it works or if F1 would be better off forgetting a cost cap and just splitting tv money.

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Tried to come up with a few positive aspects about the new Super League. Here’s what I have so far:

  • The clubs most of us fell in love with as children/teens don’t exist like they used to anymore. Now we’ve got a chance to find new favorite clubs, to fall in love again with another club.
  • If those twelve clubs are out of their domestic leagues, the competition will be more interesting or at least more balanced
  • The «Dirty Dozen» was already a symbol of everything that’s wrong with modern football (soccer). Now part of that problem removes itself.
  • With those big clubs gone, maybe the tv-rights for the leagues and the tickets to the games will become a little cheaper and more people can enjoy football again
  • The missing money from those clubs probably affect football as a whole and we don’t see hundreds of millions paid for one player anymore
  • I can finally enjoy Champions League again without the feeling of watching the same game / same teams every week.
  • Now we will see which players just play for the money and which players also like to play in different competitions and national teams
  • Maybe this new Super Leage and the reactions from fans and other clubs to it affect the thinking of the other teams. They might just find out for themselves again, that in the end it’s all about the game we used to love - and still love!
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Thankfully looks like it’s falling apart: Chelsea, Man City, Atletico & Barca all pulling out… hopefully this whole thing will be dead in the next day or two.

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Pleasantly surprised by this new knock-out-stage for a competition. And looks like Tottenham will finally win something – if they just issue the statement last.

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Just have read the great news for all ManUtd fans - Ed Woodward left the club.
Well, I’m not much into inside events of the club, but I hear here and there that Ed is not the right person for United. They say that it’s all because of him the crap is going on in the club after David Gill left the club with sir Alex and he took his place.
I hope this is true and someone better will step in and things will go better for United

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In the meantime all Premier-League-Clubs are out of the competition. And Andrea Agnielli resigned as president of Juventus as well.

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As it said, official statement of ESL:

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Meantime it’s now fully official that all 6 PL clubs are out of this.
Agnielli seems remain Juventus president as of now

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You’re right. It was just some italian media that reported his resignement. My bad!