I really don't understand how is that any different and how not being able to loan players will solve anything. Clubs will find other ways to hover talent. Like the Pozzo family having a circle of clubs. Or the City Group of clubs.
Yes, of course, the end goal here is more money. That's plain and simple but what everybody needs to understand is that EVERY decision is made with more money in mind. Don't be naive. Nobody cares about anything else. It's just that sometimes, for some things, incentives align and while owners get more money, fans get what they want (usually, spectacle).
So that's why smaller clubs have begun having those pre-season Asia/US/Australia tours more and more in recent years? And fans turn up for both teams playing, not for one only. That's why those tournaments involve the big clubs from other European leagues. You don't need to argue with me on this. Facts and history prove my point. The off-season tournaments are happening more and more. If you think that's because they aren't making the participants money, I can't really say anything.
The rationale is to make the owners/shareholders make more money. Simple as that. Fans are both product and customers. But your logic of matchgoing fans and 'traditional and conservative' fans do not have any say in this, at least from a commercial perspective, I'm afraid. The global fans outweigh the local fans many times to one.
That sounds idealistic to the point of naive. I think this will not be the final solution but you can be sure that there will be increased power for the big clubs because they control the money right now. And the smaller clubs need money to survive the immediate danger or bankruptcy.
Dude, if you say 'zero' that doesn't make it true. You know that Arsenal organize the Emirates cup for many years now, same as Bayern's Audi Cup. Do you think that is done out of vanity?