European Super League

[Matthew84!]

What a load of rubbish, just another way of trying to get the champions league changes through, lazy journalism again

 

[rotherham_red]

From the article:

The Super League proposals include:

- The 15 founder clubs sharing an initial 3.5billion (£3.1billion) euro “infrastructure grant” ranging from £310million to £89million per club which can be spent on stadiums, training facilities or “to replace lost stadium-related revenues due to Covid-19”.

- The format would see two groups of 10 clubs who play home and away, with the top four from each group going through to two-legged quarter-finals, semi-finals and a one-legged final.

- Matches would be midweek and clubs would still play in domestic leagues

- Clubs would have rights to show four matches a season on their own the digital platforms across the world

- Income from TV and sponsorship would favour the founding clubs: 32.5% of the pot would be shared equally between the 15 clubs, and another 32.5% between all Super League clubs including the five qualifiers

- 20% of the pot would be merit money “distributed in the same manner as the current English Premier League merit-based system” according to where clubs finish in the competition or group if they don’t make the knock-out stage

- The remaining 15% would get a “commercial share based on club awareness”

- A cap of 55% of revenues permitted to be spent on salaries and transfers (net)

- A ‘Financial Sustainability Group’ would monitor clubs’ spending

 

[SirAF]

- Matches would be midweek and clubs would still play in domestic leagues

So this proposal is about replacing/ditching the Champions League, rather than the domestic leagues.

 

[Orc]

If nothing else it would be amusing to watch Arsenal and Spurs get spanked to demonstrate that they really don’t belong at that level.

 

[Cal?]

From the article:

The Super League proposals include:

- The 15 founder clubs sharing an initial 3.5billion (£3.1billion) euro “infrastructure grant” ranging from £310million to £89million per club which can be spent on stadiums, training facilities or “to replace lost stadium-related revenues due to Covid-19”.

- The format would see two groups of 10 clubs who play home and away, with the top four from each group going through to two-legged quarter-finals, semi-finals and a one-legged final.

- Matches would be midweek and clubs would still play in domestic leagues

- Clubs would have rights to show four matches a season on their own the digital platforms across the world

- Income from TV and sponsorship would favour the founding clubs: 32.5% of the pot would be shared equally between the 15 clubs, and another 32.5% between all Super League clubs including the five qualifiers

- 20% of the pot would be merit money “distributed in the same manner as the current English Premier League merit-based system” according to where clubs finish in the competition or group if they don’t make the knock-out stage

- The remaining 15% would get a “commercial share based on club awareness”

- A cap of 55% of revenues permitted to be spent on salaries and transfers (net)

- A ‘Financial Sustainability Group’ would monitor clubs’ spending

Basically Real, Barca, United & the likes screwing with City & PSG.

Excellent

 

[Zen86]

Would be the worst thing to happen to football. Not that the clubs pushing for it would give a shit.

 

[Flying high]

- The 15 founder clubs sharing an initial 3.5billion (£3.1billion) euro “infrastructure grant” ranging from £310million to £89million per club which can be spent on stadiums, training facilities or “to replace lost stadium-related revenues due to Covid-19”.

I dislike this a lot. Why should the biggest clubs get a bonus payment?

- The format would see two groups of 10 clubs who play home and away, with the top four from each group going through to two-legged quarter-finals, semi-finals and a one-legged final.

23 games is a lot. Probably too many. Though the league format might be more entertaining.

- Matches would be midweek and clubs would still play in domestic leagues

Good.

- Clubs would have rights to show four matches a season on their own the digital platforms across the world

Not keen on this at all. Though United will of course benefit more than most.

- Income from TV and sponsorship would favour the founding clubs: 32.5% of the pot would be shared equally between the 15 clubs, and another 32.5% between all Super League clubs including the five qualifiers

Yuck

- 20% of the pot would be merit money “distributed in the same manner as the current English Premier League merit-based system” according to where clubs finish in the competition or group if they don’t make the knock-out stage

Should be much higher

- The remaining 15% would get a “commercial share based on club awareness”

Again, don't like this even if my club would benefit.

- A cap of 55% of revenues permitted to be spent on salaries and transfers (net)

Interesting.

- A ‘Financial Sustainability Group’ would monitor clubs’ spending

Also interesting, though likely to be toothless.

 

[Charlie Foley]

Would be the worst thing to happen to football. Not that the clubs pushing for it would give a shit.

I’d say the oil money clubs is the worst thing to happen, though this would be like cutting off the comatose man’s cock and balls

 

[Idxomer]

This should fix football.

 

[Green_Red]

This is utter bollox, if it happens I won't be watching it. Just another way to take money out of our pockets to make a small portion of people richer. Get fecked UEFA!

 

[Jacko21]

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[FujiVice]

I might be finished, lads. I dont think I can stomach this.

 

[Spoony]

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How's this league supposed to work? Midweek??

 

[Zoo]

It was on the cards after spineless UEFA failed to properly punish City

 

[Castia]

Who's behind this? who's running it?

Massive money involved that completely kills the CL, it's gonna be a position of either join or lose out on possibly hundreds of millions.

 

[FujiVice]

How's this league supposed to work? Midweek??

What it means is, its lip service and within a year or two the big clubs will simply leave their domestic leagues. This is the start of a plan they've been trying to do for decades.

 

[SER19]

Terrible. But an inevitable consequence of city and psg blowing the game up. Its a nice line to say the status quo just don't like being challenged, but that doesn't stand up to any scrutiny.

Can't say id have any interest in this competition

 

[horsechoker]

It was on the cards after spineless UEFA failed to properly punish City

Are City not joining the league or just haven't signed up yet, but planned to?

 

[KiD MoYeS]

The smoke continues to cloud over a European super league...

If City and PSG are excluded it is essentially old money telling new money to do one.

 

[gungho]

Absolutely disgusting, guess I'll stop watching football altogether

 

[Spoony]

What it means is, its lip service and within a year or two the big clubs will simply leave their domestic leagues. This is the start of a plan they've been trying to do for decades.

Midweek super league so can deal with but no domestic games i can not. I'd rather play the likes of WHU and what not than continental clubs we don't have any proper rivalry with. European football is great but it's a bonus not bread and butter.

 

[DamoK]

Are City not joining the league or just haven't signed up yet, but planned to?

I've read that City have agreed in principle to Join

 

[bosnian_red]

feck off and leave football alone

 

[RedSky]

Yeah... it's a big no from me. Just another nail in the coffin of modern day football.

 

[izec]

What about Bayern? I assume CL would still go on, just not with these countries in it?

 

[Traub]

The feck announced tonight?? Nah can’t be. The legal advice must be they can get it through

 

[redNATION]

I've read that City have agreed in principle to Join

But their ability to outspend everyone will be curtailed, that’s the trade off

 

[Spoony]

What about Bayern? I assume CL would still go on, just not with these countries in it?

They're not keen. Nor are PSG because of current deals.

 

[visiting villain]

so what would happen to the non English/Italian/Spanish teams then? Bayern not involved would be very interesting

 

[sullydnl]

How large an impediment would the 55% cap be for the oil clubs? Something that would seriously curtail their spending or something that could be easily circumvented with some accounting chicanery?

 

[Jacko21]

The feck announced tonight?? Nah can’t be. The legal advice must be they can get it through

UEFA were already set to make an announcement tomorrow on the new 36-team Champions League Format - so I guess the timing relates to that?

 

[Zen86]

I’d say the oil money clubs is the worst thing to happen, though this would be like cutting off the comatose man’s cock and balls

good point

 

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[Traub]

UEFA were already set to make an announcement tomorrow on the new 36-team Champions League Format - so I guess the timing relates to that?

Oh didn’t know that. Still don’t know how they can legally do this.

 

[cyberman]

So its the top english sides plus a European invitational?

 

[Castia]

Massive for the 'old school' clubs like United, Liverpool and Madrid the income would be insane whilst handicapping the oil clubs with the revenue cap.

 

[Someone]

What would become of the CL specially with new upcoming new format? I don't think clubs can afford playing in both competitions.

 

[SlyFiz]

Genuinely might give up on football if this goes through. No club should have the right to play in a certain league without having earned it on the pitch. Completely ruins the whole competitive element.

 

[PoTMS]

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Surely that's meant to say Manchester United.

 

[Spoony]

They want 16 permanent members and 4 clubs that qualify for the league.