UEFA is the most powerful block in FIFA and Blatter had problems with them previously, these clubs have made a coup on UEFA and the cynic in me thinks that FIFA will soon betray UEFA and give legitimacy to ESL. There is too much money and too many cnuts involved for this block to hold out.
This...watch FIFA slowly and gradually plunge a knife into UEFAs back.
What we are watching is a hostile takeover of UEFA by the real financial backers of this move (Amazon perchance?). Given the only people with any real power over the fundamental players licences are FIFA, I can't believe this would be going ahead without some behind the scenes support from FIFA.
The threats of legal action and bans from UEFA will not get anywhere and the loss of revenue will cripple them.
A lot of the other noise will be being stirred by the other potential media companies who know they can't compete with Amazon or a similar company.
In a couple of days time FIFA will agree a "compromise" whereby some degree of a "pyramid" will remain, but the "Founding" group will retain a more favourable distribution of the media money, which is what they wanted all along. UEFA didn't deliver it, so they will be replaced.