I’m sure this has been raised by some already, but what ramifications would the ESL have on the youth teams?
Depends if the SL is launched alonsgside other competitions like it was desired at least from I gathered. More games = more competition, more rotation, wider squads, more academy debuts and gametime in general for whoever is ready to feature.
Longterm teams could get more players on loan or try to buy cheap but ready players to fill the squad holes, depends on the structure and budget..
In case this would only substitute one of European or in extreme case league comeptitions (which will never happen) it would be probably worse because teams would fight for every game and the bonuses from it if it has as much money as presented.
We will see what happens, still think this might be launched but as a nondirect competition to any of the leagues, as say some sort of preseason & midseason tournament with the final in May with less money than mentioned and will fall from grace soon after.