I thought this deserved it's own thread. Agreed some hours ago, but has been lost in all the ESL talk.
https://www.wionews.com/sports/uefa...2024-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-378649
Champions League changes format from 2024, to basically a format like ESL but bigger - a (imo) more watered down and expanded version: A league with 36 teams, where each team plays 10 games + knock outs in the end, effectively putting a lot of further games on heavy national schedules already. We've seen FIFA do it with the World Cup to milk the cow, now UEFA expands Champions League in the same fashion.
Gotta admit, I am pissed at how they pull this over the line in the midst of the ESL-announcement. If we fans are to choose something less greedy than the ESL - The new format we can choose is basically also a greedy commercial league and with a more shitty structure than the current Champions League + more watered down with more teams. Feck you UEFA, for making us choose between two evil's.
Burn both leagues please and have fan-driven football where all clubs in Europe have the 50+1 german model. Make the countries create an overall rule-set for owning football clubs, so we shouldn't pick between two evils. Discuss.
https://www.wionews.com/sports/uefa...2024-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-378649
Champions League changes format from 2024, to basically a format like ESL but bigger - a (imo) more watered down and expanded version: A league with 36 teams, where each team plays 10 games + knock outs in the end, effectively putting a lot of further games on heavy national schedules already. We've seen FIFA do it with the World Cup to milk the cow, now UEFA expands Champions League in the same fashion.
Gotta admit, I am pissed at how they pull this over the line in the midst of the ESL-announcement. If we fans are to choose something less greedy than the ESL - The new format we can choose is basically also a greedy commercial league and with a more shitty structure than the current Champions League + more watered down with more teams. Feck you UEFA, for making us choose between two evil's.
Burn both leagues please and have fan-driven football where all clubs in Europe have the 50+1 german model. Make the countries create an overall rule-set for owning football clubs, so we shouldn't pick between two evils. Discuss.