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2023-2024 European Football Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Purp" data-source="post: 3262049" data-attributes="member: 12852"><p>I saw this yesterday. Honestly, with the penalties for financial fair play violations from City and Juve, the financial disaster that remains at Barca, and other unknown financial issues plaguing other large clubs it's a poorly kept secret that these clubs are trying to do this for their own survival. They can't afford to keep paying players as much as they are, but they can't afford not to because the threat of missing the UCL with lesser players would also result in financial catastrophe.</p><p></p><p>I think what's truly brought all this on is a level of entitlement acquired over time paired with the European model of continental leagues running concurrently with national leagues. As the money for each has increased so has the pressure to remain elite. So this Super League idea is born to eliminate the threat of missing out on UCL and getting out from under all the financial fair play regulations.</p><p></p><p>I really am rooting hard for some of these behemoth clubs to fail spectacularly in bankruptcy and have to claw back from 3 leagues down to restore their former glory like Forest have done. To be clear, I'm not saying Forest were relegated for financial failures. Their only sin was being a club with elite history in a tiny market that could no longer compete when the EPL was corporatized.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Purp, post: 3262049, member: 12852"] I saw this yesterday. Honestly, with the penalties for financial fair play violations from City and Juve, the financial disaster that remains at Barca, and other unknown financial issues plaguing other large clubs it's a poorly kept secret that these clubs are trying to do this for their own survival. They can't afford to keep paying players as much as they are, but they can't afford not to because the threat of missing the UCL with lesser players would also result in financial catastrophe. I think what's truly brought all this on is a level of entitlement acquired over time paired with the European model of continental leagues running concurrently with national leagues. As the money for each has increased so has the pressure to remain elite. So this Super League idea is born to eliminate the threat of missing out on UCL and getting out from under all the financial fair play regulations. I really am rooting hard for some of these behemoth clubs to fail spectacularly in bankruptcy and have to claw back from 3 leagues down to restore their former glory like Forest have done. To be clear, I'm not saying Forest were relegated for financial failures. Their only sin was being a club with elite history in a tiny market that could no longer compete when the EPL was corporatized. [/QUOTE]
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