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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Terrible idea. 
A few rich teams owned by oligarchs taking all the money. Bad for football, terrible for smaller teams and the awful for fans. So much greed and power from a very small group of people. 
Very sad.[/quote]

When someone invests billions of dollars in their franchise, they want to protect their investment.  Super League is how they do that.  Long gone are the times where local supporters are the ones who keep the clubs afloat.  TV and merchandising are their primary revenue streams, not ticket sales.   You also have many foreign owners with no allegiance to the old system that has been in place for decades.  The American owners of clubs are probably the biggest supporters of a Super League being that is how American sports have operated, since their inception.  There are more Manchester United fans outside of England than in it.  They would rather see them play Real Madrid and PSG than watch them play Burnley twice a year.  These big clubs have to make Champions League and do fairly well in it in order to pay these ridiculous prices for players.  They are taking that gamble out of play to ensure they always get to that level.  I actually don't blame them.  They are a business and can do what they want.  I don't really like it personally, but youth soccer here does the same thing just on a much smaller level.  It all comes down to money in the end.[/quote]

Soccer should not be following the US model.[/quote]

Maybe not, but the fact is no team from outside the top 5 major leagues in Europe has won Champions League in over 15 years and that was Porto.  Then you have to go back another 10 to find the second closest in Ajax.  These smaller leagues have even less of a shot now then they did back then.  This might make Europa League a better tournament and relative again.[/quote]

The current winner isn’t part of this super league[/quote]

I just said top 5 leagues, not whether they have publicly stated they will be in the Super League.  You can bet Bayern will join too when they see how much money these other clubs are making.[/quote]

German clubs are fan owned. They won't join.  [/quote]

Not entirely.

Bayern Munich sold 24.99% of the club to Audi, Telekom, and another shyt I can’t remember.

Get off your high horse - all about money. [/quote]

Think 51% or something is owned by fans.  There's some sort of league rule in Germany although I'm not sure of the details - but it makes it much harder to acquire total control.[/quote]

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