- of course it's about money, and relegation doesn't protect investments at all.
- uefa prolly wasn't open to a tiered competition, just look at the new revolutionary cl format. group stage is boring, people started to lose interest in it years before corona.
- fairy tales are for romantic boomers like us. the famous 18-49 key demographic group wants something new, and the sooner football reacts, the better it can survive.
i don't like many elements of the super league, but we'll get used to it. we didn't like the group stage at first. we didn't like 2nd to 4th teams' participations at first. people don't like changes, we simply want to stay in our comfort zone. i get it, it's fine, but look at the revenues, current system hit the ceiling and isn't sustainable. and it's clear that uefa protected its own interests, it wasn't a good partner in the changes.
let's evaluate the idea in 5 years, not now when it didn't even start.