No, that’s not it…
70% of this forum is experiencing collective delusion, that few rich guys have their best interest in mind. Those rich guys pretty much said straight to their faces to fuck off and they are very intrigued by this proposal... Perez said yesterday, that they are only interested in money and some board member confirmed, that “wider good of football is a secondary concern” for them. Yet 70% of this forum seem to think differently.
70% of you are so happy about the increased revenue, without realizing that the player wages and transfer fees will skyrocket too. Not to mention, that the greedy owners are doing this to make nice profit, not to reinvest everything they earn back into the club. Why should they? They are set. They will get a nice piece of the pie regardless of how bad their team sucks. To make the fans happy? Gtfo…
All the so called “arguments” presented are just rationalisations of the desspered. The most pathetic one being about fighting the bad guys UEFA and FIFA. Not to say that they are not scums. They sure are, but to be the even bigger scums is not the answear to anything. Its just criminal mindset. “The society owes me something. I’m going to steal this bike.”
Or that other great argument- “UEFA did nothing while shit clubs like Chelsea, City and PSG were ruining football !!! Anyway, lets take Chelsea, City and PSG and start a new league!” Makes sense…
Oh, there is showing middle finger to whole Italy. As childish as that is, it may be understandable. But we are taking Milan clubs with us and possibly Napoli. With Roma and Lazio possibly being next to join… Seems more like a middle finger to the fans than anyone else. And anyone supporting this should take a long hard look in the mirror.
Great response and very well timed, since you came in the door now that the idea is supposedly collapsing.
People that supported this idea was fed up with the rigid, old-world, traditional ways of organizing a European competition and the hipocrisy and lobbying that has been going on for many years. It is in its worst shape and people wanted to change it.
Now i agree that the Superleague was not the ideal answer in terms of "fighting the bad guys of UEFA and FIFA" with a moral high ground, because the people who wanted to push for it is part of the same capitalistic - hyper cynical elite that owns or deals in world Football.
However, expecting a "Democratic" reform of European football is out of the question at this point in time: the damage has already been done, club owners are too rich and influential for that to happen and UEFA cant handle shit, that much has already been proven many times.
Also, regulations and sanctions dont mean shit for these top clubs and they will do as they wish : Super league or no Super league, doesnt make any difference tbh.
The issues we discussed earlier in this thread will now be swept under the carpet once more, as long as the EPL is doing good and can flourish. Fact is the rest of Europe, apart from exceptions like Bayern/PSG will still be falling further and further behind.
Really dont see any shame in wanting change, sorry