Champions league 20/21

Madness. If they hung on to their 4-1 lead in London they would have topped the group, even with the loss last night. A complete capitulation

Really?

Why would the "richest leagues" each want to lose 3 or 4 of their biggest/best teams to a European Superleague?

And why would their respective domestic Associations want it either?

Or UEFA, whose authority comes from their 55 Member Associations?

The reality is that a number of "big" clubs who dominate the European Clubs Association are behind the Superleague. Led by Agnelli at Juve, these are either clubs in big leagues who dominate their domestic football (eg Juve, Bayern, PSG, Barca, Real), or formerly big clubs who are stuck in a minor league (eg Ajax, Benfica, Celtic, Anderlecht).

Criteria for admission would be less to do with their ability on the field, as their "status" (location, history and finances) off it. And there would be no promotion and relegation, at least to start off with.

So far, at least, it has been seen off by two things. First, UEFA revamped the CL to guarantee more games for the big clubs. Then when the middling clubs objected at being left out, they revamped the EL, inc increasing the prize money. And now when the small clubs are complaining that they are being left out, they're proposing to introduce a third tier competion. It's pretty blatant, but UEFA is between a rock (big clubs threatening to breakaway) and a hard place (55 Member Associations determined to prevent them breaking away).

And the second thing stopping them is....            .... wait for it.....         .... the English Premier League!

For having long since dominated their rival leagues financially, now they're dominating on the pitch (eg all 4 Euro finalists last season). So why would they share/dilute that dominance in a European league, esp since there is no guarantee fans wouldn't get bored by watching the same 20 or 24 teams all the time?

Plus there is one specific factor mitigating against English clubs' support. Agnelli proposed that these European Superleague games would have to be played at w/e's, with domestic games relegated to midweek. That is not acceptable to English PL clubs, since they need their w/e's for their own domestic games in big stadia, before sell-out crowds paying sky-high prices, which overall package means they can sell the lucrative broadcast rights to just about every other country in the world.

Doesn't work the same midweek.

So still no reply of any substance?

Thought not.