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<blockquote data-quote="Groundhog" data-source="post: 1034867" data-attributes="member: 50079"><p>Super League strikes me as the teams who drove transfer fees and player wages to ridiculous and unsustainable heights now crying foul and saying that football needs more money because they have accrued ridiculous debts in doing so. I obviously have zero pity for Uefa and Fifa, absolute pricks as they are, but its fans who will be impacted most from this. Of course when they say this will benefit 'football' they mean shareholders and owners, not the game as a whole. There is already way too much money in football at the top level creating a disproportionate level of success for a select few clubs. As Reiser pointed out European football is already extremely uncompetitive at a domestic level across the CL nations which another ridiculous cash injection for Europe's top clubs..... and Spurs and Arsenal will only accentuate further. I know no one buys the 'its for the good of football' argument, but how anyone involved can say it with a straight face is beyond me. Fair play to the pundits and especially players and managers of the teams involved who have spoken out.</p><p></p><p>I hope if it goes ahead the teams are booted from their leagues. Will at the very least make domestic leagues more interesting. In the English example, it would be very interesting to see who fills the power vacuum, which championship teams come and establish themselves and will Barnsley be bought by an oil tycoon?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Groundhog, post: 1034867, member: 50079"] Super League strikes me as the teams who drove transfer fees and player wages to ridiculous and unsustainable heights now crying foul and saying that football needs more money because they have accrued ridiculous debts in doing so. I obviously have zero pity for Uefa and Fifa, absolute pricks as they are, but its fans who will be impacted most from this. Of course when they say this will benefit 'football' they mean shareholders and owners, not the game as a whole. There is already way too much money in football at the top level creating a disproportionate level of success for a select few clubs. As Reiser pointed out European football is already extremely uncompetitive at a domestic level across the CL nations which another ridiculous cash injection for Europe's top clubs..... and Spurs and Arsenal will only accentuate further. I know no one buys the 'its for the good of football' argument, but how anyone involved can say it with a straight face is beyond me. Fair play to the pundits and especially players and managers of the teams involved who have spoken out. I hope if it goes ahead the teams are booted from their leagues. Will at the very least make domestic leagues more interesting. In the English example, it would be very interesting to see who fills the power vacuum, which championship teams come and establish themselves and will Barnsley be bought by an oil tycoon? [/QUOTE]
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