The European Super League Megathread

the real interesting thing will be the transfer market; if ure a super league team, in the words of marlo stanfield, 'the price of the bricks going up' (not that it was coming down anyway). as i said , i dont know the intricacies about this, but i think the plan is to grow the teams, until it becomes an attractive incentive for others to join and relegate the champions league to being like an ugly step child

fans have very little say because they know most fans will watch regardless. the athletes, the big stars are the ones who should have more pull in this; but unlike the nba, football stars have never been known to pull collectively on anything, they barely know the kind of power they have , and management knows this. they know stars will just 'shut up and dribble'

Robespierre wrote:

Two hypocrites who furiously jerk off to the likes of City and Chelsea week in week out will tell us how this is a 'sham' (:

Where was all this rage when Premier League was busy creating a disparity between them and rest of Europe by allowing oil money to bankroll their football clubs and inflate the market? Super league was a consequence of this. There's no denying it.

There's no way UEFA bans these clubs from UCL this season right? Their TV rights-holders (BeIN/Sky/ whoever) will claw at their necks for the amounts they paid to display those games.

Kaladin wrote:There's no way UEFA bans these clubs from UCL this season right? Their TV rights-holders (BeIN/Sky/ whoever) will claw at their necks for the amounts they paid to display those games.

they better ,otherwise the clubs will think they have no bite

farfan wrote:Since we're talking about the NBA, are their fans sick of 7 game series? are they bored of watching teams play each other multiple times a year over an 82 game season?

There is no draft in football and it changes everything

In NBA a third of the league is tanking expecting to be rewarded the first draft pick. Half of the games are such poor quality there's no need to even watch.

The beauty of football: clubs pay for their mediocrity. Either relegated or they don't participate in european comps. Arsenal and Spurs have not won a league title in decades, certainly they don't have higher chances now. Dortmund might enter at some point, for more money in the bank but almost guaranteed to finish bottom half of standings forever. Disparity will occur within the Superleague so it will be a majority of empty games, no reward no consequences.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

Kaladin wrote:There's no way UEFA bans these clubs from UCL this season right? Their TV rights-holders (BeIN/Sky/ whoever) will claw at their necks for the amounts they paid to display those games.

they better ,otherwise the clubs will think they have no bite

This is where i see CAS could get involved.

If this happens, I am done. If Bayern participate, I will stop following them.

To do this now, when fans don't have a voice, is the absolute apex of scummery.
These people are evil. Woodward, Kroenke, Agnelli, these are despiccable villains. Bad guys. Scum.
Damn Perez for spearheading this.

Fans need to stand up and demand a stop, and then they need to work at prying their clubs out of the hands of the financial industry that will stop at nothing

They will need to demand their CEOs, presidents to step down, and their owners to sell.

This is the end of football.

The Franchise wrote:Disgrace. Greedy anti competition monopoly. I hope every club participating end up severely punished.

If UEFA die with this, nobody would shed a tear but its irrelevant.

A league in which founding members can never be relegated and the same 15 teams play each other every single season? Boring, ridiculous and pathetic.

It's a nightmare and it's absolutely unbelievable to me they would dare proposing this

There's really only one way to stop this

fans need to make clear that they will boycott it

and not just match going fans

also us armchair fans

We need to save football

Hapless_Hans wrote:

The Franchise wrote:Disgrace. Greedy anti competition monopoly. I hope every club participating end up severely punished.

If UEFA die with this, nobody would shed a tear but its irrelevant.

A league in which founding members can never be relegated and the same 15 teams play each other every single season? Boring, ridiculous and pathetic.

It's a nightmare and it's absolutely unbelievable to me they would dare proposing this

Madrid fans love it!

Kaladin wrote:

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

Kaladin wrote:There's no way UEFA bans these clubs from UCL this season right? Their TV rights-holders (BeIN/Sky/ whoever) will claw at their necks for the amounts they paid to display those games.

they better ,otherwise the clubs will think they have no bite

This is where i see CAS could get involved.

Sending them an email as we speak bro

There's way too many to post. Just go through the thread.The best thing to come out of all this bullshit.

https://twitter.com/statutos__/status/1383828351727505414/retweets/with_comments

M99 wrote:There's way too many to post. Just go through the thread.The best thing to come out of all this bullshit.

https://twitter.com/statutos__/status/1383828351727505414/retweets/with_comments

Roman Abramovich and Mason Mount in front of Tammy Abraham before Real Madrid at home pic.twitter.com/RDtDOIt9q2 https://t.co/4663YS1SiU

— Captain Scamerica (@Nigerianscamsss) April 18, 2021

S wrote:

Robespierre wrote:

Two hypocrites who furiously jerk off to the likes of City and Chelsea week in week out will tell us how this is a 'sham' (:

Where was all this rage when Premier League was busy creating a disparity between them and rest of Europe by allowing oil money to bankroll their football clubs and inflate the market? Super league was a consequence of this. There's no denying it.

its easy for everyone to talk now, but if neville and carragher were active players they wouldn't have said a word. there have been many unnecessary money chasing club competitions, that have only been terminated because the clubs or the football governing bodies said so....players have hardly utilized their voice in these matters when they're playing. then when they retire they start trying to be active. if this is a concern for players then they need to start speaking up, not waiting til they retire

Can't blame them for not endangering their career . It's only like 15 years long.

Hapless_Hans wrote:There's really only one way to stop this

fans need to make clear that they will boycott it

and not just match going fans

also us armchair fans

We need to save football

Not everyone shares your opinion, the internet collates like-minded people, hence we live in a bubble

Believe it or not many people support the ESL already, despite the backlash

Pedram wrote:

M99 wrote:There's way too many to post. Just go through the thread.The best thing to come out of all this bullshit.

https://twitter.com/statutos__/status/1383828351727505414/retweets/with_comments

Roman Abramovich and Mason Mount in front of Tammy Abraham before Real Madrid at home pic.twitter.com/RDtDOIt9q2 https://t.co/4663YS1SiU

— Captain Scamerica (@Nigerianscamsss) April 18, 2021

This one got me good

Bruno Fernandes after a challenge from Sergio Ramos https://t.co/FDpwXB0cWO pic.twitter.com/7fS83YT00w

— rilly (@rilly300) April 18, 2021

farfan wrote:Since we're talking about the NBA, are their fans sick of 7 game series? are they bored of watching teams play each other multiple times a year over an 82 game season?

they've had viewership problems for the past few years, they're also going through a transition phase at the moment as they've been considering changes to the format style of the league. Perhaps reducing games, or joining conferences for playoff seeding, etc etc.
But the product is still selling well enough, it's a star-driven league with inner-politics favouring the bigger cities and markets like LA, Boston, San Fransicso, NY. But franchises from other cities still do well enough to win every now and then.
They've also been investing in Africa, as there are already academies and leagues sponsored by them ongoing there.

Heard these teams will be banned from domestic competitions and their players will not be allowed to represent their countries. If the corrupt governing bodies have an iota of self esteem left, hope they go about and implement those said measures. I would be fcking rejoice if it happens. Embarrassed and hurt to be a Man United supporter today.

Glory wrote:Heard these teams will be banned from domestic competitions and their players will not be allowed to represent their countries. If the corrupt governing bodies have an iota of self esteem left, hope they go about and implement those said measures. I would be fcking rejoice if it happens. Embarrassed and hurt to be a Man United supporter today.

What would you rejoice if the players are banned from representing their countries? this only penalizes NTs and players who had nothing to do with this. Such a misplaced assignment of blame.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/apr/19/revealed-unpublished-super-league-document-justifying-breakaway

???????????? days until #AVLMCI. 🟣 pic.twitter.com/hnlnZFSbWF

— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) April 19, 2021

Cheeky cash image

Milner the first ESL player and VC of a club to speak out

JAMES FUCKING MILNER pic.twitter.com/7mtdWkxROO

— The Redmen TV (@TheRedmenTV) April 19, 2021

Nishankly wrote:Milner the first ESL player and VC of a club to speak out

JAMES FUCKING MILNER pic.twitter.com/7mtdWkxROO

— The Redmen TV (@TheRedmenTV) April 19, 2021

He's at the end of his career and largely irrelevant outside of the Pool/PL fraternity.

Maybe they should ask these questions to those players whose opinions really matter.. Most likely you won't get any response or they'll probably dodge/evade the question.

S wrote:

Nishankly wrote:Milner the first ESL player and VC of a club to speak out

JAMES FUCKING MILNER pic.twitter.com/7mtdWkxROO

— The Redmen TV (@TheRedmenTV) April 19, 2021

He's at the end of his career and largely irrelevant outside of the Pool/PL fraternity.

Maybe they should ask these questions to those players whose opinions really matter.. Most likely you won't get any response or they'll probably dodge/evade the question.

He was the LFC captain on the night the only team is by force on the media right now. Klopp is on the same page.

Bamford going at it as well. What a man.

"It's amazing the amount of opera that comes in to the game when somebody's pockets are getting hurt, it's a shame it's not like that with racism."

Patrick Bamford speaks openly about his thoughts on the prospect of a 'European Super League' pic.twitter.com/DolVMBBg7p

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 19, 2021