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  • European Super League v2.0

    From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 17 13:44:04 2024
    The European Super League is back in the news ... this time
    under a new label... the "Unify League".

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/17/european-super-league-uefa-fifa

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Tue Dec 17 17:27:16 2024
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The European Super League is back in the news ... this time
    under a new label... the "Unify League".

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/17/european-super-league-uefa-fifa

    No go!!
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  • From Real_Mardin@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 17 18:19:54 2024
    It sounds like a progressive change and feels more of a European League
    than UEFA’s tinkering, which has left us with a strange “league that isn’t really a league” situation.

    I just hope that the media and the football community at least give this
    a fair hearing and don’t shout it down like they did when the Super
    League tried to launch last time.


    RM

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Tue Dec 17 21:22:41 2024
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The European Super League is back in the news ... this time
    under a new label... the "Unify League".


    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/17/european-super-league-uefa-fifa

    No go!!

    I'm open to seeing where this goes and seeing whether they
    really are trying to achieve something with this idea, or is it
    just a cash-grab league for the 'big boys' of European football?

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 17 21:20:54 2024
    Real_Mardin wrote:

    It sounds like a progressive change and feels more of a
    European League than UEFA’s tinkering, which has left us with
    a strange “league that isn’t really a league” situation.

    I just hope that the media and the football community at least
    give this a fair hearing and don’t shout it down like they did
    when the Super League tried to launch last time.

    I'm sure UEFA will give this new league a fair hearing alright!
    ;-)

    OTOH, FIFA might actually... if there's something in it for them.

    We'll see...

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  • From MH@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Wed Dec 18 09:50:10 2024
    On 2024-12-17 14:22, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Blueshirt <[email protected]> wrote:
    The European Super League is back in the news ... this time
    under a new label... the "Unify League".


    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/17/european-super-league-uefa-fifa

    No go!!

    I'm open to seeing where this goes and seeing whether they
    really are trying to achieve something with this idea, or is it
    just a cash-grab league for the 'big boys' of European football?


    Hmm, no promotion or relegation apparently. Four leagues in all. 16
    teams in each of the top two leagues. Two groups of 8, so 14 league
    games, plus 3 rounds of knockout games to determine the champion
    (two-legged ? Not specified). So a minimum of 17 games to win it, more
    likely 20. How is that going to be compatible with domestic leagues
    (34 to 38 games) and domestic cups ?

    It is claimed that access will be dependent on domestic league
    performance, but no mechanism for this was laid out in the Guardian
    article you linked.

    I think there would be significant logistical problems, and for me, lack
    of promotion and relegation is a real problem.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 18 17:06:39 2024
    MH wrote:

    On 2024-12-17 14:22, Blueshirt wrote:

    I'm open to seeing where this goes and seeing whether they
    really are trying to achieve something with this idea, or is
    it just a cash-grab league for the 'big boys' of European
    football?

    Hmm, no promotion or relegation apparently. Four leagues in
    all. 16 teams in each of the top two leagues. Two groups of
    8, so 14 league games, plus 3 rounds of knockout games to
    determine the champion (two-legged ? Not specified). So a
    minimum of 17 games to win it, more likely 20. How is that
    going to be compatible with domestic leagues (34 to 38 games)
    and domestic cups ?

    It is claimed that access will be dependent on domestic league
    performance, but no mechanism for this was laid out in the
    Guardian article you linked.

    I think there would be significant logistical problems, and
    for me, lack of promotion and relegation is a real problem.

    Whilst it's nice to have some fresh ideas, I really can't see
    this happening at all.

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