RichD
Striker
The big tv money would follow the big 6 clubs and the rest would be left with peanuts..
Why don’t the 14 clubs in the top flight...
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No we aren't, its one season
The league hasn't been defended for a decade
The TV money is overplayed like
the difference between finishing 20th and 1st in PL money isn't that much in reality, or as much as you think
its the european money every year that does it
DPTT
Winger
No it’s the fact these so called top 6 are both playing wise and economically way ahead of everyone else
All the best players would want to go there as well, so not much would change.
Boris Bear
Striker
Maybe at first but I'm not sure the TV would get soggy gussets about the big 6 playing against random foreign teams every other week. Our domestic competition has 100 year rivalries and history that throw up a lot of interest...would a super league make up for that lack of domestic competition? Personally I don't think so.
Yes, agreed. If it was the extra European money that differentiated, then it would now be a top 7 after Leicester and their run to the quarter finals.
It's being astute commercial operators as well as being consistently good on the pitch that sets them apart.
The overseas tv deal for the PL is worth as much as the domestic (BT and Sky) deal.
The fact that you'd have the likes of Barca and Real Madrid from Spain, and Juventus, Bayern etc all playing each other week to week would make this league bigger than the PL globally.
Nobody in Indonesia is buying a premier league subscription to see Burnley vs Crystal Palace.
The big 6 are the global brands that people are interested in.
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Billy Batts
Striker
Not boring in league
neAye well done for ignoring my post like
Grumpy Old Man
Striker
Everything in US sport is designed to try to ensure competition is as even as possible, which is remarkable in the home of dog-eat-dog capitalism. Perhaps it's because they realise the competition is an important part of a league. So the TV money is split evenly, there's a salary cap, and the weakest teams get first picks in the college draft. There's no reason why the first two of those couldn't be tried here.
Boris Bear
Striker
Millions of people are interested in the other teams marra. Making up the numbers in a super league isn't necessarily good for the big 6.
Grumpy Old Man
Striker
Then step 3 is a salary cap.
Boris Bear
Striker
Perhaps we need a college system
Millions are interested yes, but most around the world want to see the current top 6.
Second bit, isn't necessarily good in what way?
Grumpy Old Man
Striker
It's a way of raising players to a professional standard before they are attached to a club, certainly. How a draft would fit with freedom of contract might be a challenge. But it would at least ensure that those who failed to make the cut as professionals got a decent education they could fall back on.
Blond Bombshell
Winger
Skunks like this
RichD
Striker
I Totally get what ya saying, the real fans wont care as long as their team is playing, however TV companies ,target glory hunters/ casual fans and Chinese supporting soccer fans from around the world who'll pay big money to watch Man utd play liverpool in New York at 3 in the morning..
Boris Bear
Striker
Theres every chance that those top 6 teams would not be top 6 teams in Europe...some of them at least. ManU fans have shit the bed with a couple of years making up the numbers at domestic level. Decades off the pace would be damaging for them.
I think millions around the world would also be interested in our domestic competition. Sky would be hugely interested.
Botchie
Striker
Fans and players would bloody hate to have you as chairman
SmellyMags
Central Defender
The top 6 nonsense is created by shithouses in the media. It used to be the big 4 but because it was penetrated by other clubs (proving it isn't impossible) they decided to expand it from 4 to 6 rather than suggest that a club like Man Utd or Arsenal weren't one of the bigs. Sick of hearing it used
Sky of course because they're the domestic broadcaster and would be buying the league of the country they're in.
But the value of the deal would diminish massively. The last deal, sky and bt paid less but overseas was higher.
If the keague was to be restructured without the top 6, sky would pay less and overseas would drop loads, because broadcasters would be looking at putting their money into bidding for the European super league.
But as with any league, no matter how high the standard, a 3rd of them will be near the bottom a 3rd mid table a 3rd will be up the top.
This is why I think it won't happen. Somebody like Bayern, or Juventus who've dominated their league and won 7 and 8 titles in a row in their league might not like it finishing 8th or 9th.
However, why would our top 6 be given entry automatically but not 6 from spain and Germany?
It's not feasible really.
Look at Italy. Probably want Juventus, Milan, Inter and arguably Napoli or Roma, then Bayern and Dortmund, then Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG would want in, so from Europe's top 5 leagues the balance isn't evenly spread assuming our top 6 entered. Because you could have Sevilla or Bilbao or Valencia make a legit argument they deserve to be in ahead of Spurs for example.
Then why wouldn't a European giant like Porto or Ajax be allowed in as well.
It's unworkable, as our current top 6 wouldn't all get in, so if 4 left, the remaining 2 would dominate.
