I wanted to write something about the proposed European Super League before it disappears from the news cycle. I don't think I'm going to say anything that loads of other people haven't said already, but what a crash and burn. It took just 2 days from the announcement for all the English teams to formally withdraw from the competition. What a farce. Clearly this was something concocted in the boardrooms, with absolutely no input from anyone who actually watches or plays the game. It has absolutely dominated the sports news for the last few days - even here - and reflects so badly on the teams that agreed to sign up. It's nothing more than a ploy for the rich teams to get even richer. And to call the 6 English teams the "Big 6" is an absolute joke - I think Leicester, West Ham and Everton might beg to disagree that they're not better than somebody like Arsenal or Spurs. Obviously I'm totally against the proposed competition - but sadly I think the Champions League will eventually evolve into something like how they propose, it's already nearly there with more or less the same teams getting to the final stages. But it is stunning to me that they didn't seem to predict the universal outrage and protest to the proposal - it just goes to show how oblivious these rich owners are to the game and the supporters. It doesn't surprise me that the owners of many of the English teams are American - they will never understand the passion of domestic "soccer" or the concept of relegation, which doesn't exist in professional American sports.
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