Europe Super League?

It is Europe. So next time they have to remember to bribe the right people.

 

Yeah, I mean at the end of the day the "proper" channels is just another set of billionaires. (or at least corrupt multi-millionaires) Still, without the battle for 4th, a lot of these top leagues become really boring. MLS solved that issue by having playoffs.

 

I would think the number of levels in England would make it much harder than most other countries tho. And speaking of which:

Yes? SV Austria Salzburg was founded by fans of the team Red Bull bought and flushed the history of. The highest they got was to the second division and then they got absolutely destroyed by teams owned by people with actual money and they dropped 2 levels in 2 seasons.

 

But can I buy and hot dog and then kick someone's face in?

 

proper channels lol. again these people think how american sport owners think. it is world football many other leagues to watch not like in america we want to move la rams to los angeles what are fans gonna do they like rams they will like them in los angeles too. but europe there is many other clubs you can watch when billionere tells you you do what i tell you lol. they can go to court accept the league and all the thing but fans in football HAVE CHOISE WHO LOVE FOOTBALL. CHOISE is love other teams in other LEAGUE that is not super league

 

Well, if anyone wasn't sure that Europeans were actually blaming Americans for the Super League, someone's shown up and removed all doubt.

Again, the main impetus behind this has not been the American EPL owners, but the two Spanish giants and Juventus.

 

Only if you choke them with said hot dog afterwards.

 

Um. I am pretty sure most of St Louis hates the Rams with the burning of a thousand suns.

but keep lying to yourself.

 

LOL but they picked other billioner club in nf closed league because what other choise sports fan in usa has if he likes nfl nba or mlb but like and give his money to other billionere in the league LOL. while in football ican give my money to other TEAM in OTHER league that is not SUPER LEAGUE LOL

 

That also happens to be owned by a billionaire.

 

Also, didn't MLS fans literally JUST stop a team from being moved? So when you say "Americans" please specify that you mean "the NFL"...

EDIT: To be specific, fans brought attention to the problem and the team was rescued by a billionaire.

 

Oh and did that team not just win the championship?

interesting.

 

But that's largely because MLS had a spot open for expansion. If MLS were like the NFL where there aren't any spots open, Columbus wouldn't have a team right now.

 

I think what they learned is that next time they need to be willing to break fully with the FIFA/UEFA orbit. Not this half-in/half-out proposal. They will have to completely leave their domestic leagues. And that will be a hard sell.

I don't care who's behind it. Americans, Europeans or Martians. I just don't want to see such "closed league" in the European sporting landscape.

I am realistic enough to know that the ESL threat hasn't dispersed completely. But today I will celebrate, raise a glass, and tell these 12 clubs to "foxtrot oscar".

 

Honestly, if it's all about the money these people can try to start a new league outside of FIFA and use their billions to try to get the best players. I don't think they will succeed though. And there are probably anti-compete clauses preventing that?

 

Or they learned they need to grease more wheels next time by passing out bribes to politicians and UEFA/Fifa execs to leave them alone, and also to jurnos so they write nice things about them to control the narrative.

 

Were those US streaming companies, Facebook and JP Morgan ever involved in football on that scale before this failed league though?

The execution does point out to a massive misunderstanding of Euro football culture and I think greedy, arrogant Euro owners and especially indebted clubs jumped at the opportunity to get that much cash upfront. Barca are over a billion in the red so they needed the money. Let's be honest here... in the past they never went further than making threats because all they wanted were concessions from UEFA and enough awareness that this wouldn't work.

I don't think there's anything wrong from those American companies/owners to have played a role on getting this league started. They provided a different perspective/way to do business in football while bringing actual cash commitment and media rights buyers to the table. There was enough there to pull the trigger - they did it wrong - It didn't work out - lesson learned.

Like @Nico Limmat said, their biggest mistake was wanting to have it all. Next time, they will have to leave all national/European competitions & bodies altogether and lived with the consequences instead of the parasitic approach

Like a famous master once said

 

LOL making fun of schalke fans. well in usa getting last place get you REWARDED so is there really reason for american mls fans to be ANGRY .no while schalke historic club with many years of players giving their all to stay in league or win or get to C.L. and this group for two years could not win a game and you can not just get rid of them all

 

Agreed, it worked out for Columbus because MLS was willing to grow which accommodated Precourt and the league found another really rich person to buy the team in Ohio. As a Quakes fan who tried to stand up to the moving of my team and was not successful, we need to remember MLS is a business at heart. I am glad for Columbus but MLS is owned by billionaires who can decide to do what they want.

Still think the ESL was a bad idea though.

 

I will gladly make fun of Schalke "fans" who decide the best response to their team having another bad year is to attack the players. Dumbasses.

 

And if MLS and Liga MX ever try to set up their own league outside of CONCACAF to compete with the CCL and place LAG, Seattle, NYRB, Atlanta, Chivas, America, Leon, and Pumas in as permanent members, I promise that I am turning in my tickets to the Quakes and walking away, just like the fans in Europe threatened to do.

 

Maybe that format is...spend less money. https://t.co/Ux9MywGMat

— Alexi Lalas (@AlexiLalas) April 21, 2021

Here is Lalas switching sides.

 

Really? You care about CONCACAF that much?