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[cdbearsfan]

European Super League would end it for me. I don't expect Villa to be at or even near the top, but we should always at least be able to aim to be. So should Everton, Wigan, Halifax and even Small Heath. If they were to just make the top tier a closed shop like in rugby, removed from even the illusion of meritocracy, I would probably find something else to do with my time.

More moaning on Off Topic, most likely.

[Exeter 77]

I am also beginning to think the ESL should happen - but for anyone becoming involved in it it should be a one way ticket with no coming back - players, coaches and managers. No return to clubs left in national structures and no international football, no World Cups, no Euros or Copa America.

[aj2k77]

It wouldn't work. It only works on paper and on Tv but as a replacement for the weekly matchday experience for supporters it doesn't. No real rivalry, no real away days, no derby days etc etc. Imagine being mid table in the super league with nothing really to qualify for, no big games coming up against rivals or derbies just accumulating money to pay players that aren't really providing much entertainment for you an exorbitant wage.

If UEFA had bollocks they'd call their bluff and see what happens. It wouldn't. Fan backlash would end it within a week. UEFA are complicit in it, they're on the gravy train.

[PaulWinch again]

I don’t think it would work either - they always overlook the value fans bring to the “brand” and “experience”. It’s the sort of thing that would probably start out popular, but really drop off once it became the norm.