Originally Posted by Stuart (Post 35372158)

Is there any evidence that works? After all, IIRC, they said they same would happen when the Premier League was created. All that happened is that Sky threw money at the Premier league. As a result, Player costs and wages went through the roof, and as a result, despite high ticket costs and a good payout from sky, most of the Premier League clubs are heavily in debt. In fact, according to http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datab...-accounts-debt, 16 of the top 20 clubs recorded a loss in 2009/2010. The total loss for the clubs was nearly half a billion pounds.

I can sort of see what you are saying though. I think you are thinking that if the likes of Arsenal, Man U and Chelsea are off playing in some European league, then the money for the TV rights (and radio rights assuming there is any) will be spread amongst the lower clubs more easily.

That may be true, but Sky provide a lot of that money. Sky are a business, so it's in their interest to provide what their customers are interested in. Their customers (a lot of whom support Premier League clubs) are likely to want to continue watching those clubs. So, I think that if the clubs leave the English league for some European league, so will the money they attract.

Personally, I think the Champions league is enough. It offers a chance for the top European clubs to compete against each other, but allows them to play in their home country as well.

Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35372092)

How do I make the word 'no' sound any more emphatic?

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35372405)

The establishment of a European Super League would likely see the introduction of a American style franchise system, that would almost certainly be the appeal for a lot of the owners who will suddenly find themselves the owners of a very rare commodity; A European football franchise. This would mean no relegation (which would have been tricky to manage anyway).

Originally Posted by Alan Fry (Post 35372089)

It meant one so that they big clubs can play in rather than play in the Champions league and the Premier League, so the rest of us can win them!

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35375192)

How big will clubs be after five, ten, fifteen years of winning nothing and finishing near the bottom of the Super League and who'd want to win a Premier League without the best clubs in it, it'd be about as good as winning The Championship.