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Originally Posted by sherer
the top teams doing their own deals would destroy the league. Non of the other clubs would get any air time and be able to make any money they would all go out of business. Even as a fan of a top four club I can see that the TV time needs to be shared around and other clusb have a right for their matches to be shown.
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I can see that too and I would agree. The thing is if the other 16 clubs in the league decide to out-vote the top 4 and decide that one of those top 4 places should lose their Champions League spot just cos a team that finishes between 5 and 7 can get it then they have the ability to hit back.
At the moment I see at most Arsenal, United, Liverpool, City, and Spurs voting against the top 4 system since they all have a chance of finishing up there. That still leaves the 14 votes needed. All of which will vote for it because they don't have the ability to realistically hit the top 4 so would welcome this play-off system. They are much more likely to get that Champions League spot though a couple of games than a whole season.