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Originally Posted by Chad
There are a couple of very basic things to consider when comparing German football to English football. Firstly Germany has a population of 82 million, almost 30 million more than England. Secondly Germany has 3 top leagues containing 56 clubs compared to England's 92 clubs spread over 4 main leagues. In terms of population to club ratio, German football has a massive advantage over English football.
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Not sure that stands the real test.
Yes, there are too many clubs and leagues...but population difference is moot.
Good players will still come through, just not as many. But the FA system is flawed.
And as raised in other posts, trying to get as much as possible money has caused some of this.
i don't agree that sky has caused the problem, they are merely adapting to the situation. It is the FA that decides how to sell the rights, not sky.
The big problem at the moment is, how to reverse something that you put in place (re selling rights).
Clubs don't want less money, so changing the methodology will be hard, if not impossible unless sky etc refuse to pay the money