RE: The Super League and why it Failed
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The new European Super League was initiated by Andrea Agnelli
I think it was initiated by Florentino Perez, the president of Real Madrid, that's why he is also the president of the Superleague.
On the whole, it would have had the same structure as the Champions League.
What do you mean with structure? The tournament would have been very different.
The Superleague isn't officially dead, but it is clearly there would have to be some changes and negotiations for it to take place. The Superleague fixes these problems that are affecting the sustainability of football:
Younger audiences aren't interested in football. If football goes through a generational decline in interest, the economies of all football-associated entities, including the clubs of course, would be negatively affected. The entertainment industry is always evolving and adapting itself to new technologies, if football doesn't do this, it will lose relevance. The Superleague fixes this because it would provide world-class matches every week. Right now, most league matches are super boring and no one watches them. Ask yourself this, how many football matches do you see that don't include members of the proposed Superleague? The number will probably be very low.
State clubs are outcompeting normal clubs. UEFA is corrupted and they don't impose the "financial fair play" rules. Qatar obtained the world cup of 2022 through corruption, and both Qatar (PSG) and Emirates (Manchester City) are using football to infiltrate their interests and agendas in Western society. They don't care about football, they care about contacts and political favors. It is no coincidence that the only state clubs are in France and UK, 2 of the most important countries in Europe. I wouldn't be surprised to see another state club popping out in Germany. Spain and Portugal are politically irrelevant so there is no state clubs in those countries even though both of them have a very active football culture. The Superleague would allow normal clubs to economically compete with state clubs. Without the Superleague, Manchester City will easily dominate British football for years to come, and both City and PSG will dominate European football as a whole. Forget about Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juve, Milan, Inter, United, Liverpool, they cannot compete with state clubs in the long run.
There are more reasons to be in favor of the Superleague but I believe those 2 are enough.