Does anyone have a link to the full list of changes etc for the two current competitions and rules etc for the new one?
These bloated competitions are what is driving the cost of watching football through the roof either at the ground or even on TV, the increase in the number of streaming sites and therefore the commercial competition for the rights means entry to these competitions for clubs becomes more and more crucial to even try to be competitive. Without a money bags Abramovich or Mansour or dominating a league year in year out with the odd exception the difficulty of breaking into these competitions and actually being competitive is year on year becoming harder if not impossible for some clubs.
Yet here we are with even more bloated European competitions, which for smaller clubs can be very financially detrimental due to the cost to benefit ratio..... exactly how is that good for the fans and the game in general. All I see is a round about way for the richest clubs to make more money and smaller clubs from less affluent leagues to be held at arms length when it comes to the big money. Take for example a Europa league game in far eastern Europe, for some clubs the travel, accommodation, wages etc will actually be a financial loss for the away team so even being in the competition can be a financial drain...... add in the cost to fans to travel there, such as the Baku debacle, and I seriously cant see why these competitions are being expanded
I fucking hate the Kroenkes with a passion but they have an excuse, they are arrogant Americans who have no understanding of what football means to many fans but UEFA and FIFA are supposed to be the organisations which understand football as they were born from football. For me the two organisations are just as corrupt and greedy as the two Americans at ours but have no excuse for making these mistakes which are distancing clubs from their traditional supporter base in favour of international fans who generate more cashflow......greedy cnuts
