O/T:- The Super League is back on

[upthemaggies]

"Super League ban 'unlawful'"

'Uefa's monopoly is over'
“We have won the right to exist," wrote A22 chief executive Bernd Reichart about the European Court of Justice decision on the European Super League in a series of posts on X [formerly Twitter].

"Uefa's monopoly is over. Football is FREE. Clubs are now free from the threat of sanctions AND free to determine their own future.

“For fans: we offer free broadcasting of all Superleague matches.

"For clubs: Income and solidarity expenses will be guaranteed."

A22 - the group behind the European Super League - will respond further in a news conference in Madrid from 11:00 GMT.

[Woodypie]

Where do we sign?

[Chicken Balti Pie]

All the FA or UEFA have to say is that to gain access to their championships, you must play all domestic competitions. Then the local federations such as the FA slap in rules that for the FA Cup and such you must play your best team or the like. At this point, they will struggle to have the players playing and have the fines amount to the amount these clubs get from said super league. Job done. If they then only play super league, people will soon get bored, there is a novelty of only playing the best sides rarely in a season

[upthemaggies]

It sounds as though they want it to replace the Champions League and the other UEFA competitions but NOT to take clubs out of domestic competitions. There would be a "Star League", a "Gold League" and a "Blue League".
They're also saying - if I've heard this right - that it would be free to view for all on their own streaming service channel, no subscription.

[Notts78]

It sounds as though they want it to replace the Champions League and the other UEFA competitions but NOT to take clubs out of domestic competitions. There would be a "Star League", a "Gold League" and a "Blue League".
They're also saying - if I've heard this right - that it would be free to view for all on their own streaming service channel, no subscription.

Free for a year or 2 until the fury of the fans subsides and the super league starts to be established - then it will be silly money thereafter.

[sidders]

Free for a year or 2 until the fury of the fans subsides and the super league starts to be established - then it will be silly money thereafter.

Thank God for more football - we've had such a dearth of it lately. When will the inter-planetary championship be established?

[caj85]

Totally agree that the Super League shouldn't have been blocked, fair rights to competition and all that.

But if the teams want to play outside of UEFA & FA then they can't have it all ways and shouldn't be able to play within UEFA & FA competitions as well.

[upthemaggies]

The problem with it is that the "founder members" are guaranteed their place every season, no matter how badly they do. Take that out the equation and then I don't see much of an issue with it, unless UEFA as an organisation is essential to the survival of the game as we know it, which it probably isn't. They've messed around so much with the format of The European Cup and the other competitions over the years that there isn't a credible continuity argument.

[Old_pie]

Totally agree that the Super League shouldn't have been blocked, fair rights to competition and all that.

But if the teams want to play outside of UEFA & FA then they can't have it all ways and shouldn't be able to play within UEFA & FA competitions as well.

Sounds all a bit like the LIV v PGA debacle.

[jackal2]

I'm no lover of the Super League idea, for the reasons Gary Neville explained very articulately when this previously raised its ugly head, but I'm all for the idea of somehow ripping control of football out of the hands of football's current administrators from FIFA downwards. Whatever criticisms may be valid of A22 now or in the future, they would have to go some to bring the game into more disrepute than the people who run it now.