European Super League: I blame you!
I had been against the idea of writing about the European Super League. To be honest, I am just as confused now as I was when the announcement was made about the whole thing.
However, after Leicester City’s FA Cup win and Manchester United fans’ protest, I decided that it was about time that I wrote about it.
To get the bottom of this, I decided to use an exam-style technique to truly find answers about ESL. I decided to analyse it by looking at the positives and negatives of the whole thing, in the hope that I can come to a conclusion.
Was the idea that bad?
It was bad but only to a certain extent. My biggest issue was the lack of competition. In this competition, no team could get relegated. This means that the ESL would have been a closed shop for Europe’s elite clubs.
This would have reduced the competitive nature of the domestic leagues, as teams would not need to qualify in the top 4 to get into Europe. It would also mean that teams need not completely focus on their domestic leagues, instead choosing to focus on the ESL. This would create a watered-down product.
The lack of competitiveness is shown in the teams selected. Teams like Arsenal and Tottenham have been nowhere near as good as Leicester in the last couple of seasons, so why…
