People want the UEFA / FIFA monopoly broken... but competition coming from....USA cartel holders?
This is what makes it so interesting, too
NOTE: its important to note that the "proposal" is led by clubs that are directly held by american sports ownership.
ManU is owned by Glazer, who also owns an NFL franchise.
That's why there is a reference to the NFL.
Glazer & co are effectively trying to de-risk the business by proposing a league where results don't impact the bottom line
I suspect most football fans are indifferent to the concept of Uefa/Fifa - they just want them to be less corrupt.
What really piqued my interest was your phrase "I think it is brilliant to introduce more competition into the mix" and I wondered if you could expand on that.
FIFA / UEFA has a monopoly on international soccer. They sustain the monopoly leveraging micronations that effectively gives them a majority in all of the monopoly's decisions. When Germany has the same amount of voting power as Andorra, you have a problem.
Of course, this majority is not secured by good policy, instead it is secured by corruption, payouts to micronations.
I think another league -with different ownership and stakeholders- could make things quite interesting because it would take money out of the system.
However, i'd like for fans or players to own the alternative system, not clubs owned by PE firms and their buddies.
Its a weird situation.
People want the UEFA / FIFA monopoly broken... but competition coming from....USA cartel holders?
This is what makes it so interesting, too
NOTE: its important to note that the "proposal" is led by clubs that are directly held by american sports ownership. ManU is owned by Glazer, who also owns an NFL franchise.
That's why there is a reference to the NFL.
Glazer & co are effectively trying to de-risk the business by proposing a league where results don't impact the bottom line