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by fgdfg354321 1889 days ago
Basically it was a power grab from the big club owners (most of them billionaires) to wall garden their status and try to save their poorly run finances + destroying the essence of the game about the merits of reach the maximum competition (the Champions League) through the national leagues. Also, trying to establish the American Model of sports doesn't work well when the teams where created a century ago by the communities and are not just "franchises"