[matsemann]

There are still important matches between pairs of top teams every year as it is now. ManU plays Liverpool 2+ times. Madrid vs Barca probably 4 times or so. But with ESL, every match would be between the dirty dozen. Then it loses its charm.

[MisterBastahrd]

Yes, every matchup would be with teams that have accumulated a ton of elite talent and know each other well enough that they will have to compete harder if they want to win. I will never understand European purists and their desire to watch a lesser product for tradition's sake. When Louisiana State University plays The University of Alabama in a game of American Football on the first weekend in November every single year, the worst that they've ever done in TV ratings is the same as Liverpool vs. Man City's record viewership. This is a game of two elite amateur teams, mind you, that happen to be in the same division in the same conference (I guess you could call it a regional league).

[Dma54rhs]

As you said it's tradition which people value here and football teams are not seen as products, they are your like cultural centers, what often defines your community.

[MisterBastahrd]

Tradition is cheap. It's especially funny to see fans of lesser EPL teams up in arms given that the EPL itself is just a smaller iteration of the ESL. Nobody watching the EPL today wants to go back to the old way of doing things. The same thing would happen with the ESL.

[hewrin10]

Do you have any sources to back this up?