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[WickyWain]

This could be the most one sided poll in bluemoon history.

 

[MCFC1993]

Not sure what’s happened there, but no one has voted yes and no only has 95% of the vote!

Yeah wasn't sure myself, looks like it's corrected now.

 

[RayCTID]

Domestically (to some extent) and the Champions League it could do with revamping but not to this extreme. As I said earlier I will give it a couple of season before giving up totally on Football.

 

[PragueBlue]

I'd be happy with it if it was on a merit basis. The format is more appealing,

 

[OntarioBlue]

What’s so super about a “super league” that includes Arsenal (9th in the Premier League) and Tottenham (7th) but does not include three of best teams in Europe - Bayern, PSG and Juventus

 

[LongsightM13]

So 12 teams behind this, but 6 of those are English

And three of them are American. Fucking Septic Tanks, they couldn’t lie straight in bed

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

The Americanization of European football. Capitalism is eating itself.

 

[kalouk]

I am praying that the reports are wrong and City aren't involved. I just can't get my head around why we would sell out like this. We know what these same clubs did to try and stop us and are now willing to join them and do the same to other clubs. If we are involved we are no better than the rest of them. At least Bayern and PSG can hold there head high which to me means if we wanted to we could have but have chosen not to. I'm so disappointed.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

It does but it has always been that way hasn’t it.

99% of the worldwide fan base of these clubs support them because they win more than they don’t.

Short term it will great but give it a decade and a half and they will be crawling back to the domestic leagues.

I don't think so -- not if the owners are guaranteed a high ROI on resale of their clubs in a fixed league which shares broadcast revenue with salary caps. American pro sports leagues are the model for the ultimate goal here.

Folks, the only way football isn't headed in this direction is if fans vote with their eyes and feet. Even then, new fans may embrace a breakaway league (which is what I'm going to call this, because a CL replacement is only a stepping stone to what I think is the obvious end goal).

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Like the rag / dipper proposals last year, I wonder if this is just laying the way for something slightly more palatable that by comparison we all cheerfully accept?