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[deano ou812]

To be fair though (and it's only seeing it in black and white in your post that it has struck me), even if we weren't aligned on the breakaway on what planet are we going to publicly support UEFA given how many times our reputation has been dragged through the mud?

Yeah I see that,but that was driven by the cartel clubs behind the scenes at uefa ..

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

All I'm saying is, if enough of the richest clubs get together - which is what this league would entail - and agree among themselves to not pay more than X% of their income on wages, that will inevitably have a limiting effect on wages overall. Especially for as long as that group of clubs are rich enough in global terms to dominate the market. The need for a wage floor doesn't come into it. And if they feel that China or wherever is muscling in, the European clubs can up the limit to say 60%, or assuming they still dominate world football in terms of fan interest, can hold out for a bigger TV deal.

All that makes total sense. The wage floor/cap thing isn't workable in "open" leagues like the football pyramid is now, but absolutely is in a closed league, assuming the players' union(s) aren't strong enough.

 

[pluto]

Champions league like it or not has been a financial success, only problem for the yanks is that you have to qualify for it.
This sorts this out for them.
Shameful

 

[Northblue]

Is this driven by the Yanks?

I wonder ..

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

People losing their lives and livelihoods through this pandemic and these football clubs come out stating we are fucking tradition and all morals off for the sake of more riches than we can spend

The Rags, Dippers Arse etc all spout history and they want to put two fingers up to history

Atrocious

 

[doobyedoobye]

Interested to see if we put out a statement later tonight

 

[Deleted member 77198]

City are in a tricky situation here. Screwed by uefa and now potentially screwed by the super league twats.

It would be huge news if city came out and supported uefa considering they tried to destroy the club.

Fuck uefa or save them?

I’m not arsed about UEFA, I actively dislike them, but I don’t want City to fuck over the long standing traditions of English football. So City need to get their heads around this properly and do the right thing for English football.

UEFA being saved is a side consequence.

 

[LGWIO]

I try and see a positive in most things....and in this case is that it has obviously pissed off UEFA / FIFA which are both corrupt money grabbing organisations.....

,,,but wait....this plan just gives more power and more money to smaller organisations, the "founding members".

So...in other words...this plan has no positives and nothing good in it.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Everyone is getting their panties in a wad. This is just a jostling for position before the announcement tomorrow of the ‘new’ CL format

UEFA don’t put our a statement like that over a bit of jostling

 

[KPXBLN]

All that makes total sense. The wage floor/cap thing isn't workable in "open" leagues like the football pyramid is now, but absolutely is in a closed league, assuming the players' union(s) aren't strong enough.

My comparison to the US wage cap might not have been the best analogy. All I mean is that it's to the club owners' benefit if they can agree some kind of spending limit between them, and making it a percentage rather than an absolute figure allows the extremely rich to maintain their advantage against the merely rich. But I think we agree here.