Champions League revamp

[blulouie]

suspect they will argue they didn't "break it" - which is obviously a BS technicality.

They signed contracts.

 

[tommye]

 

[Toast]

Wolves have been very good

 

[Brownie]

Be good if UEFA reneged on the CL coefficient qualifier teams thing and said what you gonna do blud.

 

[blue to the bone]

This narrative about don't punish the players or fans is a load of bollocks.
A club goes into administration or breaks a transfer rule. The players and fans suffer.
Not to mention a European ban for the actions of scumbags.
If your club acts like this then you must face consequences.

 

[Cool_Blue]

Will be fascinating to see this play out over the next couple of days. I wonder if they are going to suffer any financial penalties through this falling apart

Gary Neville says he hopes Perez sues them into oblivion lol

 

[Tin-Tin]

Rule 9. Except with the prior written approval of the board, during the season a club shall not enter or play its senior men’s first team in any competition other than

L.9.1 – The UEFA Champions League
L.9.2 – The UEFA Europa League
L.9.3 – The FA Cup
L.9.4 – The FA Community Shield
L.9.5 – The Football League Cup or
L.9.6 – Competitions sanctioned by the County Association of which it is a member

Think you would struggle to punish someone for breaking this before a ball has been kicked or any fixtures or dates put into the calendar. Would get messy legally. I don't think the PL will pursue it. They should but they won't.

They signed up to an unsanctioned competition.

 

[Goat]

There has to be a deterrent in place so this cant happen again. That's why carrying on like nothing happened won't work.

How can we trust these clubs not to just try and force through something similar in future? If there are no repercussions and no future deterrent, then I think we'll see this happen again.

WE must prevent this from ever happening again.

Its very easy, update rule 9, list the sanctions.

Change the ownership rules.

WE 100% should never let anything like this even be able to happen.

 

[bicycleheader]

Also I’d like to say, this thread has had an absolute stink of popular former poster kieran since it was opened

 

[Zezti]

From Arsenal's statement: "The system needs to be fixed."

So they know now they cannot brute force it, they'll be going down the route of Brexit - pushing a narrative at every opportunity so their power grab is eventually seen as the 'right thing to do'.

Its despicable. These clubs must not be let off the hook by shifting the blame to their CEOs.

 

[The binman chronicles]

BREAKING NEWS I have it on good authority that the super league fell apart NOT because of fan/pundit pressure but because the 11 clubs realised they might have to play at Anfield more than once a season and no amount of TV money can pay for all the coach damages.

 

[blulouie]

This thing will happen, one day, just a diluted form and maybe even still under UEFA as a super CL competition. It’s inevitable under the current footballing structure and governance.

Thats the worry .

 

[Milkman]

I think what might actually tip me over the edge with football isn't the ESL itself, but knowing that these clubs are going to get away with the damage they've done.

 

[arch stanton]

They declared an intention.

They cant enter a competition that doesn't exist.

A court of law would laugh at that rule.

For the record I want all 6 relegated to DAS SPL.

But I can see why no sanctions will come, but lets not forget, my record on predictions is quite possibly the worst in Europe.

but another set of lawyers would argue that signing the form saying you will enter and that being accepted by the competition organisers amounts to entering the competition. Thats how lawyers work, professional arguers. There's lots at stake here, I'm rather hoping they get stranded in years of legal quagmire,

 

[Nymzee]

BREAKING NEWS I have it on good authority that the super league fell apart NOT because of fan/pundit pressure but because the 11 clubs realised they might have to play at Anfield more than once a season and no amount of TV money can pay for all the coach damages.

“Lads, how much are tanks?”