Champions League revamp

[mill]

That’s amazing.

I’ve been thinking about the punishment aspect of things. I get the ‘don’t punish the fans’ side of things and ‘it was the owners’. I totally get that view.

But the point is, this was only possible due to the massive disparity between those 6 clubs and everyone else. They’ve had greater resources, yielded more and more power for nearly a generation. And they tried to grab more. There is an argument to say that’s on the owners, but the power structure that exists is the real problem.

And so whilst any punishment might be seen as unfair on the fans, it is necessary to in some way tip the balance of power away from those clubs.

I would:

Ban them from Europe for a 2 years (they didn’t want to compete in it anyway)

Transfer ban over the same period

Tell the owners of said clubs they failed the PL fit and proper test and they have 12 months to sell

finally and most importantly...

Cap revenues for clubs to a certain level. Any revenues above that level go into a ‘football infrastructure’ fund that is dedicated to helping lower leagues finance as well as supporting grass roots.

 

[ToffeeDevil]

That’s amazing.

I’ve been thinking about the punishment aspect of things. I get the ‘don’t punish the fans’ side of things and ‘it was the owners’. I totally get that view.

But the point is, this was only possible due to the massive disparity between those 6 clubs and everyone else. They’ve had greater resources, yielded more and more power for nearly a generation. And they tried to grab more. There is an argument to say that’s on the owners, but the power structure that exists is the real problem.

And so whilst any punishment might be seen as unfair on the fans, it is necessary to in some way tip the balance of power away from those clubs.

I would:

Ban them from Europe for a 2 years (they didn’t want to compete in it anyway)

Transfer ban over the same period

Tell the owners of said clubs they failed the PL fit and proper test and they have 12 months to sell

finally and most importantly...

Cap revenues for clubs to a certain level. Any revenues above that level go into a ‘football infrastructure’ fund that is dedicated to helping lower leagues finance as well as supporting grass roots.

i like it, but its idealistic and we know it won't happen. but we can dream

 

[tsubaki]

Don’t want to praise any employee of the Daily Mail, but perhaps a glass should be raised to Martin Samuel who broke this story on Sunday and might well have wrecked how they wanted to launch this.

 

[DanB90]

What a whirlwind couple of days though. It has to be said the Super League delivered the excitement it said it would.

 

[mill]

i like it, but its idealistic and we know it won't happen. but we can dream

I should have added that at the end. I don’t think ANYTHING will happen.

 

[Terrarian]

Surely they can't get off scott free, they have to be kicked out of the Premier league and be made to work their way back in.

 

[Terrarian]

For people saying 20-25 points reduction, this does not effect City in the slightest.

 

[brigadier]

Who would of thought it the scum clubs have got away with it, the 14 need to start legal proceedings they have worked within the rules the scum 6 haven't, I wouldn't except anything less than a 40 point reduction next season.

 

[Terrarian]

The funniest part of all this has to be Spurs thinking they are a genuine big club haha womp womp wooooommmppp

 

[BornBlue76]

The morning after the battle.. some skirmishes left in Europe with some clubs not knowing the war is over.

in terms of punishment there is no way to separate the leaders and the hangers on.. Everyone of them is culpable.. whether through malice or nativity, they all signed up.

Punishment without regulatory changes will make it worse. It’s not about fearing them and it shouldn’t be about revenge. It’s about putting in place rules that prevent this from happening again and take more power away and distribute it more evenly to clubs.

FIFA are one of the dodgiest institutions as it is and I wouldn’t want to see them as the All
Powerful either.

 

[Jim Hopper]

The rest of the clubs should be right on their case. Don't let them get away with it that easily. Demand action and change now! If they let them get away with it scratch free, they'll definitely will use it against us next time.

If Everton, Leicester, West Ham, Villa, Wolves & Leeds tried pulling this off I’d imagine there’d be automatic relegations being lined up. These pr1cks jeopardised the future of the PL and other projects for other clubs, if they’re not given heavy punishments it’s an absolute disgrace.

 

[kenada_blue]

Amused. I do believe that the Glazers etc didn't think this through, thought they could bully their way into some profitable racket, throw injunctions around....

Then suddenly realised they haven't got a leg to stand on legally. Saw the revolt across the board. Then bottled it.

The only positive is that the fans know who owns them and their motives. And that there will be changes made to stop it.

 

[coollino]

I cannot see any punishment happening now.

 

[arbok]

Right! Now that’s over, let’s start the whole thing again (with the same ending) because the last 48 hours was pretty damn dramatic!

 

[Thomasc]

I cannot see any punishment happening now.

Think they have to, as a deterrent