Couldn't disagree more. It's not just the leagues themselves but a nation of soccer fans who's cities and towns share an appreciation for their history, their local FC's, and a sliver of hope. Those teams would be outcasts and slide from relevance very quickly. Doubtful the First Divisions would take them back so quickly.
Yeah World Cup is more like March Madness. People root for the laundry and it's a short term spectacle. You may still have a breakout mainstream star like Mbappe or whatever, but in general it's more about the countries than the players.
If you take the top 250+ players from March madness it would be a weakened product and in general people would care less. If England, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Italy and the likes are all sending their b and c teams, you lose the David vs Goliath storyline and it becomes more ordinary. Just knowing the best players in the world wouldn’t be participating weakens the entire meaning of the tournament.
i agree with the first part but it's not really short term. qualification for the world cup includes continental tournaments like the EUROs and Copa America, which are going on every four years as well, meaning there are huge tourneys every two years, which national teams are also needing to play games in order to qualify for. it's essentially always going on.
The elite players will go where they are paid the most, which will inevitably be this super league. The impact will trickle down and weaken every club beneath it. So the elite player will probably pick from these twelve clubs and possibly 5 more.
Casual fans that watch March Madness and fill out brackets often don't even know a single player in the whole tournament to begin with. They root for their alma mater or the coolest mascot or the school that their niece goes to or the local team or just the trendy pick to win it all.
the countries that won would be celebrating just as crazily and they would have the added joy of calling the other countries players' sell outs. you expressing a very American viewpoint on this
International soccer fans aren’t that casual. I get country over club, but not when the majority of your top players are ruled ineligible. The argument is most likely moot anyway. FIFA will never take it that far. They are playing hardball to try and get a piece of the pie.
Actually, I am thinking as an Italian American and how my family in Italy will view it. I am assuming the English and Brazilians will think similarly.
apparently you havent spoken with them in quite sometime or ever watched a world cup with them
are you my cousin? My uncle?
football is religion throughout most of the world so you're talking blasphemous nonsense
No one is arguing that. The point is, if you relegate the traditional powers to playing their third string, the whole tournament changes. You are so convinced it doesn’t. I will take the under on a billion people viewership.
Pay attention. No one is. We are discussing the ramifications. Outside the 12 club owners, no one likes this idea.
Yeah, Bayern and Dortmund reportedly turned it down.
There's people in this thread supporting the idea
