Quote Originally Posted by Coursesuper View Post
I could actually see that happening.
That's how National Soccer leagues in Europe were going to change. All the bigger Clubs were going to make a super league and leave their home leagues. No longer play versus the smaller clubs in England, just have a league of the most prestigious teams in Europe.

But...

The fans went crazy. The Manchester United fans, for example, did not want their club to leave England and become a corporate European club. The police and governments advised the clubs they could not protect their physical property from rioters. Then one country or National League said the rouge clubs could not use their local city affiliation if they left the national league. Like "Manchester City" and "Manchester United" would then only be "City" and "United" and someone else could just pickup the brand and colors. In a world with no political unity, the European Super League united everybody to crush Wall Street Hedge funds, Russian Oligarchs, Saudi Sovereign Funds, and Media Conglomerates.

Nutty...

Imagine that the Alabama legislature renamed "UAB" as the "University of Alabama" and "Crimson Tide" and made the rouge school become "Tuscaloosa State Co-educational Polytech Institute". I wonder who actually owns the Marketing Rights for the public SEC colleges? I'm not saying Bama fans would support the other SEC fanbases like Manchester United fans, I think they would just piss on our grave. The European soccer fans stayed united, it was going full French Revolution, with the fans of the big-clubs leading the Revolution.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/s...ue-soccer.html