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Statement by UEFA, FA, Premier League, RFEF, LaLiga, FIGC and Lega Serie A

by kepler471 on 4/18/21, 6:28 PM with 33 comments

  • by nindalf on 4/18/21, 8:59 PM

    Gary Neville, former Manchester United player and current TV commentator put it really well. He loves his club, loves English football and yet he tore into these clubs for this cynical, cowardly move.

    > I’ve benefitted from football hugely, I’ve made money out of football, I invest money to a football club. I’m not against money in football, but the principles and ethos of fair competition are part of the game so if Leicester win the league they go into the Champions League.

    > Manchester United aren’t even in the Champions League. Arsenal aren’t in the Champions League, you watched them earlier today and they were a shambles of a football club at the moment.

    > Tottenham aren’t in the Champions League and they want a god-given right to be in there? It’s an absolute joke and the time has come now for an independent regulator to stop these clubs having a power base. Enough is enough.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP05EDm9EB8

  • by comodore_ on 4/18/21, 8:34 PM

    > will remain united in our efforts to stop this cynical project, a project that is founded on the self-interest of a few clubs at a time when society needs solidarity more than ever.

    Oh come on, the audacity, amazing. You can replace this with the pointing spiderman meme.

  • by IG_Semmelweiss on 4/18/21, 8:15 PM

    The NFL cartel is dead serious about breaking up the UEFA (and its federations) local monopolies.

    I think it is brilliant to introduce more competition into the mix, but i also fear this will have the outcome to create 2 parallel tournaments and thus, take money out of the merit based system... into the franchise system.

    I fear the goal of this initiative is to derisk sport ownership by private funds. This is a serious play at business oriented takeover of sports

  • by LetThereBeLight on 4/18/21, 8:43 PM

    I think it is a shame that the 50+1 rule (which states that at least 50% of the team's voting rights must be held by club members) is only instituted in the German League. I don't think any fans actually want this super league to happen.

  • by mhh__ on 4/18/21, 8:27 PM

    The idea of teams who aren't even good enough to be in the champions League on merit at the moment breaking away is a kick in the teeth.

    Especially jarring coming from Liverpool.

  • by ralph84 on 4/18/21, 8:33 PM

    lol @ FIFA trying to position themselves as the moral high ground

  • by gizajob on 4/18/21, 8:46 PM

    Please, in the name of all that is holy, lets keep football news off HN. If the breakaway league was proposing to run on bitcoin with players contracts based on Etherium and club ownership distributed as NFT smartbeans, then maybe it would be justified, but I come here to be free of the inanity of the world of football.

    Regards

    KingLennon, Liverpool, UK

  • by IG_Semmelweiss on 4/18/21, 9:18 PM

    Does someone know why this article is flagged ?

    Genuinely curious on how it is breaking rules.

  • by Kyro38 on 4/18/21, 8:39 PM

    I wouldn't mind a kick in the nuts of the UEFA.

    I'll get my popcorn.

  • by sys_64738 on 4/18/21, 11:33 PM

    This is European soccer by the looks of it.

  • by thysultan on 4/18/21, 8:32 PM

    >Grabs popcorn

  • by TruthWillHurt on 4/18/21, 8:29 PM

    Mate this is HN. We're A/V club not ball chasers.