Why the European Super League is a Bad Idea
The soccer world was shaken to its core on Monday when it was announced by twelve of Europe's biggest clubs that they would be breaking away from the traditional Champions League competition and creating a new Super League, one that would completely alter the nature of football entirely. This new league would be closed off to these select twelve clubs in Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Liverpool, Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid, would be a mid-week European contest similar to that of the Champions League, but instead of having a group stage where various clubs of different size and stature would compete, only these listed twelve would play each in a sort-of NFL style table. This announcement has been met with massive criticism, anger, and what may soon come, legal action. With so much news coming in day by day of developments of this debacle, I wanted to explain why this Super League could be one ...