America s role in the Super League debacle
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
In the wake of the European Super League s spectacular demise, a popular response has been to blame Americans.
Zoom in: Four of the 12 founding teams are owned by Americans, American bank JPMorgan was set to finance the project, and the closed format is reminiscent of American sports leagues.
un-American.
The Super League is more analogous to a postseason tournament than a league. The proposal wouldn t have eliminated promotion and relegation; it simply would have changed who makes the tournament.
Like the current Champions League, the Super League would have placed the best European clubs in a group stage/knockout-style competition each year.
The question now turns to how the Big Six should be punished for their scheming. Should they be hit by points deductions and transfer bans? Or should they be hit where it hurts most?
UEFA official slams snake American billionaire team owners for forming new breakaway European Super League as British soccer fans pile on Liverpool s John Henry, Arsenal s Stan Kroenke, and Manchester United s Glazer family for destroying football
A dozen European football clubs have agreed to join a midweek Super League with plans to start in August
The billionaire owners behind the clubs are driving the proposals which have been widely criticized by fans
The ultra-wealthy backers include the US sports moguls behind Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal
Fans targeted owners John Henry (Liverpool), Stan Kroenke (Arsenal) and the Glazer s (Manchester United)
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