LogFAQs > #953001408

A few thoughts that I've posted elsewhere:

I would honestly love to see teams such as Tranmere, FCUtd, Oldham, Wimbledon, Leyton Orient, Charlton and the likes gain more local supporters as a result of this. So much more character to the lot of those clubs than the soulless husks that are going to the ESL and a new influx of fans would help a lot of them immensely.

My club would get a massive boost from this if they are expelled from the EPL - we'd almost certainly be promoted, and we'd be a relatively big club too - we'd have gotten CL or EL regularly when we were in the prem without the top 6 around, and we have a massive international fan base right now given our historical size - biggest currently in the championship on some social media sites. It'd also potentially make the EPL and EFL more interesting overall, but it'd probably lead to a fair bit of downsizing with clubs that remain - partially a good thing since it might make them more financially sustainable and stop clubs going into tons of debt in the hopes of promotion, but on the flip side it might just concentrate money even further in the hands of a few clubs, which would just make things miserable as sin. Regardless, I'm not going to watch any super league games and I can't see it being all that popular in countries where the best teams come from, but the money from elsewhere might make it a success.

Regarding the matter of players being excluded from international competition, I don't see it happening this time around. I think it's an empty threat and the PFA will sue the pants off FIFA, UEFA and any other body which does that while current contracts are active. I imagine there'll be a grace period through current contracts, and either the super league will flop or it'll be normalised enough that players will be allowed to play for international teams. Regardless of any of that, I hope all these teams are expelled from their national competitions: it'd be deserved.

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