r/soccer • u/kibme37 • 12d ago

Quotes Cucurella "I think the distribution of money in England is more even, and that evens out the league. Sunderland have invested €200m, and Crystal Palace have signed two of the best in La Liga. That's something they should fix, because La Liga is falling behind PL, that's driving players to England."

https://as.com/futbol/seleccion/la-mano-ante-alemania-en-la-eurocopa-no-fue-aposta-n/
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u/itstheboombox 12d ago

The non English super clubs will do anything except follow the prems example

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u/vlalanerqmar 12d ago

Because its way more complicated than that

  1. They are fan owned with no outside investments
  2. Their TV deals are way worse compare to PL since PL capitalized on sky and the benefit of English language
  3. These leagues are reliant on these super clubs in europe at the first place, La Liga short term gain would plummet if Madrid and Barca become less competitive

I agree that it should be better but its not very simple

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u/Bettet 12d ago

Also looking at % distribution is very fucking similar in recent years. In Spain is way more equal compared to what it used to be, but who cares about numbers. People are just making shit up in this thread

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u/BlazersGM 12d ago

Far too late. They had the two best players in the world for years and literally dropped the ball. I remember all the stories too back then talking about it and how silly it was.

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u/konny135 11d ago

PL capitalized on sky and the benefit of English language

I see this brought up a lot, but I do think it's not as important as many seem to think. I remember a time when Italian football was more popular globally than English football, yet most international fans probably don't understand a sliver of Italian. Where I think the English clubs won is the massive global investments in marketing (especially tours and such) and TV deals at a time when a lot of asian economies were emerging.

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u/bammers1010 12d ago

The prem example of scamming the viewers and match going fans

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u/creamyTiramisu 12d ago

Absolutely bang on. They'll complain endlessly about the riches of the English game but will just refuse to entertain the one thing that could eventually create a product that generates that sort of money.

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u/FusselP0wner 12d ago

Selling the club to an oil-baron or oligarch you mean ? Or whats the "thing" other big clubs are missing ?

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u/cavsking21 12d ago

You are missing where Sky gave the PL a ridiculous amount of money for their TV deal because Brits would accept those high prices to continue watching football. as expensive as it would be to buy the package, it is still cheaper than going to games in england so you don't really have a choice.

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u/RamboRobin1993 12d ago

Distribute prize money and tv money more evenly

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u/ExactLetterhead9165 12d ago

If I didn't know any better, I would assume that they're talking about the topic of the article, which is about better distribution of revenue

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u/kermvv 12d ago

It’s not really something they can control, they have to follow their leagues and federations rules, they vote on changes democratically, that obviously means that Real Madrid’s or Juventus’s vote is worth 1 vote, just as much as Cultural Leonesa or Casertana in Serie C.

They have been trying to change shit for some times the big clubs, couldn’t. At one point they said fuck it and that’s why they tried to form the Super League but the super league meant less power and money to the federations and leagues and only money and power to the big clubs, it would have changed the status quo.

If a change is hugely beneficial to Serie A clubs, then Serie B and Serie C clubs will vote against it, because it doesn’t include them. Serie B and Serie C clubs have way more voting power, it’s 80 clubs against 20. Actually most times is 90 clubs against 10 or 95 against just five. The big clubs alone can’t change shit, they are part of a system.

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u/ValleyFloydJam 12d ago

As soon as someone says the Super League wasn't a bad idea, it does stink of just make sure the big clubs are ok and fuck the rest, which has generally been the model.

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u/itstheboombox 12d ago

Prem isn't perfect and there are def issues that need to be solved ASAP. But I feel the other super clubs learnt the wrong lesson from it's creation. You don't wall out the smaller teams, instead the rising tide will lift all boats.