Gman1111110 t1_j2d30ig wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:03 AM

European model is based on sport and is open to teams to go as far as they want/deserve up or down the leagues. That’s the fundamentals of sport, the way it should be. US franchises can get up and move away to another city or state.

rabman123 t1_j2d5syu wrote on December 31, 2022 at 10:42 AM

But most American sports also come with good aspects like salary caps. An owner worth 20 billion won’t have a significant advantage over a team with an owner worth 3 billion. This system rewards good management and talent development since all teams are competing with similar financial limitations.

In European soccer the rich teams stay at the top because they can continually offer the largest contracts to the best players. If small clubs want to win and consistently compete at the top level, they can only hope to be bought by a rich sugar daddy. The pure capitalism of European soccer also kills competition. The financial gap between the top and bottom of the table is too massive to be fair by any stretch