And did they make a ham-fisted mess of it? Or did they chuck it out there as the worst that it could be, breach a taboo subject, and now invite conversation on something slightly more palatable that 3 months ago would have been reviled?
There is that, I'd be surprised though if they anticipated the level of criticism that came their way. The proposal managed to unite, pretty much every league, player/management/club association in Europe. They even had governments, the EU, members of the Royal family come out against it. Now I know the reply to that is many of them can't do anything apart from complain. However the way several clubs got colg feet very quickly seems to suggest that they weren't ready for it all.
Of course many of them will change their tune if they were given a cut of some extra cash.
One thing that stuck me as odd was that all the clubs signed up to the new format of the champions league very shortly before this announcement. I guess they weren't really happy but signed up anyway. I guess we'll see whathappens if the CL format is revisited in the near future, it's a good indicator of what who has the upper hand in all the power play stuff in European football.
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