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hn_submit 2 hours ago

I find the UEFA standpoint a little disingenuous since commercial interests have been a top priority in football (soccer) for decades. Claiming that allowing investors to participate will hurt the sport are at the very least a misrepresentation of the current situation.

Although I disagree with his methods and goals I enjoy watching the way Infantino uses power play to stack the cards in his favor.

The only way for the UEFA to reclaim authority would be to demand two-thirds voting rights. The model of "one country, one vote" clearly works to UEFA's disadvantage even though its clubs contribute the majority of FIFA's income.

t0mpr1c3 an hour ago | parent [-]

Yes, it's a stretch to believe that UEFA is objecting strictly on a point of principle.

UEFA seems to think people have forgotten that they tried to buy off top teams from the national organizations into a European super league.

In effect they did it anyway with CL.

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bl0b 32 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The super league wasn't UEFA's doing at all. The top clubs themselves tried to break away and self-organize, and they ultimately won some concessions from UEFA (new CL format, more CL money to the big teams)

bwnkl 7 minutes ago | parent [-]

I think they meant the original idea of the European Super League from the 1980s (that preceded the Champions League)

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