Quite like the idea of a 0.5% levy on every salary in the Champions League / top 5 leagues going to FIFA to administer this league.
In fact that’d likely be waaay too much. But something similar would clearly get the job done.
In fact that’d likely be waaay too much. But something similar would clearly get the job done.
These leagues think that the Club World Cup is a joke, and why would they ever agree to a demand from Fifa for this?
get shamed into it. A series of comparative photos.
In some of the competitions, the owners a multi-billionaires typically. In others, there are not even performance related tv revenue distribution! In most of their respective domestic lower tiers there is no substantive solidarity payments.
Do you think shame is an effective tool? No one will see these photos in the top 5 countries, more so say that it is a (in no particular order) Spanish, English, German, Italian or French problem; consider that those leagues are run independently of their national association.
If OFC wants a league; great. Focus should be on sustainability, over professional.
I think part of it is as Coochie alluded to that their geo-political importance exceeds their GDP.
I’d like to think that FIFA could prop up their poorest with a minuscule fraction of their richest.
An effective PR campaign pointing out the heroism implicit in a small sacrifice to make a truly global game and bring a professional league to the only confederation without it might make it difficult to brazen out at least.
The players and fans and voters particularly.
Pictures of those refusing 0.5% in private jets, expensive cars, etc might not go well against stories of no football grounds after storms or whatever.
I can’t see it happening, but I wouldn’t mind if it did!
And sustainably? 😄😭🤣
How? Selling nuclear trial spots?