Tribune. The Super League fiasco is not the Champions League victory. The setback suffered by the twelve [clubs] dissidents is also not the success of UEFA (Union of European Football Associations, English Union of European Football Associations); the very one who, in the face of threats and the paroxysm of football business, for lack of argument, authority and vision, took footballers hostage.
The failure of this almost closed league is first of all the disaster for UEFA. It is the death of a system of one-upmanship, disconnected from the soul of football, that it allowed and that it encouraged.
Only one victory is to be remembered: the power of the base. For the promoters of a football without merit and without values, this victory is a slap in the face. For UEFA, it is a warning. Your institution has faltered. This is the base that has caught up with you. This is the base that saved you.
This failure is first and foremost UEFA’s disaster. It is the death of a system of one-upmanship, disconnected from the soul of football, that she allowed and that she encouraged
The worn model is no longer tenable. The prices of tickets, jerseys and the multitude of memberships rise as fans look away. The “new” model promoted by greedy investors and daring entrepreneurs of a closed league, even before existing, has not found its clientele in Europe. Fans, players and coaches have turned their backs on him.
To all those who think that football must win over consumers all over the world, the answer is clear: it can especially lose everything without its followers down the street. Football is them! They consider it, they love it and cherish it with their European culture of effort and merit.
With the failure of the Super League, it is a real spirit of ground and territory that has been protected. The domestic leagues are preserved. The message is strong: fans aren’t ready for anything for super clubs. But they are for their club of hearts. If the supporters are passionate about the European shocks, it is first of all because they have this local anchoring, refreshing and vital, in his everyday life. Not because we offer them posters of great evenings to their heart’s content.
The audiovisual landscape has changed, as have entertainment consumption patterns. Modern football must reinvent itself around a new model: profitable and responsible, which creates wealth and value for all.
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