The European system is broken in the sense that you have 2 to 5 teams per league being head and shoulders above everyone else. This is because their president a

The European system is broken in the sense that you have 2 to 5 teams per league being head and shoulders above everyone else. This is because their president are super-rich (e.g. Real Madrid) or because they act as a political shield (e.g. Olympiacos FC) for mafiosi masked as business men. Just to be clear: I totally dislike the idea of a super-league. Additionally, I dislike the lack of salary cap. The fact that Real Madrid bench could come 5th in a league of 24th teams is hurting the sport. Real Madrid should not be allowed to have more than X number of high contracts, directly or indirectly. In the same vein, when an owner does not have guaranteed income and/or cannot support a soccer/basketball/whatever team, for the good of the sport he/she/they should be stripped away of the license. There are other issues that come into play like players taxation: The reason the European soccer centre moved from Italy to Spain was because of tax cuts enjoyed by Spain's clubs. A 15 mil/year contract is different in Real Madrid/Barcelona than AC Milan/Juve for example. Regarding the champions league... The fact that the UK, Italy and Spain have three teams with only 1 or 2 of them playing knock-out games to enter the first fixture is bullocks. I Yugoslavian super-team called "Red Star" would never have won in 1991 if today's system was applied. The current system generates lots of more money at the top leagues, leaving leagues in poor countries starved. This is because the competition is a lot harder: a team from Greece will have to face multiple teams from Italy, Spain and the UK. Additionally, although Olympiacos plays a the "champion" of Greece, Inter Milan might be playing as the 2nd best in Italy. It's not a "Champions League" anymore, indirectly, it s a "who-has-more-money" league already :-) As many already pointed out. The first thing UEFA needs to do is bring back the "champions league" by banning everyone who does not hold last year's championship from current competition. Allow teams from poorer countries to join the competition. That will drive money to these teams and enhance the competition (a celebrity coach) mentioned something similar on an interview... Instead of having a CL that is becoming competitive around April, it could have been competitive from day one just by turning the CL to a 90s style CL. Anyway, UEFA now has all the big clubs on their knees. As an AC Milan fan, I'm ashamed of the club's conduct. Hopefully, UEFA will do what needs to be done and finally introduce some sorely needed reforms.