Football championships that are predictable

[souza155]

Some European championships are becoming predictable, with the same teams being champions every year. What you think of this is how to make these championships more competitive.

 

[Davey_H]

since the money started pouring in, it's become one of those catch 22/vicious circle things whereby whoever was at the top when this happened has stayed there.
They get more prize money, they get more TV money, they get the money from the champions league, gate receipts and merchandising are up, plus being in the champions league enables them to attract better players, plus they can afford higher wages, so the strong get stronger and the gap increases.
Also if they're a "glamour club" with a global reach, the football authorities in their country might not want to see this changed. Then Premier League chair Richard Scudamore once said that Man United being up there every season was actually good for the league as it meant a bigger audience and more world interest, comparing it to more people tuning in when Tiger Woods was about to win a tournament than they would if it was a lesser known golfer (I'm guessing these comments were pre 2010!)

 

[henriquemaduro]

Some European championships are becoming predictable, with the same teams being champions every year. What you think of this is how to make these championships more competitive.

I think that with the money that is entering the world of football, more and more billionaires and giant companies buying the teams will be more disputed.

 

[souza155]

I think that in Spain and England we still have a competition, with different teams winning the championship, but in germany and france it is not fun to watch.

 

[Davey_H]

aren't Lille or Lyon about to win the league in France though? Completely unexpected given PSG's resources and recent dominance.
Agree about Germany though

 

[BART777]

I agree on the German championship, now this is the biggest disappointment of the top 5 leagues. even the French championship found competition, although there seemed no prospect for this.
also happy about the Italian championship, where the new champion and until the last rounds the fight for the top 4 --- getting into the Champions League. due to this, attention to the Italian championship has increased and if it continues as well, they will return to their old positions and will be in the top 3 championships along with Spain and England. and there teams from Italy will be more successful in the Champions League.

 

[maxivega]

The only solution is a financial fair play. It cannot be that 3 or 4 teams of the world buy any player that they propose, Using their infinite capital. And most clubs have no way to compete against that.

 

[pljosko]

This will be the case until those in football, too, introduce something like a salary cap in the NBA. The richest clubs spend huge amounts of money on bringing in players and regularly win all the trophies, but financially they fail to exceed the huge expenses. Recently, the establishment of an elite competition for the "European football cream" failed, as an attempt by the richest clubs to cover losses, because reducing the costs of hiring players would result in equalizing the quality with the poorer clubs. It is good that it ended like that, because it can result in a more uniform quality of teams in the coming period, and more uncertain leagues.

 

[Davey_H]

agree with the 2 posts above. Unfortunately UEFAs "financial fair play" is like one of those ministries in 1984 - it does the opposite of what the title would suggest. It's a way for the current elite to pull the rope up behind them. They claim it's to stop clubs from spending beyond their means and going in to administration but that still happens anyway, several times a season here in the UK.
If they were serious about financial fair play there'd be a set transfer budget and salary cap for all clubs.

 

[namvidnee]

Some European championships are becoming predictable, with the same teams being champions every year. What you think of this is how to make these championships more competitive.

The clubs had a good idea. But she was buried. I'm talking about the Super League