Quote:I don't see a relegation system ever working here.

 

Personally, I hate the way the Euro leagues are structured. Unless you are a fan of one of the top 4 or 5 clubs, your team has no shot at winning a title.

Well im a chelsea fan so I can understand where you are coming from because its always fun for me to watch epl since they have been in the hunt ever since roman abrohamovich took over and its pretty much been the same teams for the past decade that win the league. But, the system does provide oppotunity for teams like south hampton who where relegated a few years ago only to build a strong side in the lower league come back into the preimiership and make to push Into a postion where they are contenders to qualify for the champions league next year. Winning the league is a big deal dont get me wrong, but witht the structuring of the chmpions league it creates a level of competiveness at the top of the league tables that is always fun to watch in any league. That is obviously somthing the american league would be lacking( champions league) but i still think it would promote a opportunity for alot of different in clubs in the US to grow. Esspecially considering the US is decades(if not longer) from having teams that have anything near the salary budgets of top tier euro teams, i dont think our problem will be having the same teams always winning at the top. Imo, thats something that comes from lopsided salary budgets from one team to another. Chelsea for example will be good for a while because if the offload their talent, they will increase their budget to spend, thus cycling in top players. Other teams will have to find a diamond in the ruff, such as tottenham with gareth bale , to be able to spend the same amount of money as chelsea will just dumping a few players. This, imo, is the real reason euro soccer seems to cater to top teams more than others, not league structure.

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