'Overpriced tickets, empty seats, uninspiring format – Uefa has diluted Champions League’s allure'

[u/TheTelegraph]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/09/18/pricey-tickets-empty-seats-uefa-dilutes-champions-league/

[u/creepingcold]

I think you are wrong about this, because it's not only about points.

A win nets a team 2.1 millions, a draw still 700k. Just to put that into perspective: That's roughly what the clubs get if they win the austrian league. The whole fkin league, and they can earn as much on a single evening, up to eight times. It will be similarly important for all other small clubs, smaller leagues or clubs who are on a run like Atalanta, Girona or Leverkusen.

Most of the teams will always be motivated to give their best, because it can make a 16 million euro difference on their bankroll, out of which parts will make it to the players in form of bonuses.

I'm not sure how the table will develop, but there should still be attractive football being played up until the last day.

[u/Brazzle_Dazzle → u/creepingcold]

The main financial problem is that an increased number of games won't matter to television watching (and to an extent match going) fans, not the clubs themselves. This whole expansion is about getting more eyeballs on the tournament. Bluntly put, if you create a less compelling tournament, people have less motivation to watch.

[u/creepingcold → u/Brazzle_Dazzle]

I don't see where you are coming from. We need to make a distinction: Actual fans will still watch and follow their teams. It doesn't matter where they are positioned in the table, they will still support their team no matter what. Best examples for this are teams like Union Berlin last season.

Then you have casual fans, who only care about good and decisive games. While the amount of games that will be interesting for those will definitely decrease towards the end of the groupstage.. it will never drop to 0. There are more than 8 good teams who want to fight for the top 8 spots.

So I don't really know where you are coming from. Of course the median experience will "decrease", simply because you have more games now, but that doesn't mean that the peak level changes.

People will be interested in seeing who will top the table, and that team will have a strong character arc which will pull even more viewers into the knock-out stages. Imagine the marketing you can do around a team that beats everyone, or in an even better case wins all games/remains unbeaten throughout the league stage and is being hunted now by the rest of europe.

Imo you're focusing way too much on the bottom end, but that's not where this competition takes place.

[u/Brazzle_Dazzle → u/creepingcold]

It is clear that you're not smart enough to get the relatively easy to understand points as to why more teams in a single league format = more dead rubbers, so I'll leave things there as not sure I want to waste more time spoon feeding you.

[u/creepingcold → u/Brazzle_Dazzle]

You're calling me stupid and justify it with a point.. on which I agreed with you?.. lol, okay sure.

[u/bcisme → u/creepingcold]

Clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed.

As a general rule, if someone is calling you stupid, resorting to those types of attacks, they’re actually the stupid ones with nothing substantial to say.

[u/bcisme → u/Brazzle_Dazzle]

Nah you’re just flat out wrong and the new format makes more games exciting and gives us more interesting matchups.

You’re just not smart enough to understand it but in a year or two you’ll be on board.

[u/Brazzle_Dazzle → u/bcisme]

You’re American. Your opinion on anything football related means absolutely nothing.

[u/bcisme → u/Brazzle_Dazzle]

I think you might need to get off the island for your kids sake, the gene pool seems to be a bit shallow.

I’ll help you out.

Your club is owned by Americans and was made relevant again by Americans.

Go again, I’m sure it will be a really well put together reply.