Little known fact- All German clubs are required to be at least 51% owned by fans. That’s why you don’t see any of them in this exclusive league.

We’re so clueless. That very model is in place right as we speak in all our pro sports teams lol

As someone from England, thank you for covering this.

Its already happened here. Its called the NBA.

I wish more mainstream shows would discuss this

Always good to have a point of view from you about what happen in European Sports! I follow your show as much as possible. Cheers from Portugal!

Never mind what is happening over there. Pay attention to what is happening over here. It's called the NFL and it is about as closed and elitist as anyone could imagine.

As an ⚽️🏈 fan, happy that the US media covers it. An US Bank and many ⚽️ owners who also own an NFL team like the Bucs (Glazer Family) have this idea of a closed league like American Sports have it, but it does not work here in Europe and I doubt it will happen, the measurements UEFA would consider are to much. The main reason Reals owner Florentino Perez wants the league is because of the lack of money they made because of the pandemic. ⚽️ has a huge problem...

I truly believe a relegation system is much more fun to watch than the franchise system that we have here....the lower half of teams play and compete like beasts to not get relegated, while shitty teams here in the US just give up after half a season and keep staying shitty because they have Nothing to play for- This is why I stopped watching (I still follow my teams) but I just stopped watching actual NBA/NFL games in favor for the English Premier League where even the last place team, plays their hearts out until the end

The Super League is dead .... Long live Football, Long live the real football fans !!!

Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United are pulling out of the Super League. Victory for the fans! 🙌 Looks like it's dead.

What do you mean could? This is exactly how it's always been in the US, where leagues have a monopoly and fans have no power.

Thank you for covering this Rich

Super league collapsed already fans win again

This is already happening, all leagues are a business club with their own rules. NFL and NBA are already rich playgrounds. Charges prove this.

The Europeans have been making fun of the MLS, but yet the Super League is just a hybrid version of the MLS

"Margin call Mortimer" what a perfect Changing Places reference for this story!

Listening from Germany everyday. Great show!

It's just every American league isn't it? They even made merch for continuing to suck as a team, Trust the Process and all that.

To be fair the MLS has no relegation system

It won't happen in the US, because it already happened... a closed league is what they are trying to make, and what the supporters are angry about.

This is why rich eisen show is the best...covers all sports

U.S. needs promotion/regulation...

Was just using this as an example the other day lol

Keep a close eye indeed, because this attempt by the Glazers, Florentino Perez, Agnelli and JP Morgan to NFL-ize top European football crashed and burned in just over 24 hours, because of the fans' resistance and football is about the fans, NOT ABOUT THE REVENUE!

This idea was scratched almost as soon as it was announced.

This has been my take from the get. Rich obviously said it WAY better than I could. 51/49 rule needs to be implemented in Euro Soccer. Kroenke out.

I literally made this same point when Rich first talked about the super league

I can think of a few SEC, ACC, Big 10 & Pac 12 colleges would be willing to set up a “super conference.”

this didn't age well crushed by a 15 minute bus delay and some celery. superleague my arse

Love the press this shambles of a Super League is getting

It's over.... All the English clubs involved have pulled out....

College Football already has a 'closed playoff'. No matter what happens in the regular season, the College Football Playoff is Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State + 1 at-large team. They don't have to play in their Conf Champ Game, they don't have to win their division, they don't even have to just PLAY in their Conf Champ game. It's just always Alab, Clem, OSU +1

100% right

Yeah college sports is the closest analog to Europe's open system that we have and it's already nearly a closed system now in football. Can a non-P5 team even challenge for a title anymore? Nope.

North American sports already do this.

I LOVE that Seinfeld quote

SEC has been trying to expand to 20 teams for a decade

America has a Unsuper League The MLS

Owners of the 6 English Super League Clubs: "We are prepared for major backlash from the fans" Fans united: "Hold our beers"...

It is. It's called the NFL.

The Super League is the most ''old billionaire white guy discussing with other billionaires how to screw their employees to generate bigger profits''

Dear Rich, I love your Show an Sundays, I watch it here from Germany every week during the NFL Season. NFL is a great show and really awesome to watch, but you can’t compare it in any way with European football. As a (ill call it soccer) Fan you don’t choose, your born in to the club you support. I would never change the support to my club, even if my club would move like a franchise to somewhere else. I would never support a new franchise years later if somebody would think my town would again fit a new franchise. Of course, money is a big deal in Soccer too, but maybe it is comparable with your love for your colleague. I know it’s a little bit hard to understand, but for 99,99% of all soccer clubs (and here I mean all of them staff, player, fans, community’s) , winning/competing is more important than money and the main reason why we support our club is the competition, winning, losing and you will maybe know by now the "love" for the sport itself. The head of this video say "if don’t think a super league could happen here" you already have 4 Super Leagues. There called NHL, NFL, NBA and MLB from our point of view. This is not and it will never be the way it works in European Soccer. Hope this message finds a way to you, you’re a great guy, would love to enlighten you with my explanation.

Title 9 stops this from happening. Even the football titans need the other schools for all of their other sports. That’s why ND is in the ACC. But it could happen if college football breaks away from the school & becomes a professional league with paid players.

You have super leagues in the US. They are NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, MLS etc. Those are closed competitions and you have no relegation up or down. If you suck for years there are no consequences. The club plays in the same division no matter what. That is what the Super League wanted to remove from European football. That is messing with the core of sports for us here. That is the reason fans are so agitated. We want our clubs to have a chance at beating the big ones. If the big ones suck they lose out, are relegated and have to compete at a lower level.

NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, are all literally this model...

This will happen in college football. Its already kind of happened with all the schools moving to the acc for basketball.

NFL, NBA, MLB,... you already have super leagues. We dont want teams like the Jets (sorry Rich) that are bad for 10 years and dont get punisher for it rather they get paid in millions

Us sports teams don't get relegated and any city buys a team is in the competition that is exactly the point

And now it is basically dead all English teams want out in addition to 2 Spanish clubs which are rumored to want out as well

Don't we already have a Super League in the NFL? There are teams trying to win the Super Bowl and teams that are happy just selling tickets.

I mean... all our major sports leagues hog all the talent. There are no competitors

It will happen with the Power 5 conferences, they don't the need the NCAA.

32 teams. 12 games. And the other schools can not loose players unless there is some kind of limited draft with compensation.

Agreed it’s about the selfish pursuit of money and as one side enriches themselves the others lose out, thankfully this has now been kyboshed, but interesting to get your perspective. I always think of Americans being just like us, Brits, but the money at all costs culture seems to have bigger pushback over here. Love the show and good luck with Zack!

Texas, usc, Florida, Ohio, Clemson, Auburn have already sent each other emails.......

European soccer and American college football have quite a few similarities. An American college football super league is a very real possibility.

I would love to see a college football 32 team league. Instead of a bunch of 11-1 teams nationwide, we'd find out what the real relative strengths of the top 32 NCAA teams are. Who enjoys watching 62-7 routs?

How is MBL not already a super league. The don't include lots of local AAA, AA, and other farm teams - it's not an open system.

“It’s about money...” good luck

Americans don’t understand European football passion! Fans win over money everyday! We created again the game and no foreign influence will change that! The reason why football is Number 1 in the world is due to the heritage and competitiveness nature of winning titles and being relegated. If you watch the top teams play top teams over and over again with no winner and loser isn’t competitive sport! Why do you think no European watches NFL or NBA? It’s so boring! 48hrs it’s taken for fans, players, government and royal family to crush the American model! You can’t franchise British history

The NBA is where a super league is most likely, for a number of reasons: (1) it is losing popularity at a rapid pace, while (2) losing money at a similar pace. (3) It is top heavy, with (4) fewer and fewer teams consolidating the best players into super teams. At some point, it will become clear that people have lost interest in the NBA, and when that happens, the Super League idea will start getting thrown around.

Very reminiscent of the ncaa college football playoffs...

Yeah let see how this works out. Maybe check the news again.

It's called a Competition Committee

The take away from Rich's opinion is that cash is not king when it comes to sport in Europe. We've seen these con-men off in less than 2 days, collectively. Sports fans in the states have been conned into thinking that you should be thankful to the owners for providing you with a club. Our response it that they are your clubs and they should be showing you gratitude for your continued support, both financial and otherwise. Grow a set a sort it out Rich. The Knicks aren't Dolans they are yours. How long would they last if no-one showed up to watch their games? TV would shun them as no-one wants to watch games lacking in any atmosphere and the players of all teams would hate playing at MSG. 2 months of collective action, at most, and you will force him out and get your team back. Try it and see, can't make things any worse at this point.

Could be funny to see fx Timberwolves, Pistons or Magic...relegated to G League as a punishment for being bad franchises 😂

So you think that the NFL would split their teams in half to create a league with less teams? Less teams, less games, doesn't add up to more money. If you're playing in less areas those teams are drawing less money. This is all for nothing because the teams have pulled out anyway.

From England thank you, great impartial coverage Rich to the American fans getting them to see the other side... Everyone is over the moon this is dead in the water!!

The EU super league should be no surprise to any Americans since all US sports leagues are already structured like the now dead ESL. There’s no relagation/punishment for horrid performances and it’s open secret certain teams tank or refuse to spend money to be competitive while making bank from their guaranteed allotted league revenue. It’s just we are all used to it.

Without relegation isn’t every league here a super league ?

Good. There should be a super league in college football. Who the hell wants to watch number 1 alamaba beat lower south central state every week by 50 points

I have no idea what a super league is.

What's the problem with the current NFL model? It works for me. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

But you have it in the USA already? The NBA, NFL and NBA clubs own the leagues, unlike in UEFA Champions League. The US model is what us European football (soccer) fans do not want. Even the English Premier League still has three relegation spaces each year and sits atop a wider 130 year league system.

Completely different, wise up! In soccer, (football in the rest of the world) the teams develop LOCAL talent. It would be like the NE Patriots have about 80% of their players born in NE and were developed through the farm system the NE Patriots would run in NE. Most people in Manchester United came from Manchester. Totally different than with North American sports.

Seems to me that The Premier League are mocking the whole American sports since all six of the clubs are now leaving the Super League. To them there is no sport without promotion and relegation. Such mentality..

I wonder what would have happened if all 20 EPL clubs were invited to join ESL ? Don’t trust club owners and UEFA.

Fans will decide the fate of the super league. Boycott the matches and it will eventually fold.

We know what it's about mate lol! It's not some big news flash.

Idk why u mention just the English teams like Madrid, Barca, juve are there aswell and eventually if English clubs quit it still might not be the end! It’s a good idea to have more high demand/ high quality games but not over their domestic league or champions league games, if they make this competition a summer thing instead of the stupid friendlies that would be pretty interesting! Champions league lost the interest in last few years for many supporters and this idea of super league came just because of how the UEFA and FIFA just didn’t do anything! And please let’s not forget how corrupt FIFA is!!!

I would welcome a super league in college football especially if it got rid of the NCAA. The dynamics for college and Europe are much different and I think it would work here and be detrimental in Europe.

It's not happening 🙌🏼

It already has happened. CFP is a super league.

We have to save football

It’s a super league right meow....

Good. It should happen in college football. College football is the reason the NCAA is broken. These guys are killing themselves for nothing.

let em form the damn League.. we don't have to attend those matches.. problem solved

We have 4 super leagues

There’s already a super league. It’s called the SEC

WTF!? DO YOU THINK US SPORTS ARE ABOUT NOW?

Dont talk if you dont know the story or the sport,

College football is already a super league, you really think any team outside of the favored by the committee has a chance of making the playoffs? They get the consolation prize of a useless bowl

The ESL is dead in the water...

Nfl ran by owners Nba ran by players Football ran by fans 💯💯💯💯

The super League is dead. All 6 English teams are now out. That answers that.

What BS from Eisen; American pro sports are already super leagues. No promotion or relegation, speak about communism, can think of no better representation than this.

I'm 100% in favor of it happening in the NCAA. Better football all around. And it kicks the NCAA in the balls. And maybe they could pay the kids.

Lol didn't even bother watching the video. EVERY American pro sport is a super league, but worse, because there's more reward to finishing last than middle of the pack lol. Hell, March Madness is the American Champion's League.

The first thing I thought about when I heard this idea, was college football. Not real sure just what I would do if something like that happened in my favorite sport, college football. From your list, Oregon would be in the Super league, but, I'm just not sure how it would affect me. Personally. I'd hate it, but, would I watch it or not? Not real sure. The only time I really watched the College Football Playoff was when Oregon was involved. Would this really change things for the top teams? Would Alabama and Clemson keep facing every couple of years? Would I even care? I sure don't now.