European Super League will destroy football tradition, says La Liga

La
Liga
maintains
that
the
creation
of
a
league
designed
to
enrich
the
biggest
clubs
and
concentrate
power
among
a
small
number
of
teams
that
already
dominate
European
football
would
also
lead
to
the
loss
of
tens
of
thousands
of
jobs
and
drastically
reduce
tax
revenues
for
the
public
purse
across
the
continent.
Likewise,
the
political
authorities
of
the
European
Union,
in
this
case,
the
Council
of
Europe
have
positioned
itself
against
the
Super
League
and
the
European
Parliament
has
defended
an
open,
democratic
model
based
on
meritocracy,
supported
by
87%
of
the
votes.

Javier
Tebas,
president
of
LaLiga,
at
the
headquarters
of
the
Spanish
Confederation
of
Business
Organisations
(CEOE)
in
Madrid
where
the
KPMG
report
was
presented,
stated,

“The
format
they
are
talking
about
is
very
detrimental
to
the
national
leagues,
so
they
know
that,
if
they
explain
it,
the
opposition
to
it
will
remain
strong.
Let’s
hope
the
Super
League
doesn’t
go
ahead
because
it
will
destroy
the
local
leagues
and
their
supporters.
We
cannot
allow
football
to
be
in
the
hands
of
the
clubs
with
the
most
money,
we
have
to
find
a
balance”.

KPMG’s
2022
expert
report
estimates
an
overall
revenue
loss
for
La
Liga
of
up
to
55%.
Additionally,
the
loss
of
value
for
non-Super
League
clubs
will
be
up
to
64%.
Numbers
that,
as
LaLiga
determines,
are
similar
to
those
of
other
leagues
in
their
proportion.

The
domestic
leagues
account
for
more
than
70%
of
revenues
in
European
football
and
are
basic
components
in
the
economic
and
sporting
ecosystem
of
European
football.
The
40
European
professional
leagues
and
associations
generate
total
revenue
of
€25.725
billion
with
€11
billion
in
audiovisual
rights.

Among
LaLiga’s
main
conclusions,
based
on
the
data
from
the
KPMG
report,
the
following
should
be
highlighted:

·
The
domestic
leagues
in
each
country
are
the
engine
of
the
industry,
accounting
for
more
than
70%
of
the
value
of
football
in
Europe.

·
The
Super
League
would
destroy
Europe’s
economic
and
sporting
ecosystem,
impacting
the
distribution
of
money
between
European
clubs
and
federations.

·
In
the
short
term
there
will
be
an
economic
vacuum
from
the
domestic
leagues
in
favour
of
the
Super
League,
a
model
that
in
the
medium
term
will
lead
to
reduced
revenues
for
its
own
clubs.

·
There
is
a
successful
model
in
Europe
with
a
balanced
ecosystem,
which
has
allowed
the
creation
of
a
large
industry
that
the
Super
League
would
completely
destroy.
Reforms
must
be
made,
but
the
Super
League
is
not
the
solution.

“We
care
about
the
rules
of
the
court
and
what
they
say,
but
what
matters
most
to
us
is
the
stability
of
our
industry
and
if
we
have
to
fight
for
regulations
that
defend
the
stability
of
the
European
model
we
will
do
so.
We
do
not
want
to
be
governed
by
those
who
have
the
most
assets;
we
are
more
than
the
20
richest
clubs
in
football.
We
like
models
like
the
ones
in
Spain,
La
Liga,
where
there
is
a
distribution
and
we
don’t
do
what
the
clubs
with
the
most
assets
have”,
Mr
Tebas
emphasised
at
the
presentation.

The
Super
League
is
proposing
the
same
model
as
in
2019

In
2019,
European
football
already
rejected
outright
a
Super
League
model
with
promotion
and
relegation
between
European
competitions.
This
model
is
similar
to
the
semi-closed
model
currently
sought
by
the
Super
League.
Access
to
European
competitions
must
be
maintained
on
sporting
merit
from
domestic
sporting
competitions,
otherwise
it
would
mean,
among
other
things,
the
disappearance
of
qualification
on
sporting
merit
and
the
disappearance
of
the
chances
of
all
clubs
to
qualify
for
European
competition.
Reforms
are
needed
in
Europe,
but
the
Super
League,
where
the
big
clubs
want
to
decide
everything,
is
not
the
solution.

The
Council
of
Europe
has
taken
a
position
against
the
Super
League
and
the
European
Parliament
has
defended
an
open,
democratic
and
merit-based
model,
backed
by
87%
of
the
votes.

The
Super
League
would
lead
to
the
destruction
of
LaLiga’s
competitive
balance
and
of
the
football
industry

According
to
an
analysis
by
La
Liga,
the
Super
League
would
increase
revenues
by
€400m
for
both
Real
Madrid
and
FC
Barcelona,
who
would
also
maintain
their
commercial
capacity.
This
also
means
a
55%
loss
of
revenue
for
the
rest
of
the
La
Liga
clubs,
by
creating
a
less
attractive
domestic
league
and
decreasing
interest
for
Spanish
fans.

In
short,
the
big
clubs
will
benefit
to
the
detriment
of
the
medium
and
small
clubs.
This
will
increase
the
gap
and
the
only
beneficiaries
will
be
the
players
of
the
top
clubs,
who
represent
only
5%
of
the
players
in
La
Liga.

The
Super
League
would
also
lead
to
the
destruction
of
the
industry:
GDP,
employment
and
taxes.
The
overall
economic
impact
on
broadcasting
rights
would
reduce
the
relevance
of
domestic
competitions
by
diluting
the
talent
of
top-level
teams
in
local
leagues,
increasing
match
congestion,
with
the
possible
moving
of
domestic
matches
to
midweek.