How Super League’s collapse could see game enriched in brave new world

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “That bloody super league”, one source said, “was the tool that created this massive imbalance in revenue distribution.” It also created a “negative cycle” that increased disparity at every turn, to the point football’s unpredictability has been eroded. “We’re in uncharted waters.” open image in gallery Uefa’s president has won the battle over the Super League It is not an exaggeration to say it could lead to the eventual reversion of the Champions League to something closer to the 1990s, a much fairer resource distribution model, and maybe even more competitive domestic leagues. The distribution model related to overseas broadcasting revenue is one of the first things the Premier League’s “other 14” want to look at, given it was loaded towards league position in 2018. open image in gallery The Super League fallout could lead to more figures being forced to step down such as Chelsea’s Bruce Buck The US owners wanted to do something that could increase this to five or six times their revenue at the stroke of a pen.