cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50224104
Two further changes to the Champions League
The first of those two changes relates to the ‘Unify’ streaming platform suggested by The Superleague. It would provide a free streaming platform that would broadcast games globally. This would include a free version with more adverts, and a paid version without them. Money would then be made via advertising, and it would end the current TV deal format as we know it.
The other proposal relates to the format. Their idea is to divide the current 36-team league format into two groups of 18. The best-qualified group (according to UEFA ranking) of 18 would play each other in eight games, with the top eight qualifying for the Round of 16. The second eight in ‘Group 1’ would then play the top eight from ‘Group 2’, consisting of the teams ranked 19th to 36th.


