MADRID, 27 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The CEO of A22 Sports – the company that manages the European Super League project -, Bernd Reichart, reiterated this Monday his criticism of UEFA’s “monopoly” and praised the “wonderful” model of German football and its “significant development”.
“The DFL (German Bundesliga and Second Division association) is a wonderful example, an alliance of clubs that thinks through important strategic decisions,” Reichart said in an interview with Kicker. “When the DFL took over the organization and marketing of the Bundesliga, the format was not revised, but the organization has developed significantly since then,” he stressed.
Thus, from A22 Sports they recalled that professional German football “continues to respond” to the German Football Federation, and they wondered if this would be possible with the Super League, understood as a competition “self-organized as a member association of UEFA”.
“At the European level, clubs should be allowed to debate in the same way in order to achieve a better competition, with more consistently applied financial rules and economic stability, and without the current hostility in the debate,” Reichart added.
And it is that from the management company of the Super League project they insisted that the UEFA competitions are not profitable enough, since the clubs “lose billions”. “UEFA says that the current system is wonderful. But the clubs themselves have to take the initiative,” he stressed.
“Many in football say that innovations are not possible within the ECA and UEFA due to the monopoly position. The conflict of interest, the accumulation of roles that UEFA plays inhibits development. And the clubs are not free to organize,” criticized Reichart.
Recently, A22 Sports presented a new Super League model with 60-80 clubs and 14 guaranteed matches for all participants, with a classification and promotions based on sporting merits through its national league. Furthermore, there would be no permanent members, contrary to what was initially proposed.
