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Originally Posted by stimpee
Ally: the EPL is swimming in cash (un)fortunately. Thats how it goes.Teams either make loads or lose loads. I think Ranger want a slice of that, but if they do they'll have to see how the League of Wales suffers by having Swansea/Cardiff in the English league (tho obviously not to such an extent) because it would harm Scottish football. A victory is still a victory. You won the league. You still have to beat all the others. The Dutch league has been won by PSV/Ajax (except for a handful of years by Feyenoord) since 1981, until this year when AZ won it. Who won it in 81? AZ. People don't level the same arguments at the Dutch league... why not?
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Ideally I'd like to see a wholly British league. If Rangers and Celtic ever get into the Premiership, which doesn't excite me all that greatly, it'd probably do both them and Scottish Football good - I say that because I think fighting for 'best in a country' is better than 'best of the rest' and obviously the prizes would be better. Resources would suddenly be more evenly distributed, although overall revenue would drop for a while. As I alluded to both Old Firm clubs have a fanbase and a global appeal easily as big as Manchester United or Liverpool and given time to adjust and match resource and staff quality, would be fighting it out with them.