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Board Gambling discussion
Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season
by
hyudien
on 07/07/2024, 15:30:32 UTC
Is this good for the game? While it's fun to see these scrappy teams play, are we degrading the competition? Europa League as consolation reward, participation trophy? Man, no idea. It puzzles. It's entertaining, but it's not top-notch football.
For a team that is used to being in the Champions League, being in the Europa League is certainly a setback that they experience, so I see they are less enthusiastic about getting the title here. Obviously I don't mean to belittle or demean the competition here, but in reality many strong teams were unable to reach the final and they were even defeated by teams with mediocre status. Maybe it's true that they're not really interested in becoming champions, or that this just happened by chance.
Yes, the Europa League is good entertainment, but this only applies to teams that cannot compete in the Champions League so that they get a situation that is at least similar to the Champions League, although not as big as the Champions League. Some people don't even really watch the Europa League or they don't have the same interest as they do in watching the Champions League.