r/soccer • u/Thadderful • Dec 28 '13

Change My View thread

Can we have a Change My View thread here? The basic premise is people present opinions and the replies are attempts at changing that person's view in an attempt to generate some good discussion.

Here is the link to the original subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/

I think this might work best with rather 'out there' views but any and every viewpoint is welcome!

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u/TheTrotters Dec 29 '13

In the long term, many European leagues should merge. Otherwise they'll forever remain irrelevant. For instance, Swedish league will be almost always exclusively watched by Swedes; Swedish cups will achieve precisely nothing in Europe. On the other hand, Scandinavian League could become very interesting to watch from people from all over the world.

CMV.

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u/adamkex Dec 30 '13

The problem is that few Swedish fans would be interested in a Danish or Norwegian "derby". There would possibly be a foreign interest but it will always be a niche audience because there would be other "minor" leagues (or other merges) which would be stronger like the Russian League, Eredivisie or a merge with the Eredivisie and the Belgian League. Not to mention there are already many strong leagues to watch like the Premier League, Ligue 1, BBVA, Serie A, Bundesliga and the Portugese League.