Bernd Reichart, CEO of A22, the organizer of the Super League, visited the media and entertainment media this Thursday, on the day that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared that there was a “prevailing attitude of abuse” by UEFA. and FIFA. The German player appeared in television programs, websites and radio stations touting the prosperity of the Super League.

A position that will provide direct and immediate benefit to the participating clubs UEFA and FIFA competitionsHe will no longer be able to impose his own requirements and will have to negotiate; this is something that has not happened so far due to this “dominant position of abuse”. But Reichart, in his zeal to tout the benefits of the Super League, has left behind several refutable statements that are completely vague and even outlandish. We review some of them here:

seven arguments

1-Reichart warned “MATCHES CAN BE WATCHED FOR FREE THROUGH THE APPLICATION CALLED UNIFY, WHICH WILL BE FINANCED BY ADVERTISING. All Super League matches will be free. Fans will see it for free. “Investors believe this is a good time in football.”

If they want to broadcast all matches for free, who will pay for the television rights specified in the contract signed by the founding clubs, which will constitute 20 percent of the approximately 4 billion dollars of revenue to be provided to the clubs? Will 8 percent (400 million) of television revenues be transferred to the solidarity fund?

2-The German stated: ““WE HAVE THE SCOPE TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN 3,000 MILLION ANNUALLY IN ADVERTISING IN THE SUPER LEAGUE.”

Is this statement reliable, considering that the NBA broke its sponsorship revenue record in 2022-2023 and reached $1.66 billion? That is, half of what they thought they would get.

3-“THERE WILL BE LIACRACY. IF A MODEST TEAM HAS A GOOD SEASON, IT WILL BE BLUE IN THE THIRD CATEGORY. They don’t want to have a good season, win the lottery, get into the Champions League once, play six games and then go home. UNION BERLIN IS IN A WORSE SITUATION AFTER PLAYING THE CHAMPIONS.”

Do you really think that Unión Berlin is better off in the third category of the Super League than playing with Real Madrid or Napoli in their group, as they did this season?

4-The CEO of the Super League said, “Clubs have no freedom in UEFA. CLUBS WILL NO LONGER BE EXPOSED TO THREATS OR SANCTIONS. “THEY ARE FREE TO DECIDE THEIR OWN FUTURE.”

So why do they not allow the constituent clubs to leave the Super League and threaten them with sanctions? The question the German doesn’t know how to answer. Is there freedom in the Super League? Of course not, because they threatened those clubs with penalties written on page 167 of the framework agreement.

5- Desiring to argue that the Super League is a fairer competition than the Champions League for modest teams, he stated the following: “CHAMPIONS are a removal for the ‘Outsiders’”.

When Leicester, arguably the competition’s biggest foreign player in recent years, won the Premier League, they went into pot 1 and reached the quarter-finals and were one goal away from reaching the semi-finals. If he gets into the Super League, he will be promoted to the second league at best and will need to have an undefeated season to be promoted to the first league of the Super League. Villarreal or Deportivo are other teams that are not among the aristocracy of European football and have reached the semi-finals in their time.

6-Reichart revealed that “SOME CLUB CALLED ME AND SAID: ‘WE SAY NO, BUT…’”

There are currently only five teams that have not refused to participate in the Super League. Alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Napoli have also confirmed interest in taking part in this league, through president Aurelio De Laurentiis, who proposes another model for the Italian league: “We must make Serie E elite in Italy: “A closed league of 14 clubs league. The seven or eight most important, and then cities with large numbers of residents, such as Palermo or Bari.” Benfica and Feyenoord are also working on this. All other clubs condemned the new rivalry and moved away from it: Atlético, Real Sociedad, Sevilla, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester City, United, Atalanta, Roma, Inter, Marseille, Monaco, PSG, Bayern, Dortmund, Leverkusen, RB Leipzig, RB Salzburg, PSV, Copenhagen, Porto…

7-The last argument is destructive: “IF JON RAHM CHANGED HIS MIND AND JOINED THE SAUDI GOLF SUPERLIFE, WHY WOULDN’T THE SAME THING HAPPEN IN THE CLUBS? “Who kept their distance after the threats of UEFA and FIFA?”

It is interpreted only as an argument.