European Super League
Sampson Yimer | Serving fans and brands – what we can learn from the ESL backlash
In the aftermath of the European Super League controversy, Sampson Yimer, vice-president, sponsorship consulting at Momentum Worldwide, argues that listening to sports fans has never been more important
Real, Barca, Juve remain committed to ESL idea, other clubs agree peace deal with Uefa
Football clubs Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus have said they remain committed to the ideas that underpinned the recent European 'Super League' proposal and hit out at the "intolerable" pressure and…
Sponsorship left out of European Super League rights equation
Champions League sponsors and major agencies were not consulted ahead of the European Super League’s failed launch last month
Premier League preparing ‘Owners’ Charter’ to tackle Super League threat
The English Premier League has announced it is preparing a new “Owners’ Charter” in response to the mooted European Super League, while the Football Association has commenced a probe into the breakaway compe…
Italian Football Federation introduces ‘anti-Super League’ rule
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has approved an ‘anti-Super League’ rule which will prevent clubs who compete in competitions not recognised by world and European governing bodies, Fifa and Uef…
What the European Super League controversy will mean for sponsorship
The plot by 12 clubs to break away from the Champions League has undermined their claims to represent certain values and engagement with their fanbases. Ben Cronin, global head of Publicis Sport & Entertainment says sponsorship could suffer as a result
‘Binding contracts’ were signed for ESL, says Pérez
Florentino Pérez, president of Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid and founding chairman of the European Super League, has maintained that the 12 clubs that signed up to the breakaway competition …
Best of 2021 | ESL failure leaves governance questions untested
Even as the European Super League project floundered in the face of political and public opposition, its architects claimed it was 'fully aligned' with the law. Ben Cronin asks legal experts to assess the legal merits of the breakaway plot and asks what it means for the European sports model.
Chris Halpin on the NFL’s plans with sportsbooks, international growth
In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Chris Halpin, National Football League chief strategy and growth officer. Eric and Chris also discuss the dramatic rise and fall of the proposed European Super League, Vivid Seats’ plan to go public in a merger with a special purpose acquisition company led by Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly, and a $80m (€66.1m) round of funding for digital sports media entity Overtime.
Premier League to ‘revise rules’ to guard against breakaway threat
Football’s English Premier League is considering a change in its rules that would prevent clubs involved in the breakaway European Super League from joining such a competition in the future.
Sports QC: ESL rebels’ access to Uefa information poses disciplinary question
The European Super League founders’ access to confidential financial information ahead of their plans to create the breakaway competition could leave them open to disciplinary action from football governing b…
Tebas tells Super League rebels to focus on reducing expenses, not bigger revenues
LaLiga president Javier Tebas has suggested that the clubs involved in the European Super League proposals should focus on controlling their expenses as opposed to fixating on generating more revenues
Pérez: European Super League ‘on stand-by’
Florentino Pérez, president of Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid and founding chairman of the European Super League, has maintained the controversial breakaway competition remains “on stand-by”, hint…
Juventus’ Agnelli admits Super League can’t go ahead following club withdrawals
Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli, one of the chief architects of the European Super League, has said the competition can no longer go ahead with nine clubs having now withdrawn their support
European Super League project crumbling as clubs withdraw
The controversial European Super League is on the brink of failure following the withdrawal of all six Premier League clubs involved in the project
The European Super League: A SportBusiness Media analysis
European Super League project collapses after English clubs withdraw on Tuesday evening
The ESL was projecting commercial revenue of about €4bn per season
Bach says ESL puts sport model ‘under threat’ as Infantino ‘strongly disapproves’
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said that the existing structure of European sports is under threat as he weighed in on the proposed breakaway competition The Super League
ESL chairman Pérez claims ‘clubs will die’ due to current Champions League revenues
Florentino Pérez, president of Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid and founding chairman of the highly controversial European Super League, has said the proposed breakaway competition is a necessity …