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The European Super League will harm football

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Business Standard Editorial Comment New Delhi
European football, the epicentre of global sport, is facing a Kerry Packer moment with the creation of a breakaway European Super League. But unlike Packer’s experiment, which enhanced the sex appeal of a waning sport and eventually ensured professional cricketers were paid better wages, this league launched by 12 stellar clubs from England, Spain and Italy — Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan and Juventus, to name a few — is likely to do immeasurable harm to one of the most dynamic of global sports.

This new tournament is styled on the American-style baseball leagues and is