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Originally Posted by Marc Vaughan
This is something thats been 'mooted' many times, however its not something which English clubs are particularly fond of the idea of obviously .... a new club in England has to start at the bottom of the pyramid and work their way up through the divisions - as such them jumping into the Premiership wouldn't be fair on the teams placed below them.
You've also got added complications from the fact that Scotland recieve their own allowance of Champions League & EUFA cup spots as such Rangers and Celtic are guarenteed revenue from these competitions each year - something which its unlikely they'd get if they competed in the Premiership.
Incidentaly if you're interested we ran a simulation around a year and a half ago for a national newspaper in Scotland to see how they'd fair in the Premiership.
Rangers finished outside of the relegation places but in the lower end of the table, Celtic managed a EUFA Cup spot as I recall.
This isn't too suprising if you look at their squads, simply put because of the lack of competition in Scotland nether team has real depth of quality players to call upon should they recieve injuries.
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I thought the Euro places might be an issue. But wouldn't the revenue from EPL TV rights, finishing positions, and attendance at cup matches make up for gap in revenue from automatic Euro spots? BTW, do teams really receive such a large sum of money for finishing in top positions in the English league? I'm sure they do since FM strives for accuracy, but where does the money come from?