Igor Linnik: "Now the national leagues, including the APL, will have to come to terms with the role of second divisions"

Famous journalist Igor Linnik shared his vision of what awaits world football in connection with the fact that the Super League won the court against UEFA and FIFA.

"On Christmas Eve 2023, another evolutionary shift took place in world football - the European Court of Justice de jure and de facto eliminated the monopoly of public organisations - FIFA and UEFA - on the management of professional football.

This is a truly historic, epochal event!

In terms of its consequences, it is comparable to the Bosman case, as a result of which players and coaches got out from under the bondage of clubs. Let me remind you that before that the rights to players, even after the expiry of their contracts, were still retained by clubs for several years - players could not leave for other teams without the consent of their previous employers....

Now the European Court of Justice has given the clubs themselves the opportunity to get out from under the monopolistic bondage of federations - both international and - it is only a matter of time! - and national ones.

This means that from now on clubs have the right to organise various kinds of competitions at their own discretion - and to earn money bypassing public intermediaries. And no one has the right to impose any kind of sanctions on them for this!

Is it good or bad? It depends on whom.

Public intermediaries will be ruined in the foreseeable future if they do not stop pissing against the wind as persistently as they do. None of their regulations and restrictions can stop the impending changes.
National leagues, including the APL, will have to put up with the role of second divisions and other championships.
A new world will open up for clubs with big money and civilised registration, where there will be no restrictive borders. And whoever is the first to launch a global project, such as a Super League (perhaps even a world league), and form a pool around it will open a football klondike.

New opportunities await the players too, although their growing appetites will undoubtedly be restrained by club owners in the way they are restrained in professional sports leagues in North America.
The spectators will not be left out of pocket either. There will be so much outstanding football that it will be impossible to review it - every day, at different times - to give live broadcasts for different time zones.

Ukrainian football with its meagre market and economic base will neither gain nor lose anything - our clubs will train players for export, which, if done properly, also promises good profits.

In short, go who can!", Linnyk wrote on his Facebook page.