Reimagining Champions League: What if we split teams based on club revenue?

Mino Raiola suggested that football should have two tournaments for clubs with budgets of more than 200 million and one for those with between 50 and 200 millions. The Champions League group stage ended this week. Juventus, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid were eliminated. In sports there are no mechanisms to ensure parity, like the draft, salary cap or free agency. In Formula One the best cars win about 98.9% of the time. But people still like it. They don't accept unfair advantages. It's like playing football with 12 men or taking performance-enhancing drugs. or bribing referees.

Reimagining Champions League would be good for competitive balance and entertainment. Clubs with similar resources would compete against each other. The winner of the Final Four would most likely be a club from the top tier. The lower tiers would have a fighting chance at an upset. Gab Marcotti explains why the Premier League's financial clout is underplayed. He also explains the reasons why it's undervalued. It's because the game is more meaningful. There are more games with meaningful competition. They are less like two heavyweights stomping over smaller clubs. In the current system, they often see two heavyweight stomp over small clubs and then taking it easy on each others.