2006-09-14 08:15:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
Its an old chestnut, but the Champions league was borne out of the fact that some of the richest clubs in Europe were threatening to form a breakaway league, in order to keep more money for themselves. The Champions League is a compromise to keep them happy, whilst trying to keep the competition as a credible European Cup. It is purely a way of more or less guaranteeing that the richest clubs get at least 6 European games a season.
2006-09-14 22:51:21 · answer #1 · answered by Roger B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it would be short competition with 8 teams, what's strange is Chelsea have been champions for the last 2 seasons and Man utd, Arsenal and Liverpool have seeded above them, Is it the champions league or the league of previous champions ?
A few years ago there was talk of an international league between the big clubs of Europe,I guess this is the compromise.
Well the bottom line is MONEY !!
2006-09-14 11:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by Blitz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Champions refers to Champions of Europe, not national champions.
2006-09-14 22:47:27 · answer #3 · answered by Sluugy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all the teams may not be champions that year but there all great team who battle for there home title yearly.
they have made a fantastic competion in the champions league dont diss it
2006-09-15 01:13:13 · answer #4 · answered by faveraus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the uk we traditionally called it the european cup, but it was always referred to by eufa as the champions cup. by increasing the number of teams, and introducing a league format for the group games, they changed it but kept it simple.
The champs league has vastly improved in quality since the old days of the "european cup", back then with only one good team from the big leagues, and a straight knock out format, some dross got through to latter stages, especially when the team from the big countries came up against each other in early stages.
2006-09-14 08:28:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
when it first started it was just the champions from each country but as it became more successful uefa decided to add more teams to make it last longer.
2006-09-14 08:54:24 · answer #6 · answered by mark 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they might desire to be allowed to play, the holders are continuously immediately in the subsequent years opposition no rely have been they end of their league. even yet it may be distinctive if the team has financial problems then they won't be allowed to take part
2016-12-12 08:24:22 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because chamion refers to the best
and the 32 teams are some of the best in europe
also it would be a pretty boring tournamnet with just 8 teams????
2006-09-14 08:17:59 · answer #8 · answered by chris a 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's like the World Series of baseball - only US teams. It's to make it seem more important than it is
2006-09-14 08:26:12 · answer #9 · answered by chillikebab 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its not a "league" anyway,maybe for the first round,but then its a knockout "cup" competition. the european CUP! ynwa
2006-09-14 10:39:25 · answer #10 · answered by ady 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋