by PirateMuffins » Wed Nov 28, 2012 6:31 pm
Are they kidding? It would water the entire thing down, i wouldn't even bother watching matches in the group stages, instead i would just wait until the knockout stages until the real quality kicked in, i'm sure alot of others would do the same.
If UEFA want the second-tier competition to be popular again then they'll have to go back to the old format where only the champions of the league qualified for the main European competition, the rest can be shoved into the second competition, maybe throw in a CL place the following season for the winner? It'd sure boost it's popularity ten-fold.
Of course they'll never do that as there's just too much money in the Champions League now, expanding the competition is not the way to go though, bad bad idea imo.