Yes, it's a stretch to believe that UEFA is objecting strictly on a point of principle.
replyUEFA seems to think people have forgotten that they tried to buy off top teams from the national organizations into a European super league.
In effect they did it anyway with CL.
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replyThe super league wasn't UEFA's doing at all. The top clubs themselves tried to break away and self-organize, and they ultimately won some concessions from UEFA (new CL format, more CL money to the big teams)
replyI think they meant the original idea of the European Super League from the 1980s (that preceded the Champions League)
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