Bayern winning 10. The premier league having a “big six” and only 2 different teams qualifying for UCL in years (Leicester and Newcastle). La Liga being a 2 horse race with occasional atletico. Even serie A has 5-6 good teams and every one doesn’t compete. Ligue 1 is only PSG. How do fans just accept that domestic leagues have no parity? There is no feasible way anyone can ever expect Brighton to win the PL when if they have one good year, their best players are bought. Big clubs are insanely well established and small teams can’t complete without getting bought out. It seems so unfair to me. Like, I feel like if the European scene was more fair with better parity, Dortmund should’ve been able to keep Haaland and Bellingham as their 2 starlets. The best example of this is Lewandowksi at Dortmund. He wins the league with Dortmund twice, loses to Bayern in the UCL final, and then just joins the best team. That was the best move for his career. It feels like the scene is just scene so a team like Dortmund can never compete with Bayern. Or how after Real beat Atletico in 2014, Atletico’s keeper joined Real 4 years later, and now Real remains the super team with Atletico just trying to qualify for UCL knockouts.
It definitely bothers me. I watch a ton of MLS which has a ton of parity. That way I have the best of both worlds. Quality from the European game, competition from MLS.
That’s fair haha, American sports do a great job at having parity and thus making the leagues feel meaningfully competitive. But this can be achieved way more easily since MLS clubs don’t have the history, which seems to be cherished a lot in Europe. MLS not having pro/rel also helps a lot in making parity. I think the MLS model is honestly a lot better as it ensures a competitive league, way better than European leagues like Ligue 1 where PSG blow everyone out of the water and get everyone’s best players (mbappe from Monaco)