The twelve richest soccer clubs in Europe developed a plan over 20 years to breakaway from the traditional European soccer pyramid to develop their own league. This plan blew-up in only 48 hours after it was unveiled publicly because instead of consulting fans, players, and coaches, the billionaire owners of these teams just consulted their bankers, before unveiling their grand-scheme.
The hallmark of European soccer is its pyramid system. A pyramid system in sports which may be unfamiliar to Americans, means a set number of soccer clubs each year at the bottom of each division, drop to a lower-level league, while the best teams in each division, are promoted to a higher level league.