A couple days ago twelve top European football clubs decided to create a new breakaway competition called the European Super league with the stated goal of reforming football. And while this might seem like a rather benign enterprise, the announcement has thrown the footballing world into chaos. So in today's episode we explain why this is the case and lay bare the economic incentives driving outcomes.

This story was written with inputs from Indifoot sports, an Indian startup trying to improve grassroots football in India

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21 Apr 2021