I don't agree on principle, I think "Englishness" is a more prominent part of the value proposition than you're letting on.
And also 6 is rapidly becoming 7, could be maybe 8, and as I mentioned, clubs like Everton, even West Ham and Fulham, there is some traction elsewhere.
Support for English clubs completely dwarfs the rest of Europe combined in the US.
There is some unique cultural affinity in America of course, but I don't think the fundamentals are entirely different elsewhere. They had a big ass empire, y'know. English is the lingua franca of the world.
What are you talking about? I'm about to stuff my ass like a sardine into a Red Line car overflowing with people going to Wrigley tonight.
You are proposing to end the English football pyramid. People will be mad!
Capitalism has shown a very good history of caring about people being mad! Lol.
For such a smart guy, it's incredible how stubbornly you can bury your head in the sand over this hot take with literally no evidence to support your romantic wish for the future of football. Woolwich produced the 6th highest PL revenue in 21/22: £368M. Spam, who you're trying to wedge into a "big 7", produced 69% of that. Woolwich are closer to United than Spam is to Woolwich.
West Ham's non-PL media revenue was £89M. Atletico's non-media revenue was £169M. Atletico is, on its own 2 feet, nearly twice as valuable as the 7th most valuable PL club. There is no economic theory that would cause a media partner to believe that United v West Ham is a more valuable commercial property than United v Atletico.
Much less Burnley, which occupies a similar PL station as Atletico would occupy in a ESL. Burnley's non-PL media revenue is
less than £20M. United and the rest of the top 6 basically pay to keep the lights on at Burnley so they can have someone to play twice a year. Why do that when they can throw in with Atletico , et al who can support themselves, allowing United to keep more of their own produced value and take their annual turnover closer to £800M.
You're grasping, poorly, at a straw global, tradition, that finance has never given a fuck about. Your take on this matter is analogous to Blockbuster refusing to buy Netflix for $50M. You think inertia and tradition will maintain the status quo. Tomorrow will not stand still, my friend.