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The primary revenue generation comes from tv rights not ticket sales. The more global the sport grows the more valuable those tv deals become.
In no way does this end domestic rivalries. It just expands the teams that play. I mean what history or rivalry do Madrid have with Union Berlinor Braga in thr UCL. Ofc I'm not suggesting ending the domestic league! But Espanyol, Elche, Leganes, Levante etc are already playing in the second division. Many domestic rivals are already not playing against each other. I'm simply suggesting a smaller top division to reduce the lowest quality football.
Barca v Getafe or Cadiz wouldn't sell many tickets, idk how valuable that game is in the calender.
Yeah, you might want to rethink that.
Domestic rivalries can exist in the second division too, just as they do now! And the top rivalries stay in the top flight. Betis and sevilla still play each other in the top flight, but The Asturian Derby with Real Oviedo vs Sporting Gijon is already in the second division and is one of Spains major rivalries.
I mean there's no catalan derby anyways with espanyol being relegated. Las Palmas and tenerife are in different divisions too.
Its just a restructure of who plays whom and how often, not the end of football clubs.