Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
Neither of which I have a problem with. I never like the idea of the third place teams dropping down. The UEFA cup or Europa league was basically a European division two. And the teams in that should have a chance to win it. And you want the winners to qualify for the Champions League.
Why do you want the winners to qualify for the CL, GG? I've always hated that rule.

Quality is not determined by a knockout competition, it is determined by consistent success extended over a league season. Those teams not good enough to make it to the CL on that basis don't deserve to just because they won a second rate cup competition consisting of a bunch of also rans and nobodies.