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Message: [QUOTE="kingtidge, post: 5115686, member: 994"] Kinda but not really.. Most of the pro small potatoes teams in Euro soccer find themselves relegated into the lower leagues based on how much they are willing to spend and how successful (or unsuccessful) they are run as a club business. However, the promotion/relegation system keeps the fan interest and you still have rabid fanbases in the lower leagues teams. All the leagues still compete against each other in a couple intra-league cups / elimination tournaments each year. But the promotion / relegation system, by default, is a system of HAVES (the 1st division teams) vs. the teams that HAVE LESS. It's baked into the cake. And bigger clubs that have large fanbases and first tier stadiums/facilities but are poorly run and have been relegated from the first tier for any significant period of time... Their fans bitch and complain... A lot... As they should, for being poorly run. [/QUOTE]