One could have a 2 birds 1 stone approach by setting up a Minutes/Matches per 12 months Limit for players (NOT the clubs, who could play 200 matches a season if they want) and mandate that wages be per/Match (or per minutes, hour, etc. Can include availability in club training premises and so on).
The over-exertion thing is mitigated, the wages thing is addressed without destroying clubs & players ability to negotiate for themselves.
Clubs are happy since they get to play same number of fixtures (even more with Squad limits also increasing to say 30 or so).
Lowly teams will have higher odds over the season to create upsets since bigger teams won’t be playing best 11 every single fixture.
The only ones who’ll whine the most about these changes are the Fantasy League users.
That exists anyway with PL sucking talent for those 50 leagues hence it’s not really a counter.
Super league opposition is a English/UK thing. People survey backs this up. The English fans seem to have a hostile attitude to it reaching nearing 92-95%, which is absurd in today’s world to have such uniformity on a partisan subjective thing.
Italy, Spanish opposition varies around 50-60% at Most. Meaning it’s easier to shift for them because their fans are already ready in enough numbers.
For the English this is like Hitler & then some if the numbers are a sign.