i’ve low key been getting into smaller leagues recently. Less drama and money, same sport. You’d be surprised too. The J-League is free on youtube, and it’s highly tactical and super entertaining. You’d never expect it from a league of that caliber but i enjoy it more than some CL/PL games

i thought players were also a lot more put together and organized than danish superliga/mls games (the other two smaller leagues i’m familiar with), even though those are generally considered better leagues and feature better players (though i still love watching both of those leagues too)

i still love the prem, and like others in this post, i ignore the punditry and hyperbole, and it’s still entertaining, but watching more local, grassroots football excites me more these days

if there weren’t too many games already i’d love to replace the carabao cup with an all-UK tournament. Would be cool to see Rangers and Celtics compete with Prem teams

one thing i haven’t seen yet is based on how humans consume food. Athletes eat a lot more than the average person cuz they use a lot more energy. When they retire, if they don’t keep that level of exercise up, their appetites don’t change but their calories used obviously goes down, so they lose shape really fast.

four:

one extremely successful women’s team (most titles in the country)

one of the most older men’s teams in my country (founded 1975), with one title (2015)

that men’s team’s development league team

a newer semipro team and another one on the way

city population is 650,000 and metro area population is 2.1 million

tbf it’s not so unlikely. they’re out of the dfb pokal, lost the super cup, bayer leverkusen look unbeatable and the CL just has better teams like Madrid and City