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Waltzing Along posted:So then they do use the other leagues as minor leagues. I think the easiest way to think about it is that there's (say) 1 giant league in England with (for argument's sake) 100 teams in it. At some point in the past we ranked all the teams from 1 to 100 and then every 20 teams are grouped in a league that plays each other during the season, ending up with a new ranking for each group. At the end of each season the teams at the bottom of each group swap with the ones at the top of the group below them. There's no connection between the teams, and no linkages (eg. feeder teams). Players can move between any team that wants them (subject to normal contract shenanigans etc) Obviously I'm glossing over a heap of detail but that's the basic idea. The same thing happens in the other countries in Europe, too (eg. spain, Germany, etc). There's no connection between the different countries' league structures (beyond the UEFA cup and champions leagues) So there's no reason that a team at the top of the list couldn't drop down one group per year if things were dire enough, nor someone going the other way (if they were good enough). Obviously in the real world the factor of money tends to stop this from happening, although cases like Leeds show that it's possible to be doing extremely well and go off a cliff in quick fashion...
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