Since the above has gone quiet, my brothers and I discussed how you could transform (not that it necessarily needed it) the European competitions as a compromise to the 'elite' clubs and 'allow' clubs like ours to take part with a genuine chance of having some success - we came up with this.
Ten divisions of 11 teams.
Ten games, 5 home, 5 away.
Top five divisions - 2 promoted, 2 relegated.
Division 6, 2 promoted, 3 relegated.
Division 7, 3 promoted, 3 relegated.
Division 8, 3 promoted, 4 relegated.
Division 9, 4 promoted, 5 relegated.
Division 10, 5 promoted, 6 relegated.
First qualification.
Division 1 - the 8 Champions league q/f the previous season, the 2 europa league finalists, plus the highest ranking domestic champions not already included.
Division 2 - the 8 teams that were knocked out of the champions league prior to the q/f, the 2 other europa league semi-finalists plus the next best domestic champions.
And so on according to Uefa standings.
The 6 teams relegated from division ten, replaced by the highest ranking and/or cup winning domestic clubs not already part of the league.
The reason its not an even number teams per division is because you couldn't play home and away X 11, too many games. You'd then need a small division of 6? but then you'd have 20 divisions........
The reason why theres so many promoted and relegated in the lower divisions, we thought to make it interesting, similarly to the ply-offs.
There is one huge problem though, the later games, especially in the top five divisions, could be nothing to play for.