This will never happen, but looking at just the financial side, I don't think there would be much financial gain for Dutch clubs, not enough to take such a risk. And there is a big risk that it would damage Dutch football. The slightest changes in the past had big consequences when it comes to popularity. With the Europa League, that doesn't get lucrative untill after the group stages. During group stages clubs are lucky to break even. With the Europa League, the group stages here don't get alot of attention, unless they play a European top team, which none in that North Sea league are. A North Sea League would get even less international attention, and even less prestige than the Europa League. So basically, even less money for tv rights. For clubs like Ajax, PSV, Twente etc, the Dutch league gets more media exposure here, and fills the stadiums more than when they play in the Europa League. Twente played a Danish team this week for the Europa League, Odense. They didn't even air it on tv. And Twente's manager literally said it felt like a training match. And there really isn't much to gain in the Scandinavian market, as Dutch football is already very popular there, and already gets alot of attention there. There isn't much to gain in the Belgian market either. I think for all clubs the most interesting markets are the ones that are still growing and haven't been conquered yet.
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