Hi @slaman29
I was thinking about joining Road to Glory, but I’m still not sure. One thing is a World Cup that lasts a month and a half, but the Champions League lasting 9 months puts me off a bit.
In my opinion, it would be better to make the tournament around the Champions League group stage, with 8 rounds up to January.
The 4 group-stage matches of Road to Glory would be Rounds 1–4 of the Champions League.
Road T G- Round of 16 → Round 5 of the Champions League
Road T G- Quarterfinals → Round 6 of the CL
Road T G- Semifinals → Round 7 of the CL
Road T G- Final → Round 8 of the CL
And then you could make the next Road to Glory 2 around the Champions League playoffs. The playoffs also have 9 rounds — two legs in the Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarterfinals and Semifinals, plus the Final. So that would be 9 rounds in total.
It's way better if it's a longer format. The battle for the top spots will be more about skill than luck, the battle for the top goalscorer as well.
I personally feel that the current CL format is ideal for RTG - it works even better than the previous CL formats with 4 teams per groups.
If RTG becomes seasonal, we'll also have seeded teams, player valuations etc - plenty of stuff to play around with.
Not to mention, securing sponsorships is not that easy. There is no sponsor in the world that would pay for 50% of the CL season, even if we saw value in such a competition.