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For all the interest and caché it generates worldwide, England’s Premier League appears to operate on a very simple prime directive — make the most money as possible.

The league executive’s laissez-faire approach has yielded in recent times the much-maligned “39th game” proposal, as well as allowing one of its member clubs — Portsmouth — essentially die on the vine due to a series of financial missteps, including four different ownership groups in a single season.

Monday it was revealed the League is considering a rather progressive idea by staging a playoff for the fourth and final UEFA Champions League spot to the teams that finish fourth through seventh. The idea is it would open up the financial windfall of the Champions League to clubs other than the “Big Four” of Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool, who’ve collectively monopolized England berths the last couple seasons.

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