Imagine buying Football Manager and starting in the lower leagues and not being able to access the top European competition. No point playing once you've reached the PL.
All the time you have to carefully balance the books, not sell key players, replace them with affordable ones and avoid relegation like hell. Nevermind keeping the fans on side with attractive football.
Then the greedy clubs just don't care, nose in trough every year without risk. Can even afford to just coast for a few years in the PL, probably afford to be relegated even. Imagine Spurs in league one but playing Real Madrid in midweek.
All the time you have to carefully balance the books, not sell key players, replace them with affordable ones and avoid relegation like hell. Nevermind keeping the fans on side with attractive football.
Then the greedy clubs just don't care, nose in trough every year without risk. Can even afford to just coast for a few years in the PL, probably afford to be relegated even. Imagine Spurs in league one but playing Real Madrid in midweek.