For years they had 2 teams that manipulated the financial agreements and dominated against a league whose bottom half would not have survived relegation in the EPL. The product started failing and they overhauled the contract (with grandfather rules to further protect RM and Barca) to try and level the playing field. Its already showing to be too little too late. EPL has won the war and UEFA is further sanctioning whatever behavior they want to continue their dominance.