the time-honored European structure of promotion and relegation (except in the case of the non-richies who will have to play their way in to the "bottom" 5 spots) and embracing the American monopolistic league structure of, how did Ted Lasso put it?

"play[ing] out the rest of the schedule, going through the motions in meaningless games contested in lifeless, half-empty stadiums, and everyone's pretty much done with that."