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UEFA's League of Nations sounds good, so what's the catch?

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has clashed repeatedly with UEFA's Michel Platini, who proposed a new kind of international tournament.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has clashed repeatedly with UEFA's Michel Platini, who proposed a new kind of international tournament.

But that is just speculation and it's perhaps over-cynical to view every development as another battle in the ongoing cold war between Platini and Blatter. This will reduce meaningless football, raise revenues and should help the development of the lower-ranked nations. It may be a very good thing. It's just that this is UEFA.