The Premier League's dominance in Europe's lower-tier competitions is a trend that UEFA surely never intended. While it's a fairytale achievement for Crystal Palace to reach the Europa Conference League final, it's also a testament to the Premier League's colossal financial advantage. The Conference League was created to offer sides outside the modern-day elite a realistic shot at Europe, but Premier League teams are achieving exactly what their financial might has long threatened. The Europa League has been democratized and weakened, and the power of Premier League representatives is now starkly apparent. The risk is that it will soon feel like the Premier League is gobbling up UEFA's lower-tier competitions, and the victories may be accompanied by an increasingly bitter taste as no solutions are found to this growing trend.
