Unfortunately, it's not about whether it's a 2 horse race or not. The EPL is only realistically a 3 horse race at the moment. It's all about the financial gravitas of the leagues. a new Atlantic league's income would be strangled by the financial draw of England, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. If for example, Ligue 1 were to become unsustainable and in an effort to revitalise, their weight were thrown behind an Atlantic league it would help to reduce dilution of funding to the new setup, enabling it to flourish. However, it doesn't look like that or any similar scenario will happen any time soon. Sad as it is, we are stuck with the status quo....at least for now.