Amid "widespread concern that the financial gap between Europe’s elite clubs and the rest is still growing," UEFA is being asked by the continent’s domestic leagues to "alter the way it distributes the huge revenue from its competitions," according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. European Leagues, their umbrella organization, reportedly said that it wants "the unlucky 600 to get a larger slice of the cake." Fearing the system is "becoming financially unsustainable," it has also asked that UEFA end payments which are based on a club’s previous record in European competition -- "something it says creates a snowball effect." UEFA’s club competitions are expected to rake in €3.25B ($3.7B) this season "but the manner in which that money is distributed has become increasingly contentious." According to UEFA and European Leagues figures, the 32 Champions League teams will share €2.04B ($2.3B) of that amount, with Europa League participants receiving €510M ($579.4M). Only 7.3% of the total (€237.5M/$269.8M) will be distributed in so-called “solidarity payments” and split between the remaining 600 clubs (REUTERS, 12/17).