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If you're happy with a system where a little group of clubs at the top of each club can qualify year on year and qualifying gives them the prestige and money to stay up there (or, at least, makes it easier to) then yeah, it's fine. If you're OK with knowing from the start of a season that only one of 2 or 3 clubs can win the league. I personally think that makes things less interesting.
I wouldnt say the CL is 100% responsible for the fact only a few teams have the chance to win the PL each year. In fact when we won the double, wasnt it a 2 horse race between us and united? And now Id say its a race between 4/5 clubs (United, City, Spurs, Us, Chelsea) and maybe Liverpool. Clearly only either Manchester team will win it this year, but next season you could hardly say any of those teams dont stand a chance. And you cant say its only the CL that creates an 'elite' at the top. Its down to the fact rich people like having football clubs to flaunt as their own property, CL or no CL there will always we rich successful teams and poorer less successful one IMO.