Have the FA allowed it to be cheapened?

If I was asked to rattle off the last ten winners of the Champions League and the key moments in each final I could probably do it with relative ease. Ask me next to talk about the last two FA Cup finals and I would struggle to remember all the teams involved and the final scores. Does that suggest that I know or care little about football’s greatest domestic cup competition, or is it a reflection of the lack of magic the cup has had on my generation?
Arguably the ‘death’ of the FA Cup is in direct response to the rise of the Champions League and the majesty of European football’s premier comp...