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There's another reason for it. In countries like Spain and Germany a lot of the top tier clubs have their 2nd team represented in the lower divisions (2nd tier in Spain 3rd tier in Germany) there they get valuable experience week in week out whilst getting used to playing in a style similar to the first team and getting used to competitive matches.
IIRC Chelsea wanted to enter the football league with their reserves but the football league opposed the move. Considering the amount of teams that are going out of business this seems unproductive. Ho hum.