There are a lot of big clubs, bigger than Brighton is (and, sadly, probably ever will be) in the second divisions in Germany, France, Spain etc. To say the standard is Ryman level is laughable.
Mahrez (Le Havre) and Knockaert (Guingamp) at Leicester
Kondogbia (Lens) at Monaco, owned Arsenal in...
Didn't you write the same about the French Ligue 2 the other day? Does every European second tier equate to the Ryman Premier/South?
I think you're talking nonsense.
Christ knows what you'd think of the Austrian Erste Liga...