i came across that article too, i find it funny that the owner of the New England Patriots is arguing that another league should be more competitive...
my translation of it, is that he doesn't view EPL teams as a safe investment. With NFL franchises, its safe and straight forward, he knows exactly how much he will have to pay in salaries seasons in advance because of salary caps, and because the majority of season tickets to football games are committed years in advance (if you want your grandkids to go to a green bay packers game, you should probably reserve them now) so income is less variable
basically, the NFL is more of a game than a business with respect to each team, all of the actual business is done on part of the league as a whole (which takes a much more active role than the FA)
so with the NFL, this guy doesn't have to worry about someone from the middle east buying a team and forcing him to spend more money just to stay competitive. even if his team does [Poor language removed], he doesn't have to worry about relegation which would lead to significantly lower future losses, instead he gets a high draft pick, can sign the next college hotshot who will sell countless jerseys and make him even more money.
so i think that the big 4 monopoly is as much of a problem as the next guy does, but as city have shown, money isn't everything. plus with so many good teams on the cusp of demolishing the sky 4, i think its only a matter of time and we just need to be patient, theres no reason to implement an impractical system just so American fat-cats can avoid taking any sort of risk with their money.
