Boils down to something very simple for me that’s sporting integrity.
Why to the turnstiles tick, jerseys sold, atmospheres made. It’s because of sport. The basic premise is your team competing against another on an equal footing to be the best. That’s the hook.
This leverages it in the favour of the top clubs and likely are own. However I’d forgo the advantage to maintain the purity of the game. I know I’m being idealistic and business and finance is an important factor in dictating sporting outcomes in the contemporary game. But this enshrines it for ever more, it’s an anti competitive practice and quite frankly a fairy tale killer.
I’m not surprised this has come from what are essentially Corporate America owned clubs in Mordor and Utd.I susepect Arsenal would be strongly on board to, Spurs are opportunistic and Chelsea and City wouldn’t need much convincing given their ownerships.
But there is more at stake here then individual interests it’s the integrity of the game and control of English football.
My own assessment is this proposel is a negotiating tactic with the PL, we will see water downed concessions to some clubs to keep the status quo, the leak is purposeful and strategic. I hope we all we can to resist this, whether we will or not is a different question.
Why to the turnstiles tick, jerseys sold, atmospheres made. It’s because of sport. The basic premise is your team competing against another on an equal footing to be the best. That’s the hook.
This leverages it in the favour of the top clubs and likely are own. However I’d forgo the advantage to maintain the purity of the game. I know I’m being idealistic and business and finance is an important factor in dictating sporting outcomes in the contemporary game. But this enshrines it for ever more, it’s an anti competitive practice and quite frankly a fairy tale killer.
I’m not surprised this has come from what are essentially Corporate America owned clubs in Mordor and Utd.I susepect Arsenal would be strongly on board to, Spurs are opportunistic and Chelsea and City wouldn’t need much convincing given their ownerships.
But there is more at stake here then individual interests it’s the integrity of the game and control of English football.
My own assessment is this proposel is a negotiating tactic with the PL, we will see water downed concessions to some clubs to keep the status quo, the leak is purposeful and strategic. I hope we all we can to resist this, whether we will or not is a different question.
