It's really in the hands of the owners of clubs like yours. Will they continue to stand up to the big six, or will they bottle it and revert to being content with the crumbs oFf the big six's table?
When a club gets investment, it is, in actual fact, absolutely related to that club, just as in any other business.
Yes. Have I said otherwise?You do remember that you were part of that? Like, you got invited and everything.
Man City. Breaking down the walls of the old elite/cartel clubs. Destroying the foundations of the de-facto closed shops. Refusing to be part of the major global teams displaying a pretence of fairness while revealing that it's an actual closed shop that they want.
Haven't we already said that City, in partially destroying the old elite, did so in an effort to join it?Man City. Breaking down the walls of the old elite/cartel clubs. Destroying the foundations of the de-facto closed shops. Refusing to be part of the major global teams displaying a pretence of fairness while revealing that it's an actual closed shop that they want.
Oh, wait.
Official: Manchester City to join European Super League
Manchester City forgot its history and joined Europe's old boys' club who just couldn't handle the little teams getting a share of the pie.mancitysquare.com
How have the 'old elite' been 'partially destroyed'?
That's why YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT IT ANYMORE (caps yours.)
By having their cosy arrangement of guaranteed annual top four qualification undermined by a newcomer (and other newcomers following in their wake even if not as consistently.) This hurts them financially-it is, we should not forget, primarily a big business operation we're talking about here, with a game and inconvenient people called supporters attached.) So first they hijack the misnamed Financial Fair Play scheme, transforming it from being primarily about debt into one which restricts investment into potential challengers. When that doesn't work, they drop all pretence and go for the coup represented by the ESL.
Nothing has been destroyed. The big clubs are still there with the only visible difference being that Man City have bought themselves a place at the table, and are happy to accept all that goes with it. All the things you say you don't like.
It's not me tying myself up in knots while trying to assert some sort of moral superiority for my super-elite, super-rich, ESL-supporting football club.
In not a single post have I claimed moral superiority for anybody. After all, morality in football disappeared a long time ago, if it ever existed at all.It's not me tying myself up in knots while trying to assert some sort of moral superiority for my super-elite, super-rich, ESL-supporting football club.
It's relative. It was a diferent game back then. For instance there was a maximum wage in place which, among other things, enabled small town clubs like Bolton, Blackburn,. Blackpool etc challenge at the top for periods. But the fact remains that United would have gone bankrupt without Gibson's money.
If only there were non-corporate, non billionaire-funded, less greedy football alternatives available. The kind of thing where the clubs were about the local community rather than feeding multinational profits, and the kind of set-ups where the fans weren't pushed aside in the quest for global deals...
Why not support a non league club? When Cardiff City became the RedDragonBirds that was the final straw for me and corporate football (being asked to sit down at a FA Cup Final brought me close to the edge too), I started supporting my local non league team and have never looked back.
Bury have reformed as a fan run phoenix thing IIRC.
Remember rumblings about how come the Nevilles didn't put their money there considering their dad was a lifelong part of the club but seems they preferred Salford as they could do what they wanted with it, similar to what we had with Dale Vince but in spades.
