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Post by Link51 on May 4, 2005 20:46:05 GMT 1
I know this has been the case for at least ten years but this is how sad football has become.
Liverpool reach the final of - well not the European Cup - but its barstewardised offspring for the first time in twenty years. Liverpool, that proud and mighty sporting institution, scousers (well Woolbacks and Weslhmen;)) singing on the Kop, knowledgable about football, history, romance etc.
First item on the local radio news.. ...how much money they'll make from it. I mean bugger winning the trophy! Is this what football has come to. Liverpool, Liverpool rubbing their hands in glee at the lucre that their cup-run has brought in, just like when a lower league team lands a plum fourth round draw versus.. ..ermm.. Liverpool. And to think when I was a kid (only twenty years ago) drawing Liverpool meant far more as a chance for a bit of glory and bugger the money, but now for the big boys winning the trophies seems second best.
A return to amateurism, or at least realistic wage-caps (£1m per season per premier team) would end this madness.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2005 21:08:08 GMT 1
Wage capping has always been a good idea.
The problem with football is that it is run as a business, especially at the top level.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2005 21:29:34 GMT 1
The monetary aspect is a shame but I am sure every single Liverpool fan has been walking around with a huge smile on their face these past 24 hours. Is is because of the money their club has made? Nope. No matter what the press report, to 99% of people, they are in it for the glory and that's what gives them the feel good feeling.
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Post by SeanBroseley on May 4, 2005 21:48:35 GMT 1
I remember when we used to look down on the uncompetiveness of the Scottish Premier League. I don't see our Premier League being any better in that regard.
One thing I do like about our division is that teams are fairly equal, and that is an essential ingredient to sport: competitive games between two evenly matched people/teams.
People are even hailing the victory for Liverpool as a victory for smaller clubs - that is how bad the situation is.
What can we do about this? Probably very little outside of our own backyard. But where the money is pouring into the game, we need to be clear about wheer it can most beenficially pour out. That would not include agents' fees and special dividends for directors.
In our own backyard it is important that we put the community in which our club operates at the centre of its priorities. We want our football club to become more savvy commercially, but we need to ensure that that does not become an excuse for not doing things with the community. If things that happen at the New Meadow that are justifiable only on strict commercial grounds then it will be a quiet place for 13 days out of 14 - the Marie Celeste Stadium.
At the end of the day our backyard is massively more important to me than anything else in football.
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Post by rob on May 5, 2005 0:08:47 GMT 1
Pretty sure wage capping would breach an EU rule of somesort, needless to say someone somewhere would end up breaking such an agreement if it ment pinching a player away from their rivals.
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