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Originally Posted by deeayess
?...But realistically what can be done because there is no sign of it coming to an end.
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Nothing goes on forever, even in football (ask fans of Blackpool, Charlton, Coventry, Rovers, and that former 'big' club from Glasgow).
The PL is basically funded by TV. And the media moguls will go where they can get a bigger and bigger audience.
At the moment, they are happy to sell a product that happens to be based in England but, in terms of personalities, is global.
But maybe the 'fans' amongst China's 1.3 billion (and/or a similar number in India) will soon want to watch something that means something more to them. At the moment it's the global stars at the ends of their careers who are heading out east. But pretty soon it'll be the first choice for agents and their human assets.
The global corporate boys will follow the money and Mancunians may have to resign themselves to having to pay to watch 'their' team on a screen playing in China / India / America.