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Re: Andy Holt
Didn't catch it all but they were blathering about the issue on Radio 5 Live just now.
The PL seem to assume that Andy Holt is demanding more money. But could his point be that, by constantly ramping up player wages, transfer fees, payments to agents, etc, etc, the knock on financial effect is crippling those outside the PL.
It's inevitable that some clubs will be wealthier than others, but that do the likes of MUFC etc need to inflate the cost of the entire game to stratospheric levels? (Bit like the cost of Mayfair houses knocking on the costs across London, then that inflating house prices across the country)
Is it because the big clubs are not clubs, as fans understand the term, that it's in their corporate financial interest to inflate the 'value' of their assets? So constantly upping the stakes is to their global business advantage.
Having said that, the PL has actually done well to distribute the TV money amongst all 20 of its current members. If it hadn't, by now there might have been a Global Premiership with franchised teams playing around the world with tourists for crowds and 'fans' paying to view online.
Heh ho, 'twas ever thus. 55 years ago it was a pittance (was it £65K?) that sank Stanley.
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