Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
Like Casper says, these days money governs everything - teams without money go nowhere, which ruins the sport because the top clubs pick up the best players from the smaller clubs for (usually) relatively small fees because they have the bargaining power of a) being a big club in the Premiership and b) being able to offer big salaries to kick a ball about for 90 minutes at the weekend. In England, the sponsorship deals are so outsized that you get clubs promoted from the Football League to the Premiership winning what's essential prize money of up to £30m, and so when they (often) come straight back down because they can't hold their own in the top flight, they have shit loads more cash to spend than anyone else in the league and quite often go straight back up, making it all the more difficult for other clubs to a) get into the top flight and b) stay there, so a select few clubs just get richer and richer, whilst everyone has to make do with the scraps.
That's quite the soapbox, Harry!
Luckily this is a music forum rather than a sports one so there's not much chance of me going too far again lol...
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I can talk about football for hours too, every European man can, I think. You just expressed your thoughts perfectly.
although that thing about EVERY man, I know a few non-believers 
...shame on them lol.