Football has crossed the line, money determines how good you are. Which is not a problem perse, but it is dangerous. Clubs spend their money far from wisely. And in the end tax payers pay.
BRUSSELS - The European Commission has launched a series of investigations into whether Spain's football clubs have benefited from unfair tax breaks worth billions of euros.
EU competition chief Joaquin Almunia i Wednesday (18 December) confirmed that probes had started into whether seven clubs, including Real Madrid and Barcelona, two of Europe's most successful and wealthiest clubs, had broken EU rules on state aid.
Some people call it business, but stuff like this is just corruption. Not by handing a police man some goodies to save yourself from a ticket, but on a higher level.