qualifying for the Champions League from each league becomes self fulfilling as it is a money game and the money from the Champions League means domestic leagues end up with very few teams with a realistic chance to qualify
Once in the Champions League the dominant teams financially become unbeatable until they get to the knock out stages because league format ensures that
It is financial doping. Smaller clubs with less financial muscle have no chance to build a team and compete for a few years the way they once could because players are plundered season upon season
Financial Fair Play was introduced to stop this but so far has not been enforced with any real rigour if at all
One way to achieve a level playing pitch would be to have as a condition of entry a salary cap for each named squad along lines of American Football.[/QUOTE]
I couldn’t agree more with this but the likelihood seems remote. Franchises are sneered at in Europe, in England in particular where they are used as a term of derision. But US sports are far more equitable. FFP is a bit of a joke with sponsorship loopholes.
He got his fall guy in to take the heat for the initial changeover, and now he has his golden boys in there. Fuck it but he’s handled this magnificently. No doubt Moyes owes him a nice percentage of the 10 million or so he’s taken in over the past few months.
