buster. 5,558 Posted Sunday at 08:07 Share Posted Sunday at 08:07 On 04/04/2025 at 17:15, Bluedell said: "Neoliberal (extreme capitalism)" or TV money as most of us would call it. 😂 Neoliberal (extreme capitalism) refers to an increased proportion of wealth (and political power) going to the few at the top of the tree. We have clearly seen this happen over the past several decades in European football. You are obviously right in saying TV money has a lot to do with it. It is a mechanism to channel wealth. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
L72 70 Posted Sunday at 08:20 Author Share Posted Sunday at 08:20 3 minutes ago, buster. said: Neoliberal (extreme capitalism) refers to an increased proportion of wealth (and political power) going to the few at the top of the tree. We have clearly seen this happen over the past several decades in European football. You are obviously right in saying TV money has a lot to do with it. It is a mechanism to channel wealth. TV money has everything to do with it. For example pre-Sky football in the 90s Manchester United couldn't afford to compete with us over Archie Knox. We were the richest club in Britain, capable of handling the champions of England and knocking them out of the Champions League. Sky changed the scope of everything. Other countries giving large deals out for TV money to follow suit, some countries even getting state and royal funding, see Saudi, Spain etc. Don't need to try and get political with it, TV money did it 😂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 4,766 Posted Sunday at 08:24 Share Posted Sunday at 08:24 (edited) 24 minutes ago, buster. said: No, it doesn't. Not even a little bit. You'll need to say more if you want me to help you follow the argument. Edited Sunday at 08:24 by ranger_syntax 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 4,766 Posted Sunday at 08:37 Share Posted Sunday at 08:37 The O.P. didn't announce a new arrangement about the ownership of capital. Neither did it announce the innovation of televised football matches. It did announce a very specific rule change. Just saying. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,558 Posted Sunday at 08:56 Share Posted Sunday at 08:56 12 minutes ago, ranger_syntax said: The O.P. didn't announce a new arrangement about the ownership of capital. Neither did it announce the innovation of televised football matches. It did announce a very specific rule change. Just saying. It was you who took that very specific and simple rule change and introduced the following...... "...Secondly smaller clubs have an interest in hindering bigger clubs getting into the group stages to reduce the size of the gap in revenue. The revenue gap is the main reason that we never see a non old firm team challenging for the league... ..There is an argument that this will benefit Rangers but it is short sighted. The immediate benefit would be qualifying for the group stages of the Champions League more often. That means more money which everyone thinks is great. The anti-competitive effects of the rule change mentioned above would make the domestic fixtures even less competitive. That is to say even more boring than at present. When the smaller clubs have less chance of beating the big clubs then you are more likely to see a team play defensively and waste time from the fifth minute. It's awful to watch...." 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 4,766 Posted Sunday at 13:36 Share Posted Sunday at 13:36 4 hours ago, buster. said: It was you who took that very specific and simple rule change and introduced the following...... You've highlighted some of the effects, which I expect, of the rule change. I don't mention capital or television because neither has anything to do with the rule change. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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