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Yeah. Clearly the 50+1 rule, as seen in Germany for instance, is a superior approach. If billionaires are desparate to become even more billionairy, I'm sure t
by estomagordo 6y ago
Yeah. Clearly the 50+1 rule, as seen in Germany for instance, is a superior approach.
If billionaires are desparate to become even more billionairy, I'm sure they can go invest in sausages, car engines, microprocessors or nylon plants instead.
- thom 6y agoThe reality of the 50+1 rule is Bayern Munich dominating forever. Even if it were possible to extract the current owners from English football, 50+1 would really just solidify the current ‘big six’ even further with other teams very unlikely to be able to raise investment and break in. That may well still be preferable, but I’m not sure it’s the utopia people are picturing.
- estomagordo 6y agoThey're dominating because they're the best, then. Not sure why it would be preferable to have rubber band mechanics. Plus, I'm not so sure about the causation you suggest either. Many other countries approach a 50+1 approach, but I'll just comment on Sweden, which I am most familiar with. There sure is no dominance of that kind at play in Sweden.
- thom 6y agoIn Sweden, the biggest clubs are less likely to retain the best talent, which keeps this more in check. That's less true in the big 5, from which the ESL would have been drawn. The German Bundesliga is an incredibly stale competition, for example. But hey, so is Ligue 1. I'm not really arguing either way, I just think people should be careful what they wish for, and there are plenty of clubs that are happy with their ownership.