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Up until relatively recently Barcelona often played without a sponsor on their shirts, however, Financial Fair play rules mean club's spending limits are based
by jonwinstanley 3y ago
Up until relatively recently Barcelona often played without a sponsor on their shirts, however, Financial Fair play rules mean club's spending limits are based on their revenues - so clubs are incentivised to increase their revenues as much as possible to ensure they can maximise their spending on player salaries and transfer fees.
- oh_sigh 3y agoCould an enterprising billionaire owner of a small club pump up their spending limit by buying a sponsorship for their own team for $1B?
- Kon-Peki 3y agoThat's basically the charges that were leveled against Man City, and they more or less got away with it. You just can't make it too obvious, I guess.
- NickC25 3y agoThe guy who owns Hoffenhiem tried to do that, and was slapped down. Red Bull sort of got away with it, but are widely despised throughout Germany and they struggle with attendance. Then the Arabs that bought Manchester City tried to do that x100 and managed to get away with it. It's all tied to how many billions the owner(s) can drop on lawyers. One guy with a billion? Nah. A consortium of oil shieks that can spend a billion on lawyers? Yes.