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Going out on a limb here, but someone who is an agent ought to be automatically ineligible to own a club, regardless of the source of their funds.https://twitter.com/CraigHope_DM/status/1390060119484928000 In years

Point of order: I'm not sure it's correct to say that points deductions 'hurt fans' any more than players getting red cards hurt fans. What we mean, I think, is

Good point this. Millions of people attend football matches each year. 92 people own clubs, with thousands more below them in the pyramid. And yet the whole of football was

Worse even than expected. To be clear, this is the effective privatisation of the Premier League, with the top flight of English football passing into the hands of the Big

Returning to yesterday’s discussion of B Teams, it’s important not just to recognise why it’s bad for the pyramid, but to understand the underlying motives of the Premier League and

Given that accepting B Teams into the EFL Trophy drastically reduced crowds and the competion now only survives financially because of a Premier League subsidy, the idea that accepting B

"We just have to learn how to win" = We are a badly managed/coached team. If the team is getting thrashed every week and can't seem to compete in any

I think the key thing here is to recognise that the problem isn't with the Premier League, it's with government inaction. Clubs owned by billionaires who've been used to having

Interesting thread about former Wigan owner Stanley Choi. Worth noting, perhaps, that he is also one of the major financial backers of Socios, the blockchain-powered cryptocurrency-based fan engagement scheme that

Brief update on Sheffield Utd and its tortuous ownership paper trail. Last week, the club filed a notce saying its owner had not been a Person with Significant Control (PSC)

Never waste a crisis. People who don't like 50+1 are touting ending it as a necessary response to Covid.https://amp.dw.com/en/coronavirus-the-bundesliga-and-the-501-rule/a-53373349 Heartbreaking to think of all those billionaires so desperate to

One very interesting thing in the refund discussions between the PL and broadcasters is the idea refunds will be paid because games didn't take place when scheduled *and* because they