Once again totally misses the point. Billionaire owners

don't guarantee you stay up. They guarantee you compete on a somewhat equal basis. I never understand why people don't get this. Fair competition is the essence of sport.

Posted By: SeattleSounders on January 21st 2022 at 18:13:45

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NBTTT Everton have had a net spend of ~500m in 8 years (Other Football) - Kev, Jan 21, 16:15:23
- Once again totally misses the point. Billionaire owners (Other Football) - SeattleSounders, Jan 21, 18:13:45
  - Don't tho do they? (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 21, 19:05:19
  - They don’t guarantee it though? They can completely fuck your club up (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Jan 21, 18:21:26
    - Jesus. Reading comprehension. MONEY DOESN'T (Other Football) - SeattleSounders, Jan 21, 18:40:01
      - There's no fair competition in football regardless (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 21, 19:08:30
        
        Easily done if salary caps were in place. NFL is the best (Other Football) - SeattleSounders, Jan 21, 19:11:43
        
        Fair, as in a closed shop with no promotion or relegation. (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 21, 19:14:40
      - What the fuck does fair competition mean? (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Jan 21, 19:03:09
      - Living within your means vs having Rich owners.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 21, 18:53:22
    - exactly, half a billion to avoid relegation. (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 21, 18:32:38
- And I'm sure we've had a lot more entertainment in those 8 years (Other Football) - Basil Wrathbone, Jan 21, 17:09:49
  - exactly, we have had some tremendous promotion seasons. (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 21, 17:27:35
- That's all well and good (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 21, 17:02:42
  - exactly, name better owners who are real fans. (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 21, 17:31:42
    - Tony Bloom is the only comparable owner (n/m) (Other Football) - Adster, Jan 21, 17:36:58
      - def Richer but a super smart guy. (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 21, 17:39:57
        
        Lifelong fan. Grandfather was on the board in the 70s and 80s. Loaded. (n/m) (Other Football) - Adster, Jan 21, 17:41:32
        
        Brighton's season tickets more expensive than ours.... (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 21, 17:51:30
        
        Bloom out (n/m) (Other Football) - Adster, Jan 21, 17:55:06
- Well said (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Man, Jan 21, 16:34:42
- Fulham spent 150M (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Jan 21, 16:30:22

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