There's no fair competition in football regardless

Which is the heart of these endless, tedious arguments.

Only way to make it properly fair would be to make it amateur again.

I'd be happy with that.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary on January 21st 2022 at 19:08:30

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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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