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I think we understand each other’s perspectives but competition at the highest level ie premier league and championship is a bit of a myth.
Unless a club is backed by £100m+ to start with, even Brentford the competitive element is extremely limited and also the money grabbers league gives the clubs at the top of the premier league an even bigger advantage. Medium sized clubs with medium sized backing are only looking one way and that’s downwards. Limited competition in my book or even none for self funded clubs.
Of the 30, soon to be 32, baseball teams almost a third of the teams have won the World Series in the last 10 years-that’s real competition!
My team the tampa bay rays have reached the World Series with a $80m payroll and teams with over $200m fail to even reach the playoffs.
A genuine competition with 30 teams competing is more competitive than the premier league and the soon to happen European super boring league.

Posted By: Eric Morecambe on November 7th 2023 at 13:16:59

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Brewers fans aren't the biggest Attanasio fans looking at the replies to this (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Nov 7, 09:09:13
- BREAKING NEWS:.......Fans not happy at their local club..... (NCFC) - usacanary, Nov 7, 13:24:04
- We knew this (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 7, 09:13:57
  - I guess the difference is they seem to consistently… (NCFC) - loz, Nov 7, 09:15:32
    - US sport isn’t as competitive, is it? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 10:22:01
      - It can be competitive, but there is a lot of tanking going on if you have a bad year (NCFC) - city_lad, Nov 7, 10:29:24
        
        That’s what I mean by less competitive (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 10:38:17
        
        Less competitive? (NCFC) - Eric Morecambe, Nov 7, 10:43:19
        
        We’re talking cross purposes (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 11:02:50
        
        ….. (NCFC) - Eric Morecambe, Nov 7, 13:16:59
        
        👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 15:45:55
        
        More competitive, more equal, but no real jeopardy for failure (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 7, 10:45:44
        
        Must still be financial worries … (NCFC) - loz, Nov 7, 10:48:24
        
        I guess if you get the commercials wrong, yes (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 7, 10:50:28
        
        Premier League…. (NCFC) - Eric Morecambe, Nov 7, 11:04:13
        
        Absolutely…. (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 11:14:38
        
        Yes, fair points (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 7, 11:05:30
        
        Yeah, turnover shouldn’t have that cliff edge (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 11:03:59
    - Punching above one’s weight is subjective (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Nov 7, 09:43:37
      - I suppose these days the weight would be related to wage bill (NCFC) - jamesward, Nov 7, 10:24:04
        
        Yes, turnover and wage bill I would say (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Nov 7, 11:17:37
    - Maybe they don't 'adore' the Head Coach (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Nov 7, 09:25:59
      - Their head coach just had his contract expire and went to a rival (n/m) (NCFC) - city_lad, Nov 7, 10:02:48
    - Yeah I hope that we can learn from them. E.g. maybe on the data driven recruitment side (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 7, 09:21:21
      - Could've hired a sporting director to achieve that (NCFC) - CWC, Nov 7, 09:57:20

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