hatterson
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lmao. The idea that allowing petro states to spend unlimited amounts of money would make it more a merit competition than a financial one is legitimately one of the dumbest things a human being has ever said.
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The only thing he’s right about is it becoming a financial game about selling hotels to yourself, etc., to comply with PSR. But that’s just an argument for more regulation, not less.
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Sawiris was born into wealth, in case anyone was wondering how someone so dumb can be so rich.
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Having worked with a bunch of very wealthy people, I wasn't surprised
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These are usually the people that think they are the most smart too
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Born on third base and daddy buying you a degree from an Ivy League school (or equivalent) doesn't make you smart? Say it ain't so
Villa can officially fck off along with City.
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NHL has wayyy more games though, and in general they are more used to travel and less at risk of injury from overload.
Personally I don't like it at all. But like, Community Shield I could see, sure
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There's also the fact that it's ambition and willingness to exploit moral ambiguity that tends to get people wealthy, not intelligence.
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A very long and good thread here:
You know how HF is full of people complaining about gambling ads during hockey games? Well, be glad the league isn't trying to get popular in Asia.
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Chimaera
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hatterson
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Travel is dramatically overstated for today's professional leagues. It's not like they're just grabbing an economy ticket on a London to NY on Ryan Air or anything. They're chartering a private plane.
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incoming!!!
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not sure on the rules with Vietnam -- a quick google search says it's illegal but not sure if correct. But from what I understand (based on a previous Villa sponsorship) it is similar to Chinese gambling sponsorships -- they get the exposure from being on the shirt and all around the stadium for those who watch on TV/streams. Gambling is illegal in China (and Vietnam) but these "companies" run illicit gambling & casino operations online. The exposure is then meant to draw the attention from citizens of those countries to their websites to gamble on.
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Ah indeed, being a hockey forum my mind saw NHL. Also the NFL never crosses my mind
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Thought about this more. Agree that NFL is the best comparison, but I think the two key differences are that the NFL doesn’t have a double round robin format AND it has playoffs.
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Chimaera
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Its weird, and it won't be popular with supporters, but if you could do it and say offset ticket costs at home? Maybe it works
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I wonder on what ground he could sue the premier league. Nobody is stopping Aston Villa to start their own league with their own financial rules. They all voted for it and they accepted the current conditions, they might be against it but that won't fly in front of a jurry. I do think that the top 4 (Man United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham) have more power than the likes of Everton, Aston Villa, Newcastle and Man City maybe even including Chelsea.
Maybe they could split the competition in half. One competition is the no limit spending league. The other with stricter financial rules. I believe most smaller side would join the competition with more restriction.
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bluesfan94
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It's more the competitive disadvantage that I'd be frustrated by, personally. Yeah, I think you could probably sell it to the fans if you use it to lower per game season ticket prices, but even still.
Chimaera
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Not sure. You have to think a club could clear 10-15 million in tickets, plus a ton of off field stuff
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Offseason drama at Spurs...
In an interview yesterday, Bentancur casually made a racist remark about asians. What's even worse is that he did it while discussing about Sonny with the interviewer.
While he did apologize through Instagram, I don’t see this going down well for him. Korean media have already picked it up. What an incredibly stupid thing to say.
In an interview yesterday, Bentancur casually made a racist remark about asians. What's even worse is that he did it while discussing about Sonny with the interviewer.
While he did apologize through Instagram, I don’t see this going down well for him. Korean media have already picked it up. What an incredibly stupid thing to say.
