rhouses Been a long long time, and sure there was some hate. But I don’t remember half as many “oil money” jibes like I did when it happened with City.
The racist card over simplifies a number of different reasons for opposing these bids.
For me, it’s a question of when does the sporting arms race mean it no longer feels authentic. If you rock up to play baddo and your opponent has a racquet twice as big as the best one you can afford, is that really a sport?
EPL, thanks largely to Man Cheaty’s creative accounting, is getting very close to that tipping point.
Add to that the nuances of state sportswashing, buying a club to build, maintain or improve a profile, and the optics change. Success becomes an imperative and, in some cases, any advantage is considered legit.
This doesn’t necessarily mean cheating but excessive financing, spending more than the profitability of a club, seems to be popular - I’m not seeing many state clubs using the Brighton model?
I think all these things are true independent of the colour of the folks involved in owning a club, but maybe that’s just because I’m a honky!?
