Thread by @uglygame

Haven't seen 'rebel' deployed this way - as a synonym for 'greedy and unprincipled' - since Gooch led a 'rebel' tour of South Africa, in breach of the cultural boycott, with Boycott, to protest at the lack of rands in his bank account.
telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/…

While obviously wishing nothing but hellfire, plague and complete financial ruin on any owner who supports a breakaway, I'm intrigued by the idea that now is a good time - that they can get a better deal during Covid by cutting the throats of their sibling clubs. Greedy bastards.

During a crisis seems like a poor time to be making decisions like this, not least I can't see a TV station ponying up enough to make all the upheaval worth it. That said, this is English football; it's so obviously a bad idea, it'll probably happen.

Well made point here. If you are spending 150%-200% of your income on wages, the problem isn't income; the problem is reckless spending to try and tap the wealth of the Premier League. A bigger TV deal doesn't change this.

https://twitter.com/andyc_128/status/1313733373366591491

A breakaway league isn't a business idea, it's just blackmail by the 'rebel' clubs. There's no vision, just the threat of locking L1 and L2 out of a closed-shop PL2. Having ruined themselves financially, they are trying to extort other clubs with threats to ruin them too.

Meanwhile, the Premier League just chuckles, watching how readily one group of clubs will turn on another.