This Super League is a reflection of broader changes already underway/accelerating: increasing monopolisation, widening inequality, lack of transparency, voice of the people/fans ignored.. I hope it makes fans connect the dots & see this is happening in every area of their lives.
Depressing as it is, this move is the inevitable result of the capitalist economic/poltical system under which the public good, including our enjoyment of sport, is readily sacrificed for the profits of a handful of unaccountable, unelected billionaires who do as they please.
“JP Morgan will underwrite the project, with $6 billion distributed as loans to the teams” google.com/amp/s/www.espn…
To JP Morgan & the owners, football is a business like any other - a source of profit to be maximised, the only difference is its enormous cultural standing & that customers (ie fans) are emotionally attached to the brands (clubs) in a way that other businesses can only dream of.
The big question is to what extent this move will alienate those fan bases, the clubs are banking on people being fickle or too young to care/remember. Speaking personally, as a third generation Arsenal fan, my relationship to the club feels very broken, if not completely over.
In other words:
https://twitter.com/pmpoc/status/1384089180674805767
Straight from the horse’s mouth. It doesn’t matter whether it’s football, housing, healthcare, the arms industry or anything else. To the capitalist, maximising profit comes above all other moral or societal concerns.
https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1384103420533956616
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