"Plans for the elitist, money-grabbing league were unveiled Sunday night, triggering universal condemnation and galvanizing #fans against the 12 owners who proposed the tone-deaf breakaway."

bostonglobe.com/2021/04/21/spo… #johnhenry #LIVERPOOL #Boston
1/ "The #SuperLeague collapsed under the weight of its own greed less than 48 hours after it was introduced, & Henry posted an apology video hours later in which he said, “The project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans....'"
2/ '...No one ever thought differently in #England. Over these 48 hours you were very clear that it would not stand. We heard you. I heard you.'”
3/ "None of those Hub hardball dustups could have prepared him for what just happened across the pond. This was Henry’s Bay of Pigs moment."
4/ "After launching their surprise takeover, Henry & his #SuperLeague co-conspirators were pounded relentlessly by virtually every media outlet and soccer fan group in Europe and North America."
5/ "The New York Times characterized blowback over the proposed league as 'a great torrent of caustic condemnations, each one flecked with scarcely concealed rage.' Corporate sponsors threatened to withdraw support...."
6/ "....and Henry’s own #Liverpool players and coach ripped the proposal, noting that none of them were consulted before the announcement."
7/ "The UK-based Football Supporters Association stated, 'The motivation behind this so-called #superleague is not furthering sporting merit or nurturing the world’s game — it is motivated by nothing but cynical #greed....'"
8/ "'...This competition is being created behind our backs by billionaire club owners who have zero regard for the game’s traditions and continue to treat football as their personal fiefdom.'”
9/ "Aleksander Ceferin, president of #UEFA, soccer’s governing body in Europe, called the prospective #SuperLeague’s owners 'snakes' and 'liars' and characterized the plan as the equivalent of 'spitting in football fans’ faces.'”
10/ "Former #Liverpool captain Graeme Souness told Sky Sports, 'Certainly with Liverpool, & I can talk with some authority there, I think it’s impossible for those guys to turn up at #Anfield ever again. Will they run the club from the other side of the Atlantic?...."
11/ “'This is a monumental time in our game, if you ask anyone in the street they will talk about money spoiling our game, & this was taking it to another level completely. The secrecy & deceit shown by these people goes beyond the pale....'"
12/ “'In their blind greed and arrogance these owners have lost sight of the real power in the world of #football. The real power lies with the supporters and fans of the clubs — the people! These current owners are only caretakers of great histories and traditions.'"
13/ “'This move was one of the worst examples of #hubris and bad manners. And now the bad-manners surcharge is being applied and they are finding out where the real #power lies.'”
14/ "So there. It’s over. Order is restored to the #futbol universe. And #JohnHenry walks alone on a pitch where nobility, honor, and tradition defeated greed and power by a score of approximately one million to nil."

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