- Oct 20, 2003
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How football became broken beyond repair
The game is going through an unprecedented period of financial and competitive imbalance. Miguel Delaney investigates how we got here and – crucially – whether the dominance of the mega-rich is here to stay
www.independent.co.uk
Be warned this is a very long read but it is brilliant. Way too long to paste into here.
Interesting how we were the first ones to sidestep Rule 34. Also interesting is that is was a spurs employee who Man Utd poached in early 1990's, Edward Freeman, who was the main driver of the merchandise plan that played such a massive part in Man Utd becoming the global club they are now