 - Last login: 2 months agoJaCk044
- Jack is a 45 year old guy from England, UK.
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A wandering wordsmith, professional tea drinker and consumer of web-trivia ... "Hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied".
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Both are elitist. Each one seeks to maintain the status quo, or indeed, widen the gap and increase the hegemony enjoyed by the priviliged few at the top of the food chain, and, like sharks, neither feels any shame at such rampant greed and not a trace of remorse when caught.
When a big company or business enterprise fails the CEO is always compensated handsomely and the England manager, sacked for not qualifying for this summer's European Championships, was compensated with two million pounds after his contract was paid off - in full - and now the smarmy c*** turns up on the BBC to pundit his way to another fat pay day!
This is the biggest cause of dissatisfaction among fans (and voters), that men who are seen to fail are rewarded nonetheless, when lesser mortals are simply sacked and have little recompense to financial succour. And, the higher up yougo, the more blatant the corruption. The FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, presides over a system so steeped in coruption and hypocisy that it can no longer remember any other state of affairs. Votes are bought, traded and horse-dealt between nations who compete to host the World Cup or the Euro's as shamelessly as any carpet-bagger would in 19th century America. I'd hesitate to imply American politics is at the root of football corruption but thie financial backing at Manchester United, Liverpool and Asrton Villa in recent years has caused a great deal of anger at grass-roots level among fans who see ticket prices go up and up...and up until a father taking his footie-mad son to a match has to fork out the best part of £100...and that doesn't include the price of a team shirt, considered an essential part of any 'true' supporters wardrobe.
I remember (in my best 'four-Yorkshireman' youtube.com/watch [youtube.com/watch] accent) a time, not all that long ago either! when the playing field appeared much more level. Oh, sure, Liverpool won the bloody league every other year (until 1990) but other teams felt they were in with a chance, a shot, at winning the title. When Nottingham Forest won promotion and then the League title in 1977 & 1978, respectively, they became the last team to do so...and it'd take a brave man to bet on them, or anyone else for that matter, doing anything remotely like it again. (Ipswich bucked the trend a few seasons ago by gaining promotion and qualifying for the UEFA cup but it's not quite the same...they went down the following year, while Forest went on to win back-to-back European cups.)
The fact is, the 'big-four' don't want anyone to break up their cosy club.
Why would they?
The top four slots offer a free ticket to ride the gravy train of European football in the Champions League - the perfect metaphor for everything wrong about the European Union. An entirely elitist competition which protects the elite clubs and condemns the rest of Europe to play catch-up. Of course, Michel Platini has tried to accomodate Eastern European clubs but until thier economies can afford to support the new system of economic privilige, they'll have to watch the final like everone else...on television, the cash-cow of the New World Order.
Without financial support from SKY the whole system would collapse - and many would say that's not a bad thing.
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