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If you know anything about English football, you know that even the best teams have gone through long periods of ups and downs. They lose, get relegated, don’t attract fans, spend too much on players and fields and end up in bankruptcy. The lucky ones find a rich owner who spends wisely and passionately and gets them back in form. The unlucky ones manage to meander along for decades, merge or go under just like any other business. You can go back over 100 years and see this play out.Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
The digitization that they talk about in the article is just the latest threat to the system, but it’s survived two World Wars, countless economic recessions, labor strikes, hooliganism, and crazy league changes. Just like some brick and mortar retail stores will survive Amazon, English football will survive millennials on their smartphones.
As for the grass is greener comment, I’ll say the American game and interest in it is on the upswing. More clubs and stadiums opening and I’ve had conversations with young fans who are passionate about the game. -
I wish we had owners who were willing to have annual net operating losses of over $650 million per year to play in the 2nd tier football division. could you imagine?!? makes a good case for pro/rel.
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