Hullfox Posted 26 September 2006 Posted 26 September 2006 One of the things that regularly gets dragged up in footie conversations is how money is killing the modern game. I've just read the editorial from a programme in the 50's and it states this - "Soccer the so called working men's sport is at the crossroads. It faces today the biggest threat to it's future. Alarm and despondency afflicts more and more clubs as they strive to keep solvent in the enveloping problems of rising costs, heavy taxation burdens, and team building on shoestring budgets. The bulk of soccer clubs - and let it be faced - are forced to exist on too slender a budget to enable them to embark on any big expansion scheme." And there was me thinking that everything was rosy back then.
Manwell Pablo Posted 26 September 2006 Posted 26 September 2006 One of the things that regularly gets dragged up in footie conversations is how money is killing the modern game. I've just read the editorial from a programme in the 50's and it states this - "Soccer the so called working men's sport is at the crossroads. It faces today the biggest threat to it's future. Alarm and despondency afflicts more and more clubs as they strive to keep solvent in the enveloping problems of rising costs, heavy taxation burdens, and team building on shoestring budgets. The bulk of soccer clubs - and let it be faced - are forced to exist on too slender a budget to enable them to embark on any big expansion scheme." And there was me thinking that everything was rosy back then. Interesting point, football is a unique sport in a way. What makes it so great is the entertainment it provides combined with the amount of skill that is required to play is at a high level. For that reason it has become the most watched sport in the world and for the same reason it has become every marketing managers dream. The big get bigger and the small get smaller. However people seem to look upon teams such as Chelsea, a relatively mediocre club, as evil because they have managed to find the money to rival the marketing machines, strange, very strange considering I hate them more than any other club in England. Probably because they have done nothing to earn domination of the English game. But then who has? Maybe the problems highlighted in this post should be acted on now, wage caps and restrictions on foreign players. Surely though that’s just stopping the game moving forwards? We're are treated to world cup standard football every Saturday night on the BBC, which is a positive thing. The difference between now and the 60 and 70's we didn't see six or seven world class teams in our top division in a week, we would be lucky to see one. Do we want to go back to that? As a Leicester City fan maybe, as a football fan in general I’m not so sure.
DanTheFoxBhoy Posted 27 September 2006 Posted 27 September 2006 I reckon that's why it's great to see the big guns get toppled by the financially less well off teams who have toiled upwards over the years. While dosh can no doubt bring stability to a team over a period of time (quality signings etc), at the end of the day all it takes is a good squad to take home the three points. I'm enjoying seeing Reading do well up there - that Man Utd game must have been satisfying for the fans. Likewise Notts County's League Cup run thusfar
Guest Posted 27 September 2006 Posted 27 September 2006 And there was me thinking that everything was rosy back then. And all this before Jimmy Hill's revolution.I think what is different is that the financial gap was not as wide back then. There wasn't an elite as such. But seeing as I wasn't even born, then what would I know?
Daggers Posted 27 September 2006 Posted 27 September 2006 I suggest people read Great Expectations and The Great Gatsby, then you'll understand that money is the root of all evil. At least it was in the late 70's when I did my O'level, maybe money has found a new level of respectability since then...I wouldn't be surprised if money had employed a decent spin doctor or something. Bloody money.
The People's Hero Posted 27 September 2006 Posted 27 September 2006 There is no doubt that money is important, but it does not rival the importance of being earnest. Always, always be earnest.
Daggers Posted 27 September 2006 Posted 27 September 2006 Always, always be earnest. I would not like that. I would not like to be Ernest at all. No.
Hullfox Posted 27 September 2006 Author Posted 27 September 2006 But seeing as I wasn't even born, then what would I know? You sure?
Ultra Posted 29 September 2006 Posted 29 September 2006 Interesting point, football is a unique sport in a way. What makes it so great is the entertainment it provides combined with the amount of skill that is required to play is at a high level. For that reason it has become the most watched sport in the world and for the same reason it has become every marketing managers dream. The big get bigger and the small get smaller. However people seem to look upon teams such as Chelsea, a relatively mediocre club, as evil because they have managed to find the money to rival the marketing machines, strange, very strange considering I hate them more than any other club in England. Probably because they have done nothing to earn domination of the English game. But then who has? Maybe the problems highlighted in this post should be acted on now, wage caps and restrictions on foreign players. Surely though that’s just stopping the game moving forwards? We're are treated to world cup standard football every Saturday night on the BBC, which is a positive thing. The difference between now and the 60 and 70's we didn't see six or seven world class teams in our top division in a week, we would be lucky to see one. Do we want to go back to that? As a Leicester City fan maybe, as a football fan in general I’m not so sure. Isn't it a little hypocritical for a self-proclaimed Chelsea hater to want a sugar daddy to take over our club? And the Premiership doesn't have six or seven "world-class" clubs. Take away the big four and the standard is very ordinary indeed.
ithuriel Posted 29 September 2006 Posted 29 September 2006 but far superior to the cash strapped football league.
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