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THE next time you feel an urge to sack the board, remember this: were it not for the madness of rich men, professional football would not exist. Call it the necessary, if not entirely acceptable, face of capitalism.
Why do they bother? Why do otherwise rational men of commerce have the vain, childish streak that compels them to put their money and their mouths in the same place at the same time? And why do they feel the need to remind us that "football is not like a normal business"? Really?See the full content of this document
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Hidden Values Ian Bell On Making the Game Add Up
True, the English Premiership is transforming the economic model somewhat. American businessmen who once thought Aston Villa was a Mexican basketball star can do the numbers.
Others may be indelicate enough to call Liverpool FC "a franchise". But, to a tycoon, they ...See the full content of this document
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