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[Spiller86]

wxwax since when has reason gotten in the way of hanging sh*t onto Liverpool?

I'll read the article though

[TheWestwayWonder]

Spiller86, on 12 October 2011 - 08:41 PM, said:

No one has posted this piece of brilliance from the Fiver in the Guardian. So without further ado.



http://www.guardian....+%28Football%29

I particularly enjoyed the bolded bit. Who knew we were all just a bunch of god damn socialists?

One thing that does amuse me a lot in all this is Ayre has unwittingly exposed Fenway's hand in purchasing Liverpool. They are there for the same reason as Hicks and Gillet, to make a profit of Liverpool's name and tradition.

Time to dust out those 'Built by Shanks, Ruined by Yanks' banners again me thinks, it's only a matter of time....

Hilarious and well put. I am glad to see that every club in England that has commented on this nonsense left Liverpool out in the cold.

Just to put Fenway Sports group's bleating into perspective here is a chart on baseball salaries:



The Red Sox, second from the right, are the mortal enemies of the Yankees, furthest right. Spending in baseball is out of control, but the top teams spend whatever they want and are usually rewarded with most of the success in the league.

And while TV deals might be evenly shared, "revenue sharing" as they call it in the MLB is not mandatory. Its only based on a luxury tax, i.e. how much over a threshold of payroll a team wants to spend on salaries. So, for example, if the threshold is 100 million, and Red Sox decide to spend 145 then they will owe tax on that extra 45, the payment of which goes to a fund which is then divided among the smaller market teams (Pittsburgh, Oakland, Tampa Bay, Kansas City). Basically, if you dont like how money is divided up make your team more effecient and stop paying that money. But the critical difference is Boston has had recent success after years of mediocrity. Liverpool have been just the opposite.

Its a shame some of the idiots in this country dont realize Socialism as they would understand it is ingrained into even the most American of sporting institutions. Then again, the same idiots who carry on calling everything socialism would f**king wilt in three months without the protections and services of government, so what the hell do they know.