By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Goatseye on 24 July 2014
Edit Thread
Barozi said:

1. None. I just said that the team owners do everything to make the team a multi billion franchise and that includes giving the team a new image by changing its name or by relocating it to a completely different city. (Basically taking a piss on the existing fanbase). If that still doesn't help the team owner sells all players and lets the club die. I don't see how that system is anything to strive for.

2. I think we were talking about club sports here? Some others you mentioned are individual sports, which really aren't comparable. Also for Nascar there is Formula 1 and Boxing is very popular over here as well.

3. Trillion dollars ? That's a bit exaggerated. I said a very similar taste. The popularity of the big 4 forms of club sports is rather equal in the US. American football being the most popular, then either Baseball or Basketball and then Hockey.
In most European countries the popularity of football is much much higher than any other kind of sport.
So yeah if, let's say the same percentage of US Americans loved a single type of sport as the Europeans do with football, then those teams would easily beat the likes of Real Madrid.

 

You're complaining about the money from rich Arabs and Russians, but the same is happening in the US. The only difference being that American millionaires and billionaires have control over the clubs. Again, nothing to strive for, especially as a fan.
I'm not complaining about the league system there though with geographically separated leagues, play-offs, drafts and all that.

About the stadiums in Brazil, I'm not quite sure what you're aiming at.
If you're talking about the treatment of the workers, don't blame the sport. FIFA has nothing to do with that.
If you're talking about stadiums that were built in regions where there's no big local club, blame the Brazilian football association. The FIFA has set a minimum amount of stadiums that is required for a world cup. Brazil built 4 stadiums more than necessary.

I'm compalining about the government making shady deals with contractors and overpaying them in some stances or the abuse of nepotism in case of CBF.

About Russian and Arab billionaires some of those guys illicitly enriched in their home countries and are still associated with shady hedge funds from South America and Europe.

That's all.