Someone explain this Manchester United stuff to me

[clob94]

Manchester United v Liverpool game postponed after fan protest - BBC Sport

Manchester United's game against Liverpool is postponed after about 200 fans break into Old Trafford to protest against the Glazers' ownership.

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Where are you soccer needs at? What's this all about?

 

[2300 Nueces]

Manchester United is owned by an American group headed by the Glazers family. The Glazers wanted to take MU to a super league in Europe and out of the English Premier League. The fans of MU feel they are the true owners of the club and they demonstrated this by shutting the place down. They want the Glazers out of any ownership position asap. The fans will continue this until the Glazers sell.

The move by owners of some of these teams is typical of some of the ownership in pro sports. They want to consolidate the position of these teams and place the ownership at the top of the pyramid of soccer. By doing this, they funnel money and players to their teams without paying as much for players and by not paying to develop talent. It reeks of the NFL and American sports in general. I like the decentralized form of sport they have in Europe over the American socialist revenue sharing model. The American sport model steals from the players/fans and funnels most of the money to ownership.

 

[clob94]

So basically they see a European "globalist elite" league as a way to increase value, profits and fan base while simultaneously lowering what they'd have to pay for talent-- until of course the players ban together and force through some sort of collective bargaining agreement.

 

[DrinkToIt]

Yeah pretty much. The power elite want to create an NFL where they can never be relegated and can call all the shots. F them. Don't suck and run your team right and you'll be fine. He'll, Man U is already one of the most popular clubs in the world as it is.

 

[2300 Nueces]

So basically they see a European "globalist elite" league as a way to increase value, profits and fan base while simultaneously lowering what they'd have to pay for talent-- until of course the players ban together and force through some sort of collective bargaining agreement.

Yes, but they also want to eliminate the people on the periphery who work in and around the sport. The amount of work that goes into identifying and developing talent is enormous compared to what happens in the US. The elite clubs have to pay for this when they buy the players from the lower clubs and it's expensive. The owners want a de facto transition like college to pro in the USA. They basically pay nothing in the NFL, MLB, NBA, etc... In soccer they have to PAY. Worldwide, playing soccer is a better payoff per person than USA sports.

College degrees not in STEM are worthless except for accounting and upper level attorneys. 99% of CFB players are not in STEM so the argument of receiving an education does not fly.

 

[weevilcatch]

Soccer nerd here...

ManU fans chose an idiotic way to demonstrate their displeasure. Glazer doesn't give two shits I would imagine. Now, if they stop going to games and buying merch, then the billionaire might get the idea.

As I've stated numerous times, consumers have the ultimate power. Protest with your wallet. That is the only way that money people will listen.

I don't have anything else to add that wasn't already mentioned other than the SuperLeague idea was a piece of shit. It was rich clubs wanting to monopolize global soccer. **** them.