Should EPL bail out lower league clubs?

comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 25 minutes ago
Rubbish Sandy, the government only have taxpayers money, football is awash with money, when players are getting ridiculous wages let football sort out their problems they made them

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It is not the Prem`s task in life to bail out other clubs, no matter how much money they have. I assume you earn more money than some people you know. Are you going to bail them out, just because you earn more?

Well being a committed socialist I’d say yes, HOWEVER why is football being singled out and held to a different standard? Are the Hedge Fund’s and investment banks helping small businesses? Are Amazon helping Argos? Is Richard Branson, Mike Ashley or Tim Martin helping ANYBODY?

The Prem relies on the lower leagues and grassroots football. There is no Pre without them, unless they break away and form a new competition.

IMO, the Prem must bail them out, not the government.

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 25 minutes ago
Rubbish Sandy, the government only have taxpayers money, football is awash with money, when players are getting ridiculous wages let football sort out their problems they made them

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It is not the Prem`s task in life to bail out other clubs, no matter how much money they have. I assume you earn more money than some people you know. Are you going to bail them out, just because you earn more?
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Football clubs are generally run by business men, its their business. The level of losses involved should question whether the businesses are viable or sustainable before simply demanding taxpayer money to keep them going.

Now if government intervention could apply regulations that depended on the business becoming sustainable, such as through wage caps limit wages to turnover % then its a different conversation, but that can't or won't happen.

The only other option is a case by case bailout depending on viability, rather than a blanket open chequebook.

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 24 minutes ago
Rubbish Sandy, the government only have taxpayers money, football is awash with money, when players are getting ridiculous wages let football sort out their problems they made them

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The Government are the ones shutting down football, why should Prem clubs bail out the Government.
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And its not the government shutting down football, is that's tiny global pandemic that is being a little inconvenient for football...

comment by Mirrorman (U21921)
posted 43 minutes ago
In my view, no, not without some concessions the other way.

Genuine coincidence - I've just written a similar article on my club's board.
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What concessions?

And would your viewpoint still be the same had you not been promoted last season? Genuine question as your wage bill and the losses you'd be making would probably have put you near the top of the endangered clubs list.

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - Cosmic Refugee (U1282)
posted 50 minutes ago
The Prem relies on the lower leagues and grassroots football. There is no Pre without them, unless they break away and form a new competition.

IMO, the Prem must bail them out, not the government.
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Rubbish, the Prem could manage very well, and it does, without lower league football and grassroots football. I get the sentimental stuff, but the bottom line is, most normal working people will be the same boat as lower league clubs, but they won`t have anybody to bail them out, and pay their mortgages etc. It may not be what you want to hear, but the world has changed now, and you cannot just prop up clubs if they cannot afford to run themselves.

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 58 minutes ago
Well being a committed socialist I’d say yes, HOWEVER why is football being singled out and held to a different standard? Are the Hedge Fund’s and investment banks helping small businesses? Are Amazon helping Argos? Is Richard Branson, Mike Ashley or Tim Martin helping ANYBODY?
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This is of course the technically correct answer.

But is football really just a business?

Not to me. And I hope not to others.

comment by RespectYourAldersSon (U22365)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 24 minutes ago
Rubbish Sandy, the government only have taxpayers money, football is awash with money, when players are getting ridiculous wages let football sort out their problems they made them

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The Government are the ones shutting down football, why should Prem clubs bail out the Government.
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And its not the government shutting down football, is that's tiny global pandemic that is being a little inconvenient for football...
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Nah it is the Government, they are happy to keep pubs open for people to crowd in and watch football, people to crowd onto public transport to go to work, but not allow a few supporters to come into smaller clubs. Entirely down to the Government.

comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 4 hours, 22 minutes ago
comment by RespectYourAldersSon (U22365)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by sandy (U20567)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 24 minutes ago
Rubbish Sandy, the government only have taxpayers money, football is awash with money, when players are getting ridiculous wages let football sort out their problems they made them

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The Government are the ones shutting down football, why should Prem clubs bail out the Government.
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And its not the government shutting down football, is that's tiny global pandemic that is being a little inconvenient for football...
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Nah it is the Government, they are happy to keep pubs open for people to crowd in and watch football, people to crowd onto public transport to go to work, but not allow a few supporters to come into smaller clubs. Entirely down to the Government.
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100%, why let people congregate inside a pub, but not in the open-air of a stadium?

The whole shebang is ludicrous. The government is jumping about like they have no clue,....... oh wait.