Modern Football, part 96...

The money is skewing everything. Fans demand owners always find more and more and more of it despite lots of proof it guarantees absolutely nothing. Clubs get into desparate trouble. The FA has (finally) taken (a few weak) steps against gambling companies but a lot of its most prominent member clubs are addicted to this kind of gambling themselves. The downside risk is too much. When a club goes under it's not just a company going broke, it's a whole community taking the hit for risks they themselves didn't agree to. Luckily - and it's not our doing as fans it really is pure luck - our owners are not so stupid.

Posted By: Yurik Hunt on January 16th 2020 at 17:11:42

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Just been reading about Bournemouth (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 16, 16:25:16
- That’s a massive diversion (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Jan 16, 19:18:01
- Modern Football, part 96... (Other Football) - Yurik Hunt, Jan 16, 17:11:42
  - If Smith was a billionaire we'd be doing the same (Other Football) - CWC, Jan 16, 17:55:16
    - Wow - Delia really can't win can she? (Other Football) - norway, Jan 16, 18:01:35
      - I didn’t read it like that at all (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 16, 19:45:19
      - What? (Other Football) - CWC, Jan 16, 19:11:31
        
        Ok, fair enough. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jan 16, 19:53:51
      - And if she makes way for the *wrong* billionaire (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 16, 18:05:14
- I'd normally like a club like them to stay up rather than, say, Everton or Villa (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 16:39:55
  - The original post was about Bournemouth (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 16, 18:12:14
    - yes and no one even mentioned FFP until you brought it up (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 18:16:36
      - so he is guilty of obtaining money illegally? (n/m) (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 16, 18:24:00
        
        who said that? I didn't (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 18:35:00
        
        Same as most countries unfortunately. (Other Football) - Men without hats, Jan 16, 20:41:35
        
        of course. (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 16, 18:58:51
        
        though to me it seems like the only "fucking idiot" in this conversation (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 19:04:48
        
        you're being ridiculously naive if you think his money is all totally legal and unsullied (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 19:02:44
  - financial dopers of the very worst kind (n/m) (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 16, 16:49:57
    - yes, a Russian banker too, so definitely not dodgy money at all (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 16:59:53
      - Didn’t he make his money in petrochemicals? (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 16, 17:55:13
        
        don't think so, pretty sure he's a banker (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 18:03:50
        
        "Demin made his fortune in banking, currently owning shares in Zenit Bank and AK Bars Bank (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 18:11:53
        
        Ah, that’s where the oil comes in too then (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 16, 19:43:54
      - the origin of the cash is, to me, irrelevant (n/m) (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 16, 17:02:44
        
        so if it were money from slave trafficking that'd be ok? (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 17:37:49
        
        FFP is not about the source of cash. (n/m) (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 16, 17:52:52
        
        erm, I realise that, obviously. we're not just talking about ffp are we (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 16, 17:58:52

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