
The Economics of Football seen through the eyes of Logan Roy
The David McWilliams Podcast
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The Problem With Football
American American dream is about being as good as you can be and working yourself up from zero to become president of the United States if you want. In reality, their sport operates on a completely different business. You are in a private members club, a country club where it's set up David,. It's set up to make money. They have very established salary caps, which don't allow the players to eat away all your marginality or your profit. The volatility isn't there, whereas in European leagues, it's just full of risk and volatility. That is a major risk that in the financial world is reflected in evaluations. I think they were bought this week for less than 200 million,
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