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The Ripple Effect with James Lawrence Allcott

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How to Level the Playing Field in the 100 Meters

I keep talking about this gap, that you have to go and spend that kind of money. I think there should be a staggered start based on people's best times so far. Manchester United aren't juiced, are they? Their owners take money out of the football club. They don't put any in. So imagine if man, United every year to spend an extra 70 million pounds on another player for the last 15 years...they might not have won anything still. That would be the fear when it comes to relegation. No one's going to be like, let's finish bottom. And then we can, you know, next season, you're not going to get that money.

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