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Football: a moral force for good?

Moral Maze

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The Faustian Pact Between Football Fans and Owners

Chelsea lost 900,000 pounds a week for 19 years under Roman Abramovich. The likes of Sheikh Mansour at Manchester City and the PIF owners at Newcastle are getting for what is a relatively low amount of money,. A degree of QDOS, a degree of fame, adegree of attention that they wouldn't get elsewhere. There's only 20 Premier League clubs in existence at any one point in time. But if you are the one person who can say, my football club is hosting Liverpool this weekend, you own the room... very much the assets that very few people can buy.

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