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Mbappe’s Cash Grab, Hendo’s Legacy, and Why the Saudi Pro League Is the Future of Elite Football

The Ripple Effect with James Lawrence Allcott

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The Importance of a Hard Cap on Salary

I don't mind if Saudi Arabia becomes the league, I just don't think it will become the league. My issue is if you set a hard cap on the money to try and bring everyone together, the only thing that happens to football is rich owners take money out of football. But again, I think if they can't fly into the stratosphere, you give everyone a chance in this low scoring, high variable game. If there is a rule that says we have a hard capon salaries, but all the profit has to be reinvested in the club and the academy to produce better players in the future... I don't care. We know what will happen because it happens in other

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