Unpopular opinion - FFP shouldn’t be a thing. People should be able to invest in whatever they want.
Ashley plastered Sports Direct round their stadium for years and nobody was bothered
I don't have a problem with whatever way clubs fund themselves as rules will always be bent, I do however have a big problem with parachute payments, you take the risk and take it on the chin when relegated.
Not unpopular here... it's the only way most clubs have grown in the past, after all!
Really? Think there was plenty of Newcastle supporters that weren't too keen on it. Surely you can see the difference between someone using a club they own for cheap advertising and the current owners paying massively over market value.Ashley plastered Sports Direct round their stadium for years and nobody was bothered
What I mean is Ashley plastered SD all over Newcastle’s ground when he was their owner and no one else was really bothered - their current owner have links to their new shirt sponsor and all of a sudden it’s a disgrace
I don't really fancy being bankrolled by oppressive dictatorships, arms dealers or people traffickers tbh.
I shall not pretend I wouldn't enjoy wealthy owners but I've always found Man City particularly distasteful. Even taking away the moral background of the owners, the way they can destroy competition while breaking rule after rule and get away with it... the thing that irks me the most is that they've basically just become a plastic, tourist club. Would genuinely hate that.
Tbf those rules are there to protect the status quo and ensure other dubious monied owners have their 'Investments' protected. I don't care if owners pump as much as they like in, the source is maybe an issue.
Not many billionaires are going to be squeaky clean are they but obviously some are significantly worse characters than others.
100% - the only reason the likes of United, Real Madrid etc complain is becuase it’s making it more difficult the more teams that can financially compete with them
Man United who are now spreading their cheeks for Qatari ownership by the way*
Not for me Alex, and I would imagine, a good number of our fans would not want to be bankrolled by a country with a poor human rights record, although some fans would not be bothered. I quite like my club being well run, and not taking some dodgy sovereign wealth fund money. Newcastle taking shed loads of money from a country that hacked to pieces a dissenting journalist, is beyond the pale for me.
Exactly this.
And as someone above said - successive governments and royals have been best mates with them for years.
