Biggest supported club in the 4th division

[Gary the Enfield]

Morning, can't see a thread anywhere else so thought I'd start this thread.

WTF is happening at Manchester City? Are they set to do a Juventus?

Will it pretty much gift the Premier League title to Arsenal?

[BWFC_Insane]

No idea - but I'll say this. Every premiership club should be investigated cos I'm willing to bet anything that the majority are at it.

[boltonboris]

^^ Yep. This is just a ruse by the Premier League to keep governance at bay "It's ok, we've got this. Look!"

Once they open the door to scrutiny, the whole house of cards could come down..

[Bruce Rioja]

But, if Etihad say "OK, we're prepared to pay (insert exorbitant amount) for shirt sponsorship and stadium naming rights", that's a legitimate income stream, right?

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

But, if Etihad say "OK, we're prepared to pay (insert exorbitant amount) for shirt sponsorship and stadium naming rights", that's a legitimate income stream, right?

Given the ownership of the club and Etihad are connected, then Etihad paying over the going rate is just a convenient way to bypass the financial rules.

[Bruce Rioja]

But, if Etihad say "OK, we're prepared to pay (insert exorbitant amount) for shirt sponsorship and stadium naming rights", that's a legitimate income stream, right?

Given the ownership of the club and Etihad are connected, then Etihad paying over the going rate is just a convenient way to bypass the financial rules.

Yes. Exactly.

[boltonboris]

But, if Etihad say "OK, we're prepared to pay (insert exorbitant amount) for shirt sponsorship and stadium naming rights", that's a legitimate income stream, right?

I think that's one of the things they are being charged for. Unrealistically high sponsorship deals. The Etihad Campus naming rights, is apparently the largest sponsorship of any kid in the whole of sports. By quite some margin

Then they also have companies that don't actually exist sponsoring them obscene sums

They were sponsored by some crypto gambling website that was traced back to Abu Dhabi and on the website, the 'directors' were just models from Google Stock images

[BWFC_Insane]

It’s all a bit ridiculous. The premiership injected the poison and now blamed the patient. How about they actually do clean house and investigate all clubs find out what’s going on then work with an independent regulator to sort the whole mess out. And also create far larger solidarity payments to sort out the leagues below.

I’m sick to death of the clubs in the premiership jostling each other for moral superiority. None of them have any.

[Prufrock]

Yep. Of all the things, sponsorship presumably means they have to stick the cash up front, so the club isn't at risk.

Otherwise let's just rank it by attendance and "history".

[Harry Genshaw]

I’m sick to death of the clubs in the premiership jostling each other for moral superiority. None of them have any.

In one. Twitter awash with Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal fans lapping this up and claiming some moral superiority, that somehow their clubs money has been earned where City have been financially doped. The 3 clubs who drove through clubs keeping all the home gate receipts, the formation of the PL and the cartel that is the champions league.

The PL announcing this in the week that there was talk of an independent regulator being appointed. Hmm.

[boltonboris]

I think this is fair

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