Manchester City has turned itself into a global club, with affiliated clubs in MLS, Australia, and Japan. Its academy has always been highly regarded, and the investment made in player development is also high.

Exactly - if I'm a billionaire and I have my own money, why shouldn't I be allowed to spend it as I see fit? MCFC's owners fund their own team and get pilloried while the Glazers have leveraged United up to its eyeballs in debt - to pay back the loans the Glazers took out to buy the club in the first place - and are…

No, clubs should be allowed to spend themselves into financial ruin. That in itself isn't a problem. If QPR failed to get promoted, lost tons of money in the process, and thus suffered a couple more relegations as they struggled with the lasting effects their short-sighted policy, oh well.

Seems to this very casual fan that if the problem is oil sheiks buying a club and spending $100M+ every year to buy all the good players, maybe they should just have a salary/transfer cap instead of this seemingly very convoluted balanced-budget thing. But I guess that would hurt the big clubs even more than a couple…

Just one modest correction...and I still may be wrong:

FFP isn't meant to protect teams from spending themselves into oblivion. FFP was created to protect the big clubs.

I was speaking more of the system of direct sales without the hassle of negotiations.

If only there was a better way...

It's so sad that we have to play these little games just to buy a car and not feel like we're being ripped off.

As a Corvette fan, I'm super disappointed the two brands won't be able to duke it out and both take the challenge to the Europeans.

Watkins Glen is owned by France i believe and Road America did not think it could make money with the Indycar sanction fee but a race there is rumored for 2015.

being an expensive spec series doesnt help.

Now get the series back to Road America where they belong.

How much is this title sponsorship worth in comparison to various sponsorship deals in major racing series like Nascar or F1? My guess would be a very small amount in comparison. But regardless, it doesn't matter. Along with other issues, today's iteration of "indycar" is still fucked for two primary reasons:

I'd be much more interested if it wasn't a one-chassis series. I know that's the reality of their financial situation but I don't like it.

They chased away so many fans during the "let's be more like jingoistic NASCAR" days. Fools. All of them.

I think until the only oval this series runs is Indianapolis the series will continue to struggle. Get back to Watkins Glen and Road America, get races in Montreal and Mexico City and get back to a standardized start time for races as well like NASCAR.

Travis can I recommend putting this video at the bottom of the article? It's so good. Highlights the drivers, highlights the violent speed; highlights the drama - quality marketing like this that actually has a chance of being seen is what I'm most excited for. Such a great day for IndyCar.

But they turn in more than one direction...!

I just went from six to midnight!