hahaha I can feel the seething thru the screen. let’s return to this when Leicester advance past Barca!

Can’t say that firing hasn’t been validated! Hearing their fans singing and cheering yesterday must have put you in a bad mood.. Why aren’t they singing about fiscal responsibility dammit!?!

Vardy will defy you.

You make a good valid point there. Why not go all in and replace the top and middle 3rd’s as well with replacement level talent? It comes back to the value of a free market. If the lower 3rd players are only worth a scholarship, then that’s what they get. If the top 3rd of players are deemed to be worth $100k a year,…

What’s your point? That people would still go to Walmart if there were no workers? People go to Walmart to buy products, not watch the workers stock shelves. With sports people don’t go to buy the hotdogs, they go to watch the players play the sport. Again, apples to oranges.

Thanks Kaz

As an objective soccer fan, losing Ozil could be addition by subtraction. Guy is a luxury player in a league where none have been afforded since Steven Gerrard (who himself showed why luxury players are a hindrance.)

*rumours

Are the low wage workers the main reason for revenue? If so, then yes they are being exploited. Do you honestly believe that people would tune in to NCAA if not for the labor? Your scenario is apples to oranges when the labor is the star of the show and the main source of revenue in the NCAA whereas a company has a…

In 2016 , The NCAA and CBS signed an 8 year, $8.8 billion contract for the tv rights of the men’s basketball tournament. If there are 347 D1 teams with 13 players each on scholarship, so 4511 players total. If each player’s scholarship was worth $25k a year (generous) then the total worth of scholarships in a year is…

The coaches have leverage in that they could all band together to boycott games in support of the players getting paid. They could all afford to do it, but if the players get paid, then the coaches will feel the financial effects. How are you not seeing bargaining power across the board if both coaches and players…

The players and coaches have the most bargaining power here. The coaches wouldn’t do anything because it risks their livelihood and job prospects, but the players SHOULD do something. I completely understand there are risks to missing a year of football. There is also a lot of personal satisfaction in calling oneself…

You from Liverpool?

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Zlatan Muslimovic. Both are 35 years old, both are Bosnian immigrants with Swedish citizenship, both are strikers (soccer), and both are Muslim. I remember an early FIFA version when I thought Muslimovic was a filler player for Ibrahimovic (due to naming issues with national teams) with a really…

Arsenal have the wage bill to win trophies, as it is top 4 year in and year out since forever (maybe not forever-ever). I’d argue that their recruitment is actually not as strong as people give them credit for. A lot of the credit remains from the 2001-2006 era when Arsene unearthed some gems, but after that it gets…

I am not discounting Leicester winning the CL until the last second of their last game. Also, it is illogical to think selling off the team’s best players from a title-winning run would IMPROVE the results of the domestic campaign. It was perfectly logical to start the season thinking the current crop of players who…

Great point, but totally unrelated team. Sevilla will consistently be in the top 5 of Spain. Leicester will never consistently eclipse Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, United, City, Liverpool, Spurs regardless of how “smart” they are (see Southampton). My point is Leicester are an extreme outlier and should enjoy their…

I bet you’re a joy to watch soccer with. Enjoy being one of the few who are rooting against Leicester, to validate your warped definition of success.

Yes and the fans of Leicester City. What else matters?

They kept all their best players (bar Kante) and your original point was that they should have sold them instead to prepare for a more sustainable platform in the future. Are you suggesting that selling Vardy, Mahrez, and co. would have made them a better team this season? Because nobody could have predicted that and…