A culture of greed, riddled with inequality. Global football is a mirror of our age | Kenan Malik
by Kenan Malik from US news | The Guardian on (#6HC59)
The ECJ Super League ruling lays bare how demand for market competition is a weapon wielded by those in power
Nadine Dorries or Jacob Rees-Mogg? Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk? Uefa or the European Super League? Yes, sometimes life seems like a succession of Hobson's choices.
Last week the European court of justice (ECJ) ruled that Uefa, which oversees European football, and the game's global body, Fifa, acted unlawfully in threatening sanctions against players and clubs that joined the European Super League (ESL) in 2021. In April of that year, 12 of Europe's biggest clubs announced the creation of the ESL, a lucrative new competition to rival Uefa's Champions League, promising clubs even more riches but also freedom from the possibilities of relegation, thereby making those riches permanent.
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