Brownie

Haha, good one.

The absolute state of the statement from FSG.

I can criticise it and I will. We have a duty to look out for ourselves but that doesn't extend to changing the rules to guarantee our own "success". I'm quite frankly astonished at some of the attitude towards this; reds are sounding like Tories, it's disgusting. We rightly complain about big businesses creating cartels and exploiting people in general life, this is just the same but on a smaller scale within a specific sport. it's completely unacceptable to be a part of it. It goes against our values and principles as a city and a club.

Have complete respect for you and your views Andrew but i’m afraid we’re just on totally different pages with this one mate.

I think you’re the one missing the point, mate. Football is already heavily favoured towards those with the most resources (that’s always been the case, even before 1993) but reward has always been linked to performance. This removes that. That’s a fundamental difference.

Absolutely with you on that. Some absolute cunts trying to make themselves look decent on the back of this, they can get to fuck.

If 75% of the participants are guaranteed participation regardless of performance, that absolutely is anti-competitive. I don’t known what is so hard to understand with this.

You should never be guaranteed a spot in the biggest competition, you absolutely should have to qualify for it.

The NFL move their franchises around quite regularly. Just in the last few years the Raiders, Saints & Chargers have all moved.

For me, “it’s shit anyway so who cares if it gets shitter” is not a logical approach. Yes football is shit compared to what it was and 1993 ruined what we loved, to a degree. This is 1993 on steroids though.

As has been said, the hypocrisy angle is completely fine but not at the expense of acknowledging how bad of an idea this is. You’re allowed to hate this thing and also point out the hypocrisy of those complaining about it. If you’re using it as justification to go along with it though then give your fucking head a wobble.

I can’t believe that at this point a quarter of people on here are all for it. The fuck?!

Done.

I would have said no, we have a duty to the game, not just to ourselves by creating a monopoly on success without even having to earn it. Some people are acting like this is just a re-brand or something but it’s not, it’s the big players guaranteeing their own success regardless of how they perform. How the fuck can any of us find that acceptable? Put yourself in some other shoes for a minute.

Carra needs to be careful pointing out the hypocrisy; thin line between that and whataboutery, apparently.