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Obliterati
Nov 13, 2012

Pain is inevitable.
Suffering is optional.
Thunderdome is forever.
It should also be noted that the EPL, financially, is almost entirely dependent on TV rights money and being owned by Arab royals / Russian oligarchs fleeing Putin / American speculators / English CEOs, who fund them for personal prestige rather than profit. With the exception of Manchester United, who have a huge international presence, the top clubs aren't financially stable in their own right. The further you go down the pyramid, the tighter budgets are and more frequent the bankruptcies. A bad season for a League One club can be enough to put them to the wall. Conversely a bit of luck in the cup competitions can see your semi-pro team playing Man U and making more money in ninety minutes than you did in the last five years.

Obliterati fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Aug 28, 2017

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