I see your point. I just don’t think they should get payments. Some of these clubs are losing tens of thousands a week. They get less than a thousand fans attend. At the end of the day it’s a business.
Communities have lots of traditions. Some old pubs or shops that have been there since before football even existed. But they close down and become car parks if they don’t make ends meet.
I guess it comes down to our values and what we want to prioritise in life. Do we want to work together to help preserve tradition and local communities etc ... or, do we want more car parks?
You talk about it like it's a natural event like a hurricane or earthquake ... it isn't. It is something we can work to protect and preserve - if we want to.
For all their faults, FSG are an interesting example of this. Ticket prices at Liverpool have been frozen for a number of years now - for the owners that means (in real terms) they have fallen. But the demand for tickets is huge - they could probably double the prices if they wanted to and still sell out most games such is the demand. It'd be hugely unpopular and it would harm relations with fans but, like you say, football is a business.
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