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View submission: Liverpool owners won’t sell club to ‘interested’ Elon Musk
User I was responding to said that musk buying Liverpool would ruin football... Which is idiotic, football has been ruined for a long time now, since clubs started accepting Russian mobster money, Arab dictatorships money, etc
Comment by TheBoizAreBackInTown at 07/01/2025 at 19:52 UTC
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Or Berlusconi's mafia money, or American blood money, or to go even further back, Franco's money...
Comment by Hurrly90 at 07/01/2025 at 19:56 UTC
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I do agree money has ruined football, to a degree. It has also forced the powers that be to try and curtail spending to a degree with the introduction of the PSR? iirc the name, to try and avoid cases of rich sugar daddies pulling out.
I would also argue the over paid prima donna players ruin it to a degree (speaking about my club mostly here). That the inconsistencies in Ref decisions have ruined it as well. The constant changing of rules such as handball have ruined it. The huge TV deals brought in by broadcasters adding even more money into the clubs have ruined it. Yet also made it all weirdly better.
Wether the rules apply (lol we all know the dont) there are rules in place about overspending.
If Musk comes in he would try and buy his way to the top and change everything to suit him. He would literally ruin football to the point of it not being enjoyable anymore to watch.