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Equally I could say that football is, and should remain, a private activity, which governments should leave well alone.

If fans want to buy or create and run football clubs they are free to do so. If private investors want to invest in football and buy or create and run football clubs they are free to do so.

I don't think there should a way football 'should' be run, again I think this is a private activity that may be organised and run however people like within the law.

The same goes for corporations in general.

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The sport in general and football in particular were historically subsised by goverments. Quite a lot in some places.

Well there is always the is-ought problem. And we get around that via social consensus. There was nothing really wrong with the super league idea from a pure capitalist perspective.

In fact according to neo liberal capitalist logic this is the best way to run anything including football.

Many major clubs have had issues with the way the Champions League works for years and it is a well-known problem. The ESL is just the latest symptom.

It's not ideological or "neo liberal capitalist logic", though I agree this is mostly a business problem.

But even at a more basic level this is about liberty. I don't see a fundamental difference between clubs wanting to set up the ESL and people in a town wanting to set up a tournament among them of whatever sport or legal activity they please. The State has no business interfering.

Now of course the fans (as fans and customers) can equally make their voice heard and vote with their feet if they are not interested.

My only concern here is this attempt by the government to dictate how football should be run.

yes, and also no persons is dying for decisions making on his soccer team favorite. here is not healthcare or automobiles, where bad decision are costing lives. it is game and there is no justifying aj interfere by governments.

And belief neoliberalism is starting to crack, which is why there was such widespread negativity to this announcement. People have realized that neoliberalism is just a way to funnel wealth and power into the hands of the few, and surprise they don’t like that.

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