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Originally Posted by Locke
In fairness, that system tends to assume a level playing field which, in soccer, is not true.
Its like old-school NHL where the big teams had more money and just bought better players that nobody else could match or afford.
Soccer loves the un-level terms. Middle Eastern Oil sheikhs dropping untold millions on players and winning trophies with teams that hemorrhage cash, but they dont care.
They're treated like toys, trophies and trinkets rather than businesses.
A group on one side of the world trying to run a team like a business making money with methodical planning cant compete with a lunatic billionaire on the other side of the world who has nobody to answer to in terms of his spending.
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While its true that nothing will change, there are a number of steps that could/should probably be taken. Changing the loan system would be good so that teams can't stockpile players basically just to spite other clubs. I get that the loan system works for young players needing experience, but some teams are just over the top with it. Obviously making it so that the same owners can't have more than one team would be a step in the right direction because then you have what is essentially a farm system for those ultra-rich clubs.
I don't have much in the way of answers, but there are problems brewing I think.