When soccer's new 'Super League' went after big money, the fans fought back

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Opinion | EdgeofSports: A 'super league' would further turn the sport into the pastime of plutocrats to whom the owning of these clubs is just another asset in their mighty portfolios. - MSNBCDaily

Scott McTominay of Manchester United during a Premier League match in Manchester, U.K. on April 18, 2021.April 21, 2021, 4:24 PM UTCIn case you've been living in a cave, or just the United States, an unprecedented upheaval has recently roiled the world of professional soccer.

According to their statement, the Super League is now on pause as they work to “reshape the project.” The failed league then admitted what has been obvious: that the edifice had crumbled “due to outside pressure.” In other words, the Super League is no more as a result of a combination of mass resistance and mass revulsion.

It would be a sporting tragedy, with some of the most adored franchises on Earth throwing a middle finger at the fans, the communities that have supported them for decades and at the sport itself.

 

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EdgeofSports Stan Kroenke is the worst person in the World of Sports. He took the Rams away from St. Louis and he is a Missouri Native. He sucks! Pure greed, Dollars are the way billionaires keep score. Who has the most $$$. Karma will get him!!

EdgeofSports Daily Capitalism is the worst of all worlds. We need to handle them like the French handled the Feudalists in 1792.

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