More than a game : saving football from itself
Gregory, Mark2021
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The Premier League is the most commercially successful football league in history, the self-proclaimed 'best league in the world'. But success has come at a cost, unbalancing the English game to a profound and damaging degree. The signs are everywhere: it is estimated that 61 of the country's 92 professional clubs are loss-making; payments to agents each year regularly total more than the combined income of all 44 clubs in Leagues 1 and 2; supporters face higher prices every season; young English players find their route to the top blocked; and the socially beneficial community activities that clubs undertake are underfunded. In this revealing and eye-opening analysis, leading economist Mark Gregory reveals the breadth and depth of the problems facing the national game, and shows us a way to bring football home for good.
Main title:
More than a game : saving football from itself / Mark Gregory.
Author:
Gregory, Mark, author
Imprint:
London : Yellow Jersey Press, 2021.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781787290549 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.334796.334 GREG796.334 GRE
Language:
English
BRN:
90605
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