boltonbonce wrote: Norpig wrote:This has been a loophole for years and needs sorting out. City inflated the Emirates sponsorship deal years ago to get round this and it's not right.
My worry is that Sluffy and Bob might get involved.
No not me.
I don't have any interest in such stuff.
My view fwiw is that football lost it soul long, long ago when it became apparent that money basically determined success.
I still follow BWFC because I was born in the town and have followed them from my earliest days - indeed one of my earliest recollections is being a child in my grandparents house which was close to Orlando Bridge and hearing the crowd at Burnden - particularly the roar when we scored.
Would I follow football now if I wasn't already part of my DNA, I don't believe I would.
What connection have I got to it when nearly every big club like City, United, Chelsea, etc have foreign owners, the vast majority of their players are in effect foreign mercenaries and here because that is where the money is and clubs like Bolton can only compete if we did the same.
What exactly is then my connection to the club apart from the name (and even then the Reebok is situated in Horwich and not 'true' Bolton)?
Why would I support say Tesco and hope say Aldi and Sainsburys perform badly, or be loyal to say BMW and hope all Fords and Vauxhalls break down - I'd be mad to do so, so why do I want Bolton - a club financed by non-Bolton owners (ok there's Mike James but stay with me) a non-Bolton manager and a first team playing squad with all non-Bolton players - to do well (and spoil my day when they don't) as opposed to any other teams that also don't have non-Bolton owners, managers or players?
I'm basically following brand loyalty aren't I and my loyalty is in economic terms 'totally elastic' meaning I'll follow them until the day I die no matter what they do.
Rationally it doesn't make any sense does it?
City, Newcastle and PSG basically have the National Wealth funds of mega oil rich countries behind them - how do you compete with that?
City can afford to tie up the Premier League in court for decades if they choose to - how is that fair to other teams like Bolton?
This isn't the sort of football that I care about.
I'll just stick to seeing football as a game (which it is - ever if everyone else chooses to be in denial of the fact) and be happy when we win and a bit down when they don't, and intrigued as to how much the owners are prepared to piss their money away chasing
their dreams via 'my' club.