Paul Martinez73 said:I really hope this chaos in the sports world drags on for a while... maybe if most players refuse those contract cuts, we'll see total mayhem with the sponsors. I honestly don't know how Qatar Airways or Emirates will swallow all this, especially since Lufthansa is basically on life support right now. Sure, QA and US Soccer are essentially oil-funded government projects, but still...
Imagine if they just stop paying out damages entirely, half the players become free agents because clubs terminate their contracts, some teams go belly up, and new names emerge from the ashes. It would be damn interesting to watch, almost like hitting a massive reset button. To start things off, I’m rooting for more contract refusals and seeing a few clubs go bankrupt...
It’s going to be wild seeing what soccer even looks like after all this hits the fan.
If this lasts as long as they're predicting, it's questionable if we'll even have soccer to watch by the fall, and it's even more doubtful what kind of financial shape these clubs will actually be in by the next season.
Finally, the bubble is about to burst, and soccer might actually return to its "factory settings." Will this close the gap between the big clubs and the rest, or will the little guys struggle even more to stay afloat?
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