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I was watching some highlights last night and it just hit me how much the landscape of top-tier sports has shifted over the last decade. It feels like every time a player hits their absolute peak, they are immediately vacuumed up by one or two massive organizations that seem to have infinite resources.
It’s getting harder to root for the "underdog" story when the hierarchy feels so incredibly rigid. I remember back in the day when a standout talent could stay at a mid-table club for years and just become a legend there. Now, it feels like if you aren't being scouted by the absolute giants by age 22, you've already missed your window.
Don't get me wrong, I love seeing the best play against the best, but I worry we're heading toward a future where the same three or four names rotate through the trophy cabinets forever, while everyone else just fights for scraps. It makes the league tables feel almost predetermined sometimes.
Do you guys think this concentration of talent is inevitable, or is there still a way for smaller clubs to actually disrupt the status quo?
It’s getting harder to root for the "underdog" story when the hierarchy feels so incredibly rigid. I remember back in the day when a standout talent could stay at a mid-table club for years and just become a legend there. Now, it feels like if you aren't being scouted by the absolute giants by age 22, you've already missed your window.
Don't get me wrong, I love seeing the best play against the best, but I worry we're heading toward a future where the same three or four names rotate through the trophy cabinets forever, while everyone else just fights for scraps. It makes the league tables feel almost predetermined sometimes.
Do you guys think this concentration of talent is inevitable, or is there still a way for smaller clubs to actually disrupt the status quo?