re: Legal challenge to FFP moving along

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So you're not totally in favor of FFP either.

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No sane person would argue against money to bring stability to a club, and FFP isn't against that. It wants to stop play toy clubs with reckless spending.

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If the club has a contract, that's going to guarantee a revenue source for the club for the length of that deal and won't add debt on the club. I don't see what the issue is.

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B.c the club isn't worth that much. So they use shady deals to try and loop hole the rules.

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That's not really what I meant though. Chelsea, through their success, has expanded their fan base dramatically over the last 10 years, which equates to more shirt/merchandise sales and completely legitimate sponsorships that they would not have gotten if not for their spending in the first 6-8 years of the Abramovich era. That model is now illegal.

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Chelsea have always had a strong base in the UK and Europe.

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There are droves upon droves of American Chelsea fans, many of whom would have picked another club if not for their recent success.

Hell, after the news the other day there are a bunch of Chelsea fans who live in freaking Manchester apparently. Europe is not immune from bandwagoning.

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Those american fans and the revenue is peanuts. They might buy a jersey once in a while but they for the most part are not traveling to matches in London.