Is the beautiful game over?
Posted by tomfromthepost on January 3, 2008
Yes, according to professor John Samuels
, business professor at the University of Birmingham. I’m interviewing him tomorrow about his new book, described as:-
“a book for football fans who are fed up with reading about the successes, the transfer dealings, the wage negotiations and the scandals of the few ‘elite’ clubs.Why have some clubs hit the big time and so many more missed out?Will the game be up for many more struggling teams, or can they claw their way back to the big time? “The Beautiful Game is Over” argues convincingly and urgently for change”
I’ll be hoping to find out some of the financial reasoning behind the dire performances of West Midlands clubs in recent years, in one of the traditional strongholds of the game.z I’ll also hopefully be finding out what can be done for the future of Villa, Blues, and the rest to help them catch up with the big boys of professional football.
More to come in the Birmingham Post, probably on Monday. Link then.
NB: speaking as an Oxford United fan, the beautiful game is most definitely over for me
