Post by @admin on May 22, 2019 2:50:46 GMT
We might be living in the most predictable, dominated sporting era ever. This has been a big topic in the past couple of days in with Manchester City becoming their first team to complete a domestic treble (winning the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season) with their financial backing courtesy of the Abu Dhabi United Group being a key factor, whilst also for the first time ever, the top five European leagues have been retained by the holders. Success being bought in European football is nothing new, but articles like this by Jonathan Wilson point out we might have passed a more significant tipping point of inequality fundamentally changing (or ruining, depending on your perspective) a sport entirely.
Across the pond in America, things aren't faring much better. Despite salary caps and drafts (ironically a very socialist concept in the most capitalist of countries) we have the Patriots winning three of the last five Super Bowls, whilst the Warriors are highly likely to win their fourth NBA title in five seasons.
Does more need to be done to try and even the playing field? Can that even be done at this stage? And as fans does the same team winning over and over affect your interest - or does it make the upsets like Leicester winning the Premier League or the Giants beating the Patriots even more special?
Across the pond in America, things aren't faring much better. Despite salary caps and drafts (ironically a very socialist concept in the most capitalist of countries) we have the Patriots winning three of the last five Super Bowls, whilst the Warriors are highly likely to win their fourth NBA title in five seasons.
Does more need to be done to try and even the playing field? Can that even be done at this stage? And as fans does the same team winning over and over affect your interest - or does it make the upsets like Leicester winning the Premier League or the Giants beating the Patriots even more special?
