Twisted fire starter Richard Scudamore generally lies low.
He is a man who was made for the shadows.
And, as ever, his words are carefully chosen, rather too carefully...
Apparently, Adebayor has "damaged the Premier League's brand" which is a bit ripe coming from the android who has sold out top flight English football to ########
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We would have thought that the brand of football had already been damaged quite enough actually.
But this was only a sideshow, Bob.
Our Great Leader is more concerned with UEFA and the Financial Fair Play (FFP) plan which Platini introduced yesterday to a wall of silence in the mainstream English media.
The FFP will prevent indebted clubs from competing in UEFA competitions from 2012 and, with the ban on transfers at Chelsea, suggests a hardening of attitude at both UEFA and FIFA towards the financially unstable English elite.
Now, Our Great Leader is on a rather sticky wicket here.
No matter where one looks in ScudamoreWorld, there is financial disaster.
All four companies involved in Hull City are refusing to produce accounts despite being considerably overdue, and rumours of #######################################
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According to Peter Storrie, al-Fahim is yet to refinance Portsmouth, is struggling to find the money and #################################################################
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Chelsea are banned from the transfer market for child trafficking and other clubs may follow.
West Ham United finally released some accounting figures, not the most recent ones as they are still secret, but the club lost £37 million in 2008 with current debts and liabilities reaching £100 million. If ScudamoreWorld hadn't illegally prevented their relegation, this club would have gone out of existence. Only the goodwill of the banks kept the team afloat anyway.
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#####################################, while the crowd for Sunday's Big Derby against Aston Villa was 15% lower than four years ago.
Transfer fee spending by Premier League clubs fell by 10% in the summer transfer window despite the Murdochracy claiming that it was a record window (based on Manchester City having spent more than previous biggest spenders!!!).
Meanwhile, there is concern over the number of players moving between Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur over the last three seasons with numerous other negotiations having failed to materialise in a transfer. Being ScudamoreWorld, only insiders at Portsmouth and Spurs know the true values of these transfers.
Meanwhile, despite the shirt sponsorship deal with a wunch of bankers, Liverpool's new stadium will not be built until the global recession ends and credit becomes available.
Newcastle and Wigan, through their Sports Direct and JJB Sports brands, are accused of price-fixing by the Office of Fair Trading, which kind of raises the issue of the fit-and-proper-persons-test (FPPT) with regard to Mike Ashley and Dave Whelan.
And, elsewhere, the Premier League's rigid control of 'their product' has run into financial and legal issues in Israel, where Judge Michal Agmon-Gonen threw out an attempt to shut down a pirate website (www.live-footy.org) broadcasting the Premier League matches. The excellent judge wigged: "...watching sports events is socially important and should remain in the realm of mass entertainment, and not just be for those who can afford it."
And further still, at Pluto's core, those nice people at Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are targeting the excessive money laundering which is a ubiquitous feature of ScudamoreWorld. Those agents and market manipulators and insider gamblers should beware as the HMRC is targeting offshore accounts belonging to managers, players and the various leech-like middle-people private-equitising the sport.
The asset-strippers, if you like.
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And ScudamoreWorld tarnishes everything that it touches.
Not being a proper national association, it has been necessary for the Premier League to takeover the FA board to render the association useless.
The FA Cup is suffering because of this with EON withdrawing sponsorship (a £32 million four-year contract), and due to Setanta's demise leaving a £70 million shortfall. Those optimists hoping that ESPN or another bidder might come up with a similar figure are to be disappointed as the venerable trophy will be sold off at a cheap price nearer the 3rd Round - trying to sell a bum product in a time-truncated market is not a strong hand.
Still, the FA is proud to announce that it is seeking a £5 million sponsorship deal with a bookmaker.
And that's it.
The same formula.
Always.
Drive the body to the brink of financial ruin.
'Save It' with bookmaking money.
As Our Great Leader delivered: "It is absolutely essential that these clubs are run as viable, going concerns."
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