In my opinion the PL falls into that category
I don't disagree with you on principle at all - in fact, I'm all for it - but it has to be above board.
The government can't just foist the costs on the clubs willy-nilly. There needs to be legislation for it to be transparent and enforceable in itself. That's why I admired Labour's stance on the game ..
The clubs are not doing anyone any favours when we are seeing one club spending over 200m on players, and then we read the statistic that one in four children is growing up in poverty. (but that's another debate)
It is another debate and this is a capitalist economy so it's pure market forces. When that market implodes - which might not be that far away - and Sky's bubble bursts and we all have free-to-air entertainment on all our devices then we'll see a return to more sensible transfer fees and wages.
If you'd told someone twenty years ago they'd never have to pay to listen to all the recorded music that's ever been made .. through a phone in their pocket that's also a camcorder they would've laughed in your face. Who knows what the future of the relationship between professional sport and television will look like five years from now ??
Maybe stewards are sufficient these days?
In the grounds themselves with cameras covering pretty much the entire stadium, yes they are.
It's outside policing that the majority of the spend is paying for. Those stewards only work for four hours, most of 'em. The cops will be on duty a lot longer than that and cost an awful lot more.
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