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How modern football’s exploitation model brewed fan resentment | Jonathan Wilson (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 hours ago by jjpamsterdam@feddit.org to c/Football@lemm.ee

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Jonathan Wilson elegantly describes why many, myself included, have been falling out of love with modern football, little by little. The best part of the article describes it really well, in my opinion:

"Those traditional fans have gradually seen the sport their families have perhaps supported for generations change. (...) Lip service is paid to fans and their devotion, but increasingly they are exploited and marginalised and their importance to the club is diminished."

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[–] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Although I don't know MLS, your description could also be true when considering smaller European leagues. As a Dutchman I somewhat follow the Dutch Eredivisie. There we have a generally well developed fan culture, full stadiums with good atmosphere and several teams challenging for the title all while not being skinned alive as English fans often are.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And there won't be talks of Dutch teams having regular season games in the US, like in La Liga.

[–] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago

Haha! We had one supercup in 2021 that was played in Tel Aviv of all places for some reason. Well, at least the league has promised never to do anything like that again after some serious backlash.