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Big Four clubs asked to redistribute earnings to the rest of the Premier League


New Government proposal ain’t never gonna happen

The last time The Spoiler checked, we lived in a capitalist society, whereby privately-owned wealth is generated by participating in a free market. However, this apparently isn’t the case any more, as our comrades in the Government are suggesting the biggest clubs in English football share their wealth with the rest of the Premiership.

Under new proposals by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, the billions of pounds generated by the TV appearances and Champions League campaigns of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester Utd and Chelsea would be redistributed among the other twenty clubs:

Champions League cash, worth £15million-£40m to each qualifying clubs each season, would be shared out

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Posted: May 7th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey