New Everton Owners: The Friedkin Group

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Bedfordblue said:
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Think of these people who have to work all year for an average pay just to see the surplus they make for their company be splashed out on European football, with teenagers paid as 100 of them put together or more.

And then comes the "all associates day", and they must also wear the jerseys.
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These pictures actually got me thinking about capitalism. :lol:

I also ask myself whether the founders of the two clubs ever thought for a second their creations would serve as a way to split the employees in halves at the meeting of a random American corporation in the 21st century. :lol:
 

AS Roma_fan said:
These pictures actually got me thinking about capitalism. :lol:

I also ask myself whether the founders of the two clubs ever thought for a second their creations would serve as a way to split the employees in halves at the meeting of a random American corporation in the 21st century. :lol:
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The founders of Everton Football Club were social reforming politicians, some of whom - as doctors - worked with the poor and sick. They threw the doors of Goodison Park open in 1905 to feed tens of thousands of unemployed port workers when there was a catastrophic downturn in trade.

They'd have been horrified at the prospect of rapacious scum like TFG 'owning' what they viewed as a communal resource.
 
davek said:
The founders of Everton Football Club were social reforming politicians, some of whom - as doctors - worked with the poor and sick. They threw the doors of Goodison Park open in 1905 to feed tens of thousands of unemployed port workers when there was a catastrophic downturn in trade.

They'd have been horrified at the prospect of rapacious scum like TFG 'owning' what they viewed as a communal resource.
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That was 120 years ago, the club is not a charity. Never mind pointing a finger at TFG, what about Moshi, Kenwright, Johnson and Moores to name a few.
 

Toffeelover said:
That was 120 years ago, the club is not a charity. Never mind pointing a finger at TFG, what about Moshi, Kenwright, Johnson and Moores to name a few.
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That's how Kenwright got away with his venal, mendacious pillaging of the club for his own ends: he presented us a charity and hired Denise to run the club. Everton in the Community - or Everton in My Pocket, as Kenwright really meant.
 

davek said:
The founders of Everton Football Club were social reforming politicians, some of whom - as doctors - worked with the poor and sick. They threw the doors of Goodison Park open in 1905 to feed tens of thousands of unemployed port workers when there was a catastrophic downturn in trade.

They'd have been horrified at the prospect of rapacious scum like TFG 'owning' what they viewed as a communal resource.
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EiTC is doing a great job but you don't seem to rate that.
 
davek said:
The founders of Everton Football Club were social reforming politicians, some of whom - as doctors - worked with the poor and sick. They threw the doors of Goodison Park open in 1905 to feed tens of thousands of unemployed port workers when there was a catastrophic downturn in trade.

They'd have been horrified at the prospect of rapacious scum like TFG 'owning' what they viewed as a communal resource.
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The founders of Roma were fascists. :lol:

The Fascist party encouraged the fusion of three existing Roman clubs: Roman FC, Alba Audace and Fortitudo pro Roma. The fourth club should have been SS Lazio, but their chairman was also a prominent fascist, an army general, and he successfully manouvered to preserve Lazio's identity.

Mussolini's sons were Lazio fans. :lol:

Mussolini was also responsible for the demolition of our first ground. Roma and Milan actually owned their grounds in the 1930s, the only Italian teams to do so. But our ground - which was modeled on Goodison Park! - didn't match Mussolini's taste, because it had wooden stands in a city of marble. So he ordered its demolition and built the PNF stadium (stadium of the fascist national party) to be shared by Roma and Lazio. This event marked the advent of state owned venues in Italian football, a disgrace. Milan was also forced to sell San Siro to the municipality of Milan and to share it with Inter.

Anyway, my post wasn't meant to blame American capitalism nor to imply the Friedkins will necessarily lead us to annihilation by erasing history and turning us into brands.

As for capitalism, Italian or British multinational companies are no different from their USA counterparts. I feel sorry for the employees, but, in a way or another, everybody lives in their exact same world.

I was just thinking about how things change over time, how the initial aims of a certain institution - in the case of Roma, "to be a football club worthy of the Empire's capital 🤣🤣" - become something else, something completely different and unrecognisable over the course of a century. It's fascinating.
 

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