Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by SeanLuke 4900 days ago
Your approach is more or less what happens in world soccer. Clubs like PSG or Manchester United essentially purchase their championships. Libertarianism doesn't make for very interesting games or teams.

I think sports leagues could do with a little less privatization and a little more Green Bay.
1 comments
mattm 4900 days ago
And yet the Premier League is one of the most successful leagues in the world...
link
forrestthewoods 4900 days ago
Depending on one's definition of successful. Is the EPL the most popular league? Probably. Are the EPL teams the least profitable and most indebted? You bet they are! To the tune of 3.9 billion USD of debt across the league.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/premier-league-c...

link
SeanLuke 4900 days ago
Perhaps in much the same way that McDonalds is one of the most successful restaurants in the world.
link