European Super League (ESL) is only one example of how business has takeover football from the fans. The foreign investor and club owners had become the main problem in modern football. The appearance of foreign investment in European football has brought its colour for football, especially in the UK. Manchester City and Chelsea are the real examples of how money has quickly changed the luck of a mid-table team to be a title contender.
The different condition occurred on Manchester United and Arsenal. Both the owner has focused on taking short-term profit without the desire to be a title contender or a win the league title. The sports business is natural due to the high possible profit that the investors can earn. However, the football culture in several major countries in Europe is different from the sports industry that implemented in the USA. In the US, the football industry is their culture. American football did not have relegation or promotion, but all the team can still provide the highest entertainment level for all citizens around the US with their characteristic.
The American Football League can generate more money to pay a massive paycheck to the player, more profit for the club and a tempting sector for the investor. The fact that the super bowl commercial is the highest-paid commercial slot in sport is solid evidence of the US sports industry success. However, this kind of things is not happening in European football. In Europe, football is own by everyone with their unique characteristic. Let’s take a look at a country with solid football background like England. British football has a complex structure, with Premier League as the main show. The division below premier league such as the Championship league, league one, league two or grass root football is living with a subsidy of the premier league. This subsidy is essential to ensure football is own by all society elements, including big and small club.
Leave football to football. Football is just like religion for many people in the UK. Usually, the club that their support is a club that their parent support. The club is their pride and happiness that passes from one generation to the next generation. The football club is more than just a money machine, and many people put their heart into the club they support. The phenomenon has occurred in Chelsea; even though the arrival of Roman Abramovic has given an enormous fortune to the clubs, the majority of supporters are hoping the Russian billionaire leaves Chelsea.
The collapse of ESL is not the end of the fight. The football industry is still not the football that fans want. Arsenal and Manchester United fans had increased their protest to the club owner to asked them to leave their club.