The <i>European Super League</i> debacle: why regulation of corporate football is essential

On 18 April 2021, 12 European football clubs collectively issued a letter of intent to form new Super League. This attempted coup was strongly opposed across English football. Afterwards, the responsible owner-oligarchs were singled out for special criticism from pundits and supporter organizations alike. What emerged focus upon personal greed social indifference those individuals, but what less forthcoming in days following an analysis capable putting ‘greed thesis’ into more effective social, economic, even historical context. article strives sociological understanding 18th coup, understand better broader developments political economy which has come being. calls regulatory reform professional England, show why such is not merely plausible now necessary.