Hi General,
First of all, best wishes to your father and I hope your preparations for Thanksgiving are going well (In Britain we have our Thanksgiving on July 4th:) arf arf!!
Just wanted your 'non Villa' opinion on where the credit crunch and forecasted economic slump (even deflation) will leave not only British football but world sport over the next few years?
In an environment where very few organisations can survive without benefactors (commercial or individual)- be it in the NBA, NFL or European Football (Aston Villa included at the moment), How long will sky and setanta be able to fund English football for instance?just how long can the staus quo continue? and at what stage will the worlds sporting bodies be forced to look at consolidation of organisations, wage caps etc.
It would be interesting to hear your personal opinions, which of course are not necessarily those of Aston Villa FC.
Best Regards General
Roger