My take on the rise; of those who are strongly opposed to the rise of modern football is in a way a call to arms - attempting to have fans from all sides stand together and voice our disgruntlement against the negative side of the beautiful game. Its an embedded idea in an attempt to revert the focus and attention in football back towards those all important fans and not a money sucking business with monetary goals only, hence the 'Supporters not Customers' statement so widely and rightly thrown around at present.
It’s a slogan that is becoming increasingly frequent from football fans. It’s on banners, it’s on t-shirts, it’s on stickers. re the jibes at the modern game justified? Many fans now see themselves at war against modern football, lets not forget what was once a working class mans game is now being stripped down and turned into a business with blatant disregard for those fans who created these incredible traditions and lets be fair made the game into the billion pound industry it now is.
As time progresses we are seeing things change in a negative spiral from many different factors,
>Ticket Prices>Club Name Changes
>Merchandise Pricing
>Poor Ownership - are just some examples.
But why is this being hailed a controversial line? For me it seems odd, but it is something being said on a global scale. Many feel that the line 'Against Modern Football' is something that is thrown around too easily, to symbolise a fans disgust at something, no always justified, and perhaps offers nothing to hold on to as there is no completely defined meaning.
For me I do think it holds value, there are so many things that are currently wrong with modern football that were not previously an issue looking back. Take for example pricing, we are slowly seeing the game we love the game that has such large value in our life's (rightly on wrongly that is).
The football season has wound to an end, but we will face the same demons next season and those to follow unless we stand our and make ourselves heard! this is where we must stand as one, I need your help! We can stamp our feet for the next two weeks and not be heard we must continue to gain support to make noise, to plaster social media, we are not happy and we will take a stand.
Feel free to comment on here, provide ideas, we are on Facebook and Twitter. Let's take back the game we created, To conclude, 'Against Modern Football' as a campaign may be controversial, I for one though; am against many aspects of Modern football. For that I wish to be heard!
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