Spent the morning in federal court, where an attorney for FIFA said a rule change allowing official foreign matches to be played on U.S. soil could come “before the end of the year.” This had many asking, including the judge, 'why are we here?' Full story: theathletic.com/5467240/2024/0…

7 years ago, ex-Disney boss Michael Eisner asked 2,200 strangers to trust him with something very dear to them. Some weren’t sure but the majority backed him. Now their trust has been rewarded. Pompey are back but this feels more like a start than an end. theathletic.com/5457859/2024/0…

NEW: Why US/Mexico pivoted to 2031 bid for Women’s World Cup
🇧🇷 why Brazil won out
💰 plan to play 2031 in solely NFL stadiums ($3bn revenue target)
💵 the bid’s ambition for equal prize money with men’s WC + may this mean expansion to 48 teams? theathletic.com/5464149/2024/0…

🔺 Salary caps?
🔺 Anchoring?
🔺 Squad cost rules?

Matt Slater joined Ayo Akinwolere to explain what the Premier League's new spending rules mean...

🎙️ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗖 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧

What do the Premier League's new financial rules actually mean?

Matt Slater joined me to answer @theathletifc subscribers' burning questions...

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🎙️ Slipping into the gap between amortisation and asset class in the new dictionary of football, we have….anchoring. Here’s half an hour of me & Ayo Akinwolere trying to explain it.

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Manchester United normally like financial fair play-like rules, particularly ones that appear to be aimed at Manchester City. So why don’t they like “anchoring”? Here’s why. theathletic.com/5458221/2024/0…

By 2017, Michael Eisner had revived 2 famous brands, shook hands on a $19bn corporate takeover, banked the biggest pay check, greenlit The Lion King & inspired Succesion. But he’d never bought anything as precious as Pompey. Here’s how that turned out. theathletic.com/5457859/2024/0…

Nancy Froston Matt Slater And there's more, Pompey fans. Matt Slater has interviewed Portsmouth owner Michael Eisner here.

“The analogy I use is: we’ve got to the top of one mountain, but you can then see there is another peak. And there’s probably another one behind that too.”

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The Securities and Futures Commission has commenced criminal proceedings against Simon Sadler, owner of Blackpool FC.

He appeared in Eastern Magistrates’ Court this morning, no plea entered, adjourned to June 12th.

HK$1 million cash bail.

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This article by Tim Burrows for The Guardian Long Read is an excellent examination of Southend United in the last 12 months. It simultaneously covers everything and doesn't even scratch the surface of what a desperate situation the club has been in under Ron Martin

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New: Morocco’s RS Berkane v Algeria’s USM Alger

Story of map on shirt that put football at centre of political tensions over disputed region.

CAF’s decision to authorise map & put RSB in final means an appeal to CAS for key call.

Read ⬇️ The Athletic | Football
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😅 Jamie Carragher absolutely plastered on the telly.

Class.

#UCL | #DORPSG

A draw Saturday would guarantee that Crewe Alexandra stay in League 2 promotion playoff spots & Colchester United avoid relegation. After Crewe equalized in 92', this is how the last 5 minutes played out. So the U's admin smashed the Simpsons button. 😂

An update: it's happening, folks. Starting next season.

BREAKING: Geoff Brown agrees deal to sell St Johnstone to American lawyer and Cambridge United shareholder Adam Webb thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/footb…

National League clubs will learn more about the story I broke 👇 in an online meeting today. The proposal is an EFL Trophy-like comp with 16 NL sides & 16 U21 teams from the Premier League. The NL’s 72 clubs want to know how the PL’s subsidy will be split. theathletic.com/5450014/2024/0…

“The club no longer has the same soul'

Strasbourg fans are revolting against Chelsea owners BlueCo. CFG's Troyes are facing relegation again. Nice's role in the INEOS hierarchy is now uncertain.

Oliver Kay in France discovers how multi-club ownership is distorting Ligue 1

▪️ Significance of late-night CEO and CFO exits
▪️ Cull of executive leadership team
▪️ Staff concern over INEOS cutbacks
▪️ Ex-CEO Arnold's leaving gift

Adam Crafton explains how INEOS took economic control of Manchester United.

#MUFC | #PL

NEW: I went behind the scenes at NBC Sports $2.7bn coverage of the Premier League in the US; the story of how they won the deal, how the rights quintupled in value, the secrets of production & how the network plan to keep growing record audiences. theathletic.com/5458759/2024/0…