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ha ha ha ha-- nice photo

so basically it's the triumph of global capitalism-- turning your local league into a global spectacle and fuck the fans.

of course english papers like the daily mail (i read an artkcle there) make it look like tv is the only way to go-- sky is probably paying for those articles.

with germans, i honestly believe, having read, it's about their kickoff times. fucking germans and their schedules-- crazy. saturday morning is for mowing the lawn-- any other day and it's a crime. when is a german going to mow his fucking lawn if there is a game at the same time?

right now they are protesting friday and sunday games (re:sunday games: i can't watch the wolfsburg game cuz my internet is terrible today due to clouds... yes, clouds). anyway, they call the occasional mid-week games "the english week". they have a month-long vacation. it's fucking nice.

so in order to save their sport they'll have to destroy it, and put a massive paywall around it, so they can compete for qatari audiences or people like me. i don't know.

there are many competing interests here. i get that the prem is the biggest baddest moneymacheen, i do, but how much do you get to actually enjoy the prem vs. a german enjoying theirs? they pay nothing for the tv, they get cheap stadiums, and they might not get cromessi but they get a nice show.

me, i would like to have more bundesliga available on tv so i wouldn't have to suffer this shit streams, but i respect the germans if they wanna keep it real and their own thing.

i have this uncle who had this small factory and was very successful and people wanted him to grow it bigger and he always said no-- because then he wouldn't enjoy his work. there's a lot to say for that sort of mentality.