David Gergen, adviser to four presidents, has died
https://apnews.com/article/david-gergen-obituary-washington-d0a08397313e7fd3634bcbc9a142b2d2?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Jeffrey Carra
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December 14, 2022
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Column from couple of years ago re multi-club ownership and UEFA's — and everyone else's — total complacency on the subject.
https://nytimes.com/athletic/43207…
Multi-club ownership is an abomination that has been allowed to spiral so far out of control.
#CPFC case is different; it's multi-club investment by a co-owner, rather than a multi-club network. To me, that is bad enough, but it is also utterly trivial compared to the huge number of active multi-club operations that are turning so many clubs into something so far removed from their purpose. It's a total mess and it's only to get worse
The Athletic
Multi-club ‘sharks’ pose a danger to football – they should be curbed, not encouragedThe multi-club model raises a potential scenario where football could be dominated by three or four rival networks who own the biggest clubs
