Is modern football overlooking the youth factor?
On January 18th, the Netherlands’ premier soccer club Ajax Amsterdam was fined for a banner that supporters unveiled during a Champions League match against Manchester City in October. The banner read “Against Modern Football,” and a picture above it showed a cartoon picture of the Qatari Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed al-Nahyan. The fine has seen much attention as many feel the banner was not offensive, and for the fact they believe it raised a valid point. The fact of the matter is modern football is dominated by the clubs with the deepest pockets.