Joey Durso
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 25 Jun
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Odd Lots · How the 1994 World Cup Transformed the Business of Football Forever · 25 Jun 2026
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And the advertising as well.
FIFA is the kind of middleman.
And then that money goes to member associations.
Got it.
And it's one member, one vote.
So if you're England, Brazil, Germany, you have the same vote as Cape Verde, Suriname.
And it means that these countries have incredibly glitzy facilities.
And it means that they tend to reelect the president.
That's correct.
Yeah, it's a member association and it votes for its members.
Oh, it's a franchise system.
So the US sports model, which is where a franchise system where there's no promotion and relegation, which of course is deeply part of European sport, it means that the valuations of clubs are much lower because you can get relegated.
Tottenham Hotspur, who are a very big club in England, came close to getting relegated, which means you fall out of the Premier League and into the league below.
Don't want to bring up any trauma.
I read stuff around the time saying that
Even that Spurs came close to relegation is going to harm the valuation of Manchester United and Chelsea and these other teams because it feels possible in a way it didn't a year ago.
We just felt they were too big to fail.
And relegation is obviously very unlikely, but Champions League football.
So the top four or five teams in England go on to play in the Champions League, the European wide competition, which is hugely lucrative.
And my team, Aston Villa, who are punching way above their weight at the moment and have qualified this year.
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