Quote Originally Posted by Özim View Post
They're not breaking any laws, that's not their problem it's down to the government of their country, they are simply doing what they are allowed to do just like any club would. Moreover you'll probably struggle to find any Barcelona fans complaining about this, their fans are happy with the way their club approaches football.

Big companies always take advantage of things like this (just look at Google etc) but the fact are they aren't doing anything they're not allowed to do, this an entirely different argument however whilst morally you can question what they do what I'm more interested is the football side which put a great emphasis on, hence the reason they are so successful.
Of course no laws are being broken but that doesn't make them any better for that reason. I'd like to be ignorant to the practices of any large organisation but when I find that their common practices affect us all in different ways, that's hard to do. A major reason why so many large companies take advantage of the rule-bending allowed by their relationships with Governments is down to the fact so many people see it as an effort to even question them. So it just continues. And football clubs, just like Arsenal, take the piss. But you're right, this is a different conversation. Bottom line is, football first or not, Barca, Madrid, Bayern whoever you want to name are greedy cunts. Football being a priority or not. Those things are not mutually exclusive.