A mate of mine posted the column below on f/b and it is one of the best pieces I have ever read about the inevitable unsustainability of the top league If you can't be bothered to read it in full the article is summed up by the author's description of the current Premiership model (no pun intended): "The winner takes all...while everybody else hangs around in a short skirt, stockings and crotchless panties, trying to catch the eye of a passing billionaire." http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/may/14/nationalise-premier-league-steven-wells