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Maybe because you are conflating sport with business.

That isn't he case. I might be wrong but I'm guessing you're American and not an ex pat. Your view of sport might be based on being used to the franchise system that, on this side of the pond, the vast majority object to. As for your last sentence, the clubs don't own players. The accepted...

It's a sport and representative football is part of that which clubs know about when they sign players. It's not like these competitions have arisen out the blue. And yes, I do think it is right that clubs lose players for tournaments. I'm pretty certain that players cannot officially retire...

There's a hierarchy which there isn't in boxing. IFAB is effectively part of Fifa concerned with the laws of the game and any changes. PGMOL don't represent football, they are just the company that provides the officials to the professional game. The FA has overall control of the game in this...

Would you prefer football to have more than one governing body? As corrupt as it is, if you had more than one governing body then you'd have more then one corrupt body. If you have more than one then it would also descend into the madness of Boxing where you can have 5 world champions, which...

So you think clubs should have control over international tournaments?