Sports Direct staff 'not treated as humans', says MPs' report
Just a taste of what Ashley is prepared to do for profit. And that's in a country with strict laws and guidelines, he wasn't born in to a state where he has free will to oppress others.
I worked for Pizza Hut as a young'n and was treated like a complete dog too.... Again; there's still levels. It would be extremely patronizing for me to liken myself to being oppressed and abused to the kind of extent many are by such states/countries.
(The fact that a business the breadth of SD was able to get away with paying below minimum wage is as much an indictment of the government policing such issues as those getting away with it; so it's obnoxious as fuck for MPs to similarly indulge in such histrionics.)
Also, let's not pretend the whinging barcodes give a shit about anything other than Ashley spending more money.....
They care because it reflects on them. I'm not suggesting they're altruistic. Man City are a propaganda tool, if the club are doing well on the pitch and the local area is revitalised, they can cover up their own dealings at home. They're imbedded in to Western economies and society.
Ashley is a terrible owner. He turned the whole club in to a billboard for his company, beyond anything other teams do. He's mistreated managers and been forced to pay large fees as a result in the past. The way the club treated Gutierrez was beyond shameful, and you might speak of investment but the clubs facilities are terribly run down, and their spending is some of the lowest in the league. If he's incapable of providing any real investment, sell the club. He is a lying, greedy scumbag of a man and if he was owner of this club I would hope we'd have stormed the stadium by now.
Most football fans are hypocrites when it comes to this stuff, and only care when it directly impacts their club. When we sold Walker to City, how many of our fans were furious we legitimised them and accepted their blood money? How many wanted us to take it and spend it on players?
Would I prefer we didn't do business with City? Absolutely..... I'm pretty sure you would have noted the undercurrent in the Kane thread over the summer...... It's not like "Yay... Let's sell him to City" was a commonly preferred option.
Does player power however determine we have minimal options in such scenarios other than the alternative of repeatedly writing off valuable assets when they decide they have their head turned? Yep. Again see Kane; a scenario where literaly the only place he'd have been prepared to go was City.... Whatever the motivation; we didn't just pucker up and crumble; yet many people think we did the wrong thing and just saddled ourself with an uncommitted want-away former-hero whilst pissing away 100m+ into the bargain.
Bottom line is that although in opposition to national and state wealth, the power of protest as fans is often limited; it doesn't mean we should just passively shrug our shoulders and hold the door open to more City's/Chavs/PSGs flooding the game.
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