by Mihail Matikov

Created on: April 01, 2009   Last Updated: April 04, 2009

The obvious expansion of Premier League in recent decades started worrying many people. The elderly fans of football remember the old times when their team played not for money, nor for a transfer, but for the fans. Many of the games were high-scoring and the passion of the players faces kicking the ball was enough for the fans to feel satisfied.Today, however, everything is different;players insist for more money every week; they want a transfer in bigger club, leaving out the faithful fans behind. Considerable expansion is noticed in the English Premier League and this is making many people angry. Unfortunately for them this is a process that hardly can be stopped.

Probably many fans think that this same expansion kills the game and makes it very predictable and boring. Maybe they are right, maybe they are not. The important thing that they forget is that football became more of a industry than just a game. The numerous fan stores around the world; the high prices of the tickets and the multimillion transfers big clubs make are based on profit. Manchester United, which is one of the most popular and rich football clubs in the world transformed in a moneymaking machine. It is hard to imagine that the Board of Directors cares about winning trophies anymore.

I can i like the development of football that way. Many fans can disagree with me, but they need to recognize the fact that there is no difference of a fan in England and a fan in South Korea, for example. People want to watch the great game anywhere in the world; they want to jump in front of the TV when goal is scored; they want to cry when they team loses on penalty kicks. I think is fair for this long-distance fans to expand the game and give them the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful game. We live in a globalist world and football is globalizing as well. we cannot expect player and clubs to "close" themselves in a small hole and let only their hometown fans to enjoy them.

Thing change; the world change and football will change as well. The only thing that is left for us , the fans, is to sit back, grab a beer and watch our favorite team winning, or losing. I love my team and i will support it no matter what, but i also need to realize that it will change. Maybe it will be in a bad aspect, but it is still my team. Premier League expansion will not stop and most likely will continue forward. The important thing is not be tempted to cease your support. This is what your teams need, not money, not TV, but support!

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