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I think the main word in this title in "fans" and we need to put the emphasis on it when writing about it. What is a fan? I am a fan and i can tell you how do I feel about my team. I cry when they lose and i jump around and scream when they win;I am on a bad mood all day if they lose and I am a very pleasant guy when they win. A fan is a monster, not a human being anymore. We have transformed yourselves in a device of mixture feelings and emotions that affects our life. Football for us is more than a game, it is passion and becoming a religion.

My main argument in support of the title is that fans in the Football League are more faithful and passionate then the fans in Premiership. The same applies for the players as well, because the ones in the lower divisions are not getting paid 100,000 dollars a week to play for the team. Premiership has transformed in a moneymaking machine which treats to get out of control. The TV rights of coverage, the multimillion dollars contracts are just some of the reasons for that. Players think about money at all times and argue that they don't get paid enough for their skills. Would someone tell me how is 100,000 dollars a week not enough for a football player, for a man who simply plays a game? Just a little comparison to that is the 40,000 a doctor takes a year for saving lives. I agree the Premiership is the most popular competition in the world, and it is because of the great players competing there. The fact is that we may cry when our team lose, but the player does not care about it since he gets paid enough. Trophies, titles, image and satisfying the fans are not the main priorities for the biggest clubs in England- it is the money. The profit is what satisfy the board of directors and what makes them smile and pay the team more. A "fan" is an unknown word in Premiership today.

But let's see the Football League now. The capacity of their stadiums does not exceed 10 000, or somewhere even less. The fans are waiting for the game all week, trying to skip work or a quiet weekend with the family. The stadiums are always full and the games are exciting. The term "money" has not penetrated the great passion of the players and fans. It seems to me that The Football League goes decades behind the Premiership. It seems that time has stopped. Everything is the same for years, the father of a family teaches his kid to play football, since he is one year old. Football is really what is all about. The game of the week in the little town, somewhere in Northern England is anticipated as the arriving of the prime minister, if not even more. Football means the world to this people, and to the players. Most of them are not professionals and play football just because is their dedication to the game. Yes, this is the main difference between Premiership and The Football League. The first equals money; the second- passion. Passion is something you cannot buy or bribe. It is within us- the real fans.

Maybe more then 6 years ago there was a game between Miwall and Preston. It finished 4-7!And the result at the half time was 4-6. Can you even imagine what the fans at the stadium felt like? I can't! It is amazing how much you can get from a simple football game; how much emotional profit you can pull out. It is less likely to see a game like this in Premiership because the players and The Board are scraed to lose the game and the profit coming out of it.

The Football League has more to offer in terms of satisfaction and dedication. Player play for the fans, and fans are at the stadium for the team. Money, profit, contracts are out of the football field and the only profit is the passion of the fans.

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