Today, the game has been embourgeoised, taken over by the moneymen who charge extortionate prices, both for merchandise, and for the games themselves. Understandably, a great number of football fans resent such change, real or imagined. Because football truly matters - in that, although the sport in general has changed considerably, the actual game itself hasn't. And so, when it comes to football, fans just can't say no. Football embodies a world of clear-cut values, where responsibility is taken for one's actions, and the notion of the rule of law a vital one.
Players get into the team on merit.
There are no committees to ensure quotas. The English premier league is 25 percent black and zero percent Asian because there are more good black players and fewer good Asian ones. Tune into any TV game, and listen to the hyperbole of the likes of Andy Gray and Jonathan Pierce. Outside the footballing arena, such concepts are shunned. In football, players and spectators know that defeat is wholly integral to the enterprise.