Paid Subscribers Mailbag: Questions about politics and government policy

When we launched Beyond the 90’, we made a commitment to avoid political discussions as political polarization is tearing apart much of the citizenry in western democracies. Football/Soccer should be release from this.

But times unfortunately require us to pivot and the subscriber mailbag is filled with questions which relate to politics and public policy- questions which I hear being talked about every single day by my sources in the world of American soccer.

The reality is football/soccer is a business like any other business and it’s a multi-billion dollar international business at that. So current events are impacting investors confidence and effecting how front offices build rosters and even acquire kits and training gear.

So the questions that have been asked are all valid questions which are beginning to creep into every high-level discussion about the sport in this country. We didn’t want to have to talk about these things, but we have no choice but to do so.