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It’s all gone Tech!

Since promotion to the Premier League via the playoffs, many things have been written about Brentford FC and in particular their owner Matthew Benham and the policies he adopts in the running of his football club.

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Maximising the events

of a career

When an elite footballer is young, playing well, receiving adulation from fans and media alike, and being paid a king’s ransom for doing so, they can be forgiven for not looking too far into the future. Yet viewed from a business perspective, the player as the owner of their own business is selling their product which happens to be performance. Blockbuster video failed to capitalise on the introduction of streaming, Kodak films failing to capitalise on the digital age of photography, both now cease to exist. Perhaps they were naive, but perhaps they also had an excuse.

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Keeping it liquid…

‘Is football in its own bubble when the pandemic seems to have affected everyone and everything else.'

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Can we learn from over the Pond?

Vine look at the emerging structures for player remuneration outside of the Premier League and the inevitable reliance on…

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