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Economy / Gambling discussion / European football now belongs to the highest bidder
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on: June 02, 2022, 08:16:24 PM
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I found this topic on Twitter and thought i'd share it here. Apologies if this has already been mentioned. In short, it's about football, an insight into the revenue discrepancy between the Premier League and the other top leagues in Europe, as well as the Champions League in recent years, and what the imbalance and concentration of money and talent in just a few locations mean for the sport's future. Only posting a link to the thread itself wouldn't do justice and probably fewer people would read it, so pretty much copy-paste but it's definitely worth a look. You can find the full thread here. All credits go to John Burn-Murdoch, a data scientist from England, you can follow him on Twitter if you like @jburnmurdoch.
Source: https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1530523036545335296"For decades the sport has been quietly having its "frog in a pan of water" moment, and it feels like we're approaching boiling point."
"Let's start with a chart:
Premier League clubs' revenues have been higher than other leagues for decades, but the size of the gap is now vast.
Today the gap is more than €2bn, allowing English sides to comfortably outbid most of their continental rivals on transfers and wages. Most of the difference is caused by the Premier League's much higher broadcast revenues. This season EPL 🏴 booked £3.1bn for TV rights, vs £1.8bn for La Liga 🇪🇸 Next year the La Liga 🇪🇸 package will dip to £1.6bn, while EPL 🏴 will rise to £3.4bn, according to @Football_BM Some club-by-club examples are ... eye-opening. When Inter won the Italian title in 2021, they made around €85mn from Serie A TV money (via @SwissRamble) That same year, Sheffield United received around €115mn for finishing 20th in the Premier League. While the bulk of the Premier League's financial advantage comes from its vast TV deals, commercial revenues also play a big part.
Since the mid 2010s both broadcast and commercial incomes have skyrocketed, far outpacing the other big four leagues. Now you might look at all that and say, "okay so some football clubs make a lot more money now. So what?"
The issue is, this money ? and who has it ? has *completely* transformed the competitive balance of the game, and it's glaring wherever you look. Let's start with the Champions League. In the early 1990s, clubs from all across Europe routinely reached the semi-finals.
We had 13 different countries represented in the semis across 5 years, including clubs from Serbia and Romania. Today? It's virtually a closed shop. It's now exceptional when a club from outside the big five leagues reaches the last-four, and when they do their stars are gobbled up by the superclubs In a typical season, *three quarters* of UCL semi-finalists now come from just six cities, let alone countries (HT @KuperSimon) Here's another view of the same data.
In the 5 years ending 1987, *18* different clubs reached the semis, including Steaua București, Dundee United, IFK Göteborg & Widzew Łódź.
Today, it's a safe bet that 2-3 of this year's final four will be in next year's semis, too. This is the metaphorical frog in a pan of water. There have been few overnight black-and-white transformations, but after years of incremental increases in inequality,
the experience of supporting the average football club in 2022 is unrecognisable from the same in the 70s or 80s And of course the Premier League is not alone here.
The gap between top and bottom of every one of Europe's big five leagues is far wider today than in decades past.
(And looking at the shape of that Ligue 1 line, it's a wonder French fans aren't on the brink of revolution...) Here's the same thing over time. Two decades of increasing competitive inequality in almost every league.
And no coincidence that the biggest gaps and steepest climbs feature clubs owned by nation states, whose budgets are essentially limitless. We celebrated last year when the European Super League collapsed, but the current model is only superficially better.
Sure, at least with the current formats there's a *theoretical* chance of a superclub dropping out of the elite. But really...?
Let's be honest: the structures of European club football today are *far* closer to the protectionist,
plutocratic model of the Super League than they are to any kind of "socialist" model that was supposedly at risk from the Super League." |
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Economy / Gambling discussion / Tokyo 2020 Men's Olympics Basketball Tournament
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on: July 14, 2021, 01:24:24 AM
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 « Tokyo Olympic Basketball Official Discussion Thread »« Participants »    « Rules and Key Dates »
● 12 teams divided into 3 groups (A, B and C) playing against each other.
● First two teams in each group and the 2 best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.
● FIBA has 4x 10 minute quarters. Two timeouts in the first half and three timeouts in the second half (1 minute), only coaches can call timeouts.
● FIBA courts are slightly shorter including the three-point line compared to the NBA.
● There is no basket interference when the ball is around the rim, there's also no defensive 3-second violation.
● 5 fouls allowed.
● Group Phase 25th July to 1st August
● Quarter-finals 3rd August
● Semi-finals 5th August
● Gold and Bronze medal matches 7th August
« Olympic medalists in basketball » Games Gold Silver Bronze
1936 Berlin United States Canada Mexico
1948 London United States France Brazil
1952 Helsinki United States Soviet Union Uruguay
1956 Melbourne United States Soviet Union Uruguay
1960 Rome United States Soviet Union Brazil
1964 Tokyo United States Soviet Union Brazil
1968 Mexico United States Yugoslavia Soviet Union
1972 Munich Soviet Union United States Cuba
1976 Montreal United States Yugoslavia Soviet Union
1980 Moscow Yugoslavia Italy Soviet Union
1984 LA United States Spain Yugoslavia
1988 Seoul Soviet Union Yugoslavia United States
1992 Barcelona United States Croatia Lithuania
1996 Atlanta United States Yugoslavia Lithuania
2000 Sydney United States France Lithuania
2004 Athens Argentina Italy United States
2008 Beijing United States Spain Argentina
2012 London United States Spain Russia
2016 Rio United States Serbia Spain « Additional information and sources » |
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Economy / Scam Accusations / RiveMont - copy-pasted content/litepaper!
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on: January 08, 2021, 05:27:12 PM
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What happened: Copy-pasted content all over their website, litepaper is heavily plagiarized as well. Reference Link: h ttps://rivemont.io Announced by: FantasyGold ANN: RiveMont – Providing Yield Farming to Investors- A poor attempt at creating and running the so popular now DeFi scams, nothing on their website is original, copy-pasted from top to bottom.
- Stolen content from various sources including LuaSwap, Binance Academy, SushiSwap, Mettalex etc.
- No team or additional information available on their website.
- Their domain is registered less than two weeks ago.
Domain Name: RIVEMONT.IO Registry Domain ID: D503300001191881849-LRMS Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com Registrar URL: www.namecheap.comUpdated Date: 2020-12-29T06:19:29Z Creation Date: 2020-12-29T06:19:19ZRegistry Expiry Date: 2021-12-29T06:19:19Z The RiveMont token will be given to Liquidity Providers (LPs) to incentivize them to stay with the protocol. Holding the RiveMont token means holding a share in the governance of the protocol. All RiveMont token holders can decide the subsequent chains to implement RiveMontSwap on, how much RiveMont to distribute to LPs in the new chain, which new token projects RiveMontSwap should support, etc.
Original:https_://medium.com/luaswapThe LUA token will be given to Liquidity Providers (LPs) to incentivize them to stay with the protocol. Holding the LUA token means holding a share in the governance of the protocol. All LUA token holders can decide the subsequent chains to implement LuaSwap on, how much LUA to distribute to LPs in the new chain, which new token projects LuaSwap should support, etc.
Copy:https_://rivemont.ioWhy choose us
RiveMont is the new swap protocol inspired by the previous AMM-based swap protocols such as Uniswap and SushiSwap. However, RiveMontSwap’s redesigned tokeneonomics and operation strategy addresses the short-comings of other swap systems. At the core, RiveMontSwap delivers a community-governed, multichain protocol via the RiveMont token. The focus is to support smaller pools of emerging tokens instead of fighting for liquidity within the top token pools. Furthermore, RiveMont’s token economics is re-designed with a vesting schedule to not only reward early adopters but also incentivize them to stay and participate in governance for a longer period of time. The protocol will have a fair launch with no seed investment, founder’s fees, or pre-mine. Original:https_://medium.com/luaswapMotivation
LuaSwap is the new swap protocol inspired by the previous AMM-based swap protocols such as Uniswap and SushiSwap. However, LuaSwap’s redesigned tokeneonomics and operation strategy addresses the short-comings of other swap systems. At the core, LuaSwap delivers a community-governed, multichain protocol via the LUA token. The focus is to support smaller pools of emerging tokens instead of fighting for liquidity within the top token pools. Furthermore, LUA’s token economics is re-designed with a vesting schedule to not only reward early adopters but also incentivize them to stay and participate in governance for a longer period of time. The protocol will have a fair launch with no seed investment, founder’s fees, or pre-mine.  
  source: https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-yield-farming-in-decentralized-finance-defi
Archive of the website: https://web.archive.org/web/20210108172301/https://rivemont.io/rivemont.io/en/index.htmlArchive of the ANN: https://archive.fo/L6Zt9Archive of the whitepaper: https://web.archive.org/web/20210105034334/https://rivemont.io/rivemont-litepaper.pdf
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Economy / Scam Accusations / Pyrrhos Gold - plagiarized whitepaper!
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on: January 13, 2020, 09:44:36 PM
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What happened: Pyrrhos Gold have almost completely plagiarized their whitepaper off Pax Gold Reference Link: h ttps://backed-by-gold.com Announced by: block_zebraANN: [ANN] Pyrrhos Gold (PGOLD) - The Crypto Currency Backed By Gold- Along with plagiarized whitepaper, content on their website/ann is stolen from Gold token
- Their website is less than a month old.
Domain Name: backed-by-gold.com Registry Domain ID: 2468984210_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.psi-usa.info Registrar URL: https://www.psi-usa.infoUpdated Date: 2019-12-20T09:02:50Z Creation Date: 2019-12-18T20:46:02ZCopy: The token is based on Ethereum blockchain (ERC-20 standard), so transparency, privacy, security, and stability is exactly what we offer to the crypto community and precious metals investors. Original: The token is based on Ethereum blockchain (ERC-20 standard), so transparency, privacy, security and stability is exactly what we offer to cryptocommunity and precious metals investors Copy: The company's mission is to build a highly liquid, easy to use and stable digital asset on the Ethereum ecosystem backed by physical gold (where 1000 PGOLD token equals 1 gram of physical gold). We intend to become an all-in-one solution that enables investors to hedge against market volatility, make free of charge instant payments and private investments in precious metals. Original: The company mission is to build a highly liquid, easy to use and stable digital asset on Ethereum ecosystem backed by physical gold ( one GOLD token equals to 1 gram of physical gold). We intend to become an all-in-one solution that enables investors to hedge against market volatility, make free of charge instant payments and private investments in precious metals.
 
 
 
Archive of the website:https://web.archive.org/web/20200113214217/https://backed-by-gold.com/Archive of the ANN:http://archive.md/wip/QYtqXArchive of the whitepaper: https://web.archive.org/web/20200113213800/https://backed-by-gold.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Whitepaper-PyrrhosTrustCompany-PGold-v1-5.pdf
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Economy / Scam Accusations / EtherArc Token - fake team member, plagiarized content!
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on: December 24, 2019, 05:13:39 PM
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What happened: EtherArc Token have at least one fake team member, also parts of their website/whitepaper are copy-pasted. Reference Link: h ttps://www.etherarctoken.com Announced by: EtherArc TokenANN: [ANN]EtherArc Token - An utility token that will be used for business purposes.Flag 1: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1108- EtherArc Token have content on their website plagiarized from a minimum three different projects.
- They have at least one fake team member.
- Their website is less than a week old.
- Comparing both Payeercoin (scam) and EtherArc Token website i'm almost 100% sure it is run by the same people.
Domain Name: ETHERARCTOKEN.COM Registry Domain ID: 2469083073_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.meshdigital.com Registrar URL: http://www.domainbox.comUpdated Date: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z Creation Date: 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z
Akira Makoto (Manager & ERC_20 Blockchain Specialist) = Michael Sasaki (Actor)
 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7916384/https://twitter.com/michaelisready
PlagiarismEtherarctoken(ETT) is the world's first utility token, serving needs and providing solutions to make payments or make any money transactions whenever and wherever you travel, utilize the latest technology that promotes efficiency and accountability. Etherarctoken will be built on the Ethereum Blockchain platform using its smart contract technology. BisMillahCoin (BMC) is the world's first Sharia-compliant utility token, serving needs and providing solutions to at least 1.8 billion Muslims, utilizes the latest technology that promotes efficiency and accountability. BisMillahCoin will be built on the Ethereum blockchain platform using its smart contract technology. ETT is equal to dollars or coins like physical currency. However, what makes it unique is that it allows for instant transactions and border transfers of ownership. Since all payments are processed through secure servers, users do not need to worry about anything at risk, this is the most user-friendly system that allows you to have confidence and control over it. The ETT is accessible and available wherever and whenever you need it, no limits, no borders, which means you can transfer the ETT directly to your friends and family at no charge. BMC equals dollars or coins like physical currency. However, what makes it unique is that it allows for instant transactions and border transfers of ownership. Since all payments are processed through secure servers, users do not need to worry about anything at risk, this is the most user-friendly system that allows you to have confidence and control over it. The BMC is accessible and available wherever and whenever you need it, no limits, no borders, which means you can transfer the BMC directly to your friends and family at no charge. The Economist scholars think that when a person gives out, the funds are used to create either a debt or an asset. There is no justifiable reason for a debt or an asset in the first case why lenders should get a return? Moreover, there is no justification from the point of view of the economy running smoothly, or from any tenable scheme of social justice. Regardless of the state, unconditional commitment should be tried the use borrowed money. If this money is used to create additional capital assets, the question is why the lender should be entitled to only a small fraction (represented by the interest rate) the exchange value of utilities made with non-loan money. The trial claimed that should be remunerated to the extent his financial capital is involved in creating increasing wealth. Muslim scholars think that when a person gives out, the funds are used to create either a debt or an asset. There is no justifiable reason for a debt or an asset in the first case why lenders should get a return? Moreover, there is no justification from the point of view of the economy running smoothly, or from any tenable scheme of social justice. Regardless of the state, unconditional commitment should be tried the use borrowed money. If this money is used to create additional capital assets, the question is why the lender should be entitled to only a small fraction (represented by the interest rate) the exchange value of utilities made with non-loan money. The trial claimed that should be remunerated to the extent his financial capital is involved in creating increasing wealth.
  https://icobench.com/ico/payeercoin
Archive of the website: https://web.archive.org/web/20191224171050/https://www.etherarctoken.com/Archive of the ANN: http://archive.md/wip/35wKoArchive of the whitepaper: https://web.archive.org/web/20191224171138/https://www.etherarctoken.com/whitepaper/whitepaper.pdf
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