Not that long ago, club-football in England, and other nations, was mostly-locals in meaningful competition, but deregualtion has turned it into a greedy meaningless foreign-farce...

Poem 98 of 230: REREGULATE

One Premier world-eleven v.
    Another such company,
Or wage-caps and say half each-club's squad
    From the local-junior pod?
And, perhaps, heed the cricket-fan's call
    To convert to county-football..?

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