As I argued in my book Political Football globalisation may have halted in other sectors of the economy, but it is still flourishing in football. Prestige plays as important a part as financial gain (which doesn't happen that often, at least for clubs and their owners: agents and other internediaries are anoher issue, as are the players). Will La Liga or the Premier League be the first to stage an official league match in the US? This is the latest challenge to traditional formats to emerge once again. The Times has a long article today from the chief executive of the Premier League warning against government plans to create a regulatory framework and hoping at least that the legislation might be delayed (although a Labour Government might be more resistant to Premier League lobbying). His argument can be reduced to one sentence: don’t kill the goose that laid the golden egg. He wants light touch regulation, but some of us...