Day 404

Now the soccer situation has collapsed.  It may be more likely now that the 12 most powerful clubs in Europe may quite literally go down with the ship!

• Chelsea wants out.
• Manchester City is now officially joining them.
• And reports have that, if the entire situation collapses, the Glazers will leave as owners of Manchester United.
• Rumors have Atletico Madrid out as well, and Barca saying they will let the fans decide.  The CEO and President of Atletico Madrid have denied said rumors.
• Andrea Agnelli has been reported to have resigned as the President of Juventus.  Juventus has denied this report.
• Ed Woodward has resigned as chairman at Manchester United.  He was apparently going to leave in December anyway, and it is said not to be because of the ESL -- but I don't believe that for a minute.
• A meeting is being called tonight to call the whole matter off.
• The Super League is effectively finished after the English FA basically told the six English teams that they would have no foreign players, as all foreign work visas would be revoked with immediate effect.

I would be VERY CAREFUL, however, with declaring victory.  I could easily see the next step being that the owners will let their teams rot and tell the rest of European soccer they are on their own.  They MUST be expelled, part and parcel, if anything close to the current model is to survive.  

Other:

• May coronavirus kill Ted Nugent.  PLEASE!!!  Yeah, I said it.   
• The Chauvin verdict IS IN.  State of emergency declared in Minnesota for it.
• Guilty, all three counts.  Unintentional Murder 2 (death as a result of a felony), Murder 3 (creation of a situation which would result in murder), Manslaughter (negligent homicide).