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Football as a business and a religion

With an eye to the upcoming UEFA European 2008 Championships, the left-wing liberal daily writes about the financial side of the mass sport football: "In view of the fact that football has become a religion, so to speak, we should not commit blasphemy. It moves the souls of countless people. ... Nowadays people are always stressing that football is a business - big business, for sure. UEFA expects to make 1.25 billion euros from the Championship games that begin next Saturday. 84 percent of that gigantic sum will come from television and advertising rights, while only seven percent will result from ticket sales. ... Incidentally, the financial aspect played a role back in 1960 when the first European championships were held in France. After the final, the captain of the USSR team was allowed to hold the coveted Henri Delaunay Trophy aloft. Do you know what his name was? Netto."

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