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None of this answers my question on whether or not soccer is a cartel. Do the owners profit share, and are the referees owned by the same folks that own the teams?The EPL is much like an American sports league. There are 20 clubs (teams). You play each other team twice; once at home and once away. You get 3 points for a win, one point for a tie and no points for a loss. Whichever team has the highest amount of points at the end of the season, they win. The top teams are eligible for European tournaments. The bottom three clubs are kicked out of the league.
Anyway, they don't have trades. If you want to get rid of a player who is under contract, the club and the player agree to terminate his contract while the club still retains rights to the player's services. He's just not playing for them. If another club in the league wants to sign the player, they negotiate with the player informally. If they agree, the club giving up the player gets a transfer fee. Then the receiving team gets to sign the player formally and he can wear their kit (uniform) and start playing games.
The reason why I think this is a better system is that the player is never going to find out that he was traded in the media.
You're right about some of that. Having referees rig games gets into the realm of being illegal.
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