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Editor’s Comment
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t has been an unbelievable year for athletics and sport
in general, despite the global recession and
accompanying doom-mongering. In the trade, all
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sorts has happened to the multiples, culminating in the
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Sports and Sports Direct for their alleged involvement in
a ‘cartel’ involving the sale of sports good. Goodness
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knows what the result of this will be, and frankly it could
Jon Bruford
take years for this to bear any fruit, whether it be
01584 877177 sweet or sour. And in the meantime, there’s
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another World Cup coming in just nine months or
so, and the opportunity to not sell any England
shirts because the multiples have them at such
Contributors:
vastly reduced prices, the independent can’t compete without cutting their
Jack Lynes: Sports Trade
own throats.
Robin Barwick: Contributing Editor
This must be what life is like for the hundreds of ‘small’ football clubs out
Zöe Foster: Feature Writer
there, when one of the big boys comes knocking for their players. But as
Chelsea found out, even the ‘smaller’ clubs are not without protection. So
fingers crossed – if any wrong-doing has been perpetrated by these
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companies, let’s hope the punishment is swift and just.
Paul Ryder
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