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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And lastly, I described a free market. As in you are free to choose the product to purchase at your own free will and the producer is free to produce the product. The consumer will decide. The winners will win and the loser will lose[/quote]

The consumer’s choices are artificially limited by private agreements among clubs and teams that might otherwise compete. Of course these clubs want to limit competition. Many of the parents enjoy the artificial barriers to entry - they are essentially buying exclusivity and exclusion. Put aside whether this is a free market. It might even be competitive in the sense of recruitment. But the final product is crap. So if the final product is crap, the system might not be producing good outcomes or welfare enhancement even though you are describing a free market. I think the inability to do better (and simply give in to the club v club format) is a classic collective action problem. We will never solve it because there are too many parents too dumb or lazy or smug to do something different or better. Thanks bozos![/quote]

Come off your "smarter than thou" pedestal for one second and talk in layman's terms.

Give us all a real life example of a team that you think should be promoted. [/quote]

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