Thursday, November 5, 2009

Platini's Effort to Reform European Soccer

Interesting article in the New York Times on Oct. 31 about Michele Platini, the former French international who is now head of UEFA, the Union of European Footbnall Associations. According to the article, by Rob Hughes, "His ambition is to level the playing field between rich teams, those with television contracts and billionaire owners, and the small fry who rely mostly on fan support."

Read the full story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/europe/31platini.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Soccer&st=cse

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