{"product_id":"9781785310072","title":"The Ugly Game: How Football Lost Its Magic and What It Could Learn from the NFL","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA passionate, funny book of essays comparing soccer, often unfavorably, with American football\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its best, European football is a glorious, uplifting, unifying sport. But it hasn’t been at its best for some time. Disillusioned by corruption scandals, billionaire club owners, and an ever-smaller group of title challengers, Martin Calladine drifted away from the game that had defined 25 years of his life. He found solace in an unexpected place: American football. Despite the glitz and the endless ad breaks, the NFL has a curiously Corinthian purity: preventing teams buying success by sharing TV money equally, having a strict salary cap, and, with the draft, letting the worst teams get the pick of the best new players. \u003ci\u003eThe Ugly Game\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, angry book of essays for fans of European football setting out where the game has gone wrong and showing that, perhaps surprisingly, the NFL has many of the answers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pitch Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037738909936,"sku":"9781785310072","price":15.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785310072_p0.jpg?v=1763728262","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785310072","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}