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Ron Obvious

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2. Nothing like this COULD happen in the US leagues...

Mon May 2, 2016, 06:16 PM

May 2016

Since they are all closed cartels w/o promotion and relegation, and with artificial parity and failure being rewarded with high draft choices.

I think that's why I've found it so difficult to explain how big and how wonderful this is. The whole squad was assembled for less than the cost of what a big club might gamble on a single player who might or might not work out.

Exactly right, Huck -- this is a victory for underdogs everywhere. From now on, every team in the league will think if it can happen to Leicester, why couldn't it happen for them?

I'm not trying to go for hyperbole here, but this win could be the best thing to ever happen to a sport that was threatening to become a closed shop of oligarch playthings.

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If You Love Underdogs, Then It's Time To Celebrate LEICESTER CITY, EPL Champions! [View all] HuckleB May 2016 OP

Or in this case, underfoxes. KamaAina May 2016 #1

Nicely done. HuckleB May 2016 #4

Nothing like this COULD happen in the US leagues... Ron Obvious May 2016 #2

This is truly amazing malaise May 2016 #13

I think it is a huge deal, because the Premier League is worse.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2016 #17

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Uh, well... HuckleB May 2016 #6

NPR made mention, this morning, that the outcome of today's... 3catwoman3 May 2016 #7

More and more EPL and Bundesliga games are played on regular NBC and Fox channels each year. HuckleB May 2016 #8

An amazing season malaise May 2016 #9

In a typical year, I would have been, too, against the other top teams. HuckleB May 2016 #10

The only ground in England where I watched live football malaise May 2016 #11

Not any more. No other team is close besides the big five. HuckleB May 2016 #12

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Far out! burrowowl May 2016 #15

I don't care for sports but can appreciate the achievement anyways Skittles May 2016 #16

+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB May 2016 #18