Martin Samuel has made the point that the first, fundamental change that the PL must make is to get rid of profit out of profit and sustainability. It is no concern of the PL's. The sustainability of football clubs is of concern to everyone but the obsession with profit appears to be little more than a mechanism for owners (especially American?) to siphon money out of the game. This appears to be the root cause of the bad relations with City, which seem to be escalating into outright war. The revenue and therefore spending power of City and other, non-establishment clubs had, as a consequence to be controlled as strictly as possible. Hence the obsession with acceptable revenue streams, to the point where unlawful regulations have been put in place. Even now the PL insists that the regulations are in tact, or at the most need a few minor revisions. We must ask why. Why is it so important to the PL to limit owner investment? Why must APT's be subjected to such delays and nit picking calculation? Why does the PL not want money coming into the game? City will find out, however many times we have to go to the tribunal.