It happens a lot more than people think and it's entirely their fault. The only reason I mentioned it was because it had a racial component to it which I thought was stupid. Atmospheres are getting tetchier when this stuff comes out, especially when the actual announcement of the APT challenge came out and there were a ton of stories claiming that City are very literally attempting to kill football.
If you're a passionate football fan and you were told that a club was in a blood war against the sport you love, then you'd probably be angry too. They aren't claiming we're challenging the legality of the rules, in the mind of numerous journalists and their readers, we're challenging the very purity of the game itself. It's a dangerous narrative.