of course we were - 300 million in additional funds, with a duty to shareholders and investors this made it pretty much a certainty from that point of viewNo we weren't. We put black hats on ourselves and chose to be evil.
not being part of this from the start risks not having the founder members rights - these will be invaluable
I would still expect some of the clubs to try and award themselves more rights - City's legal team better be all over this otherwise we will be done over - we might have fucked ourselves as you mention but there is logic (flawed) behind it
while I understand why the club felt like they had to do it, it's wrong and they have lost a lot of fans and respect over this - at the end of the day that's the main issue - none of these clubs cares about fans or respect, they only care about money