What of the R&D claims by football clubs?
What of the R&D claims by football clubs?
It has been interesting to track the development of the stories in the press last week about research and development (R&D) claims made by football clubs. As you can imagine it set the ‘below the line’ commentators off in a frenzy with people happy to accuse the clubs of fraud and HMRC of corruption. But there were also some funny comments – I enjoyed the one which said ‘I suppose Chelsea were doing a scientific study into boredom if their past two matches are anything to go by’.
As somebody who has never had the slightest interest in football I can’t comment on Chelsea’s recent performance but I can add some words of caution. We simply do not know the basis on which claims have been made. I have heard stories of some clubs making inflated claims on...
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