The ultra-rich face … accountability? Manchester City and Clippers verdicts show it’s possible | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The sports world has accomplished a rare feat: calling out industrial-scale cheating on both sides of the Atlantic Sign up for our free newsletter here The first stage of billionaire exposure to accountability is vociferous denial. The second is bafflement that such an earthly and proletarian problem should even be allowed to happen to you, titan of industry, pillar of society, master of man and beast alike. Continue reading...

Leander Schaerlaeckens · Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:01 AM
US news | The Guardian

The ultra-rich face … accountability? Manchester City and Clippers verdicts show it’s possible | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The sports world has accomplished a rare feat: calling out industrial-scale cheating on both sides of the Atlantic

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The first stage of billionaire exposure to accountability is vociferous denial.

The second is bafflement that such an earthly and proletarian problem should even be allowed to happen to you, titan of industry, pillar of society, master of man and beast alike.

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