A football scandal becomes a lens on fiat. Using the Premier League's finding that one of its most successful clubs operated as a "sham" for over a decade, this episode draws a parallel between the discomfort football fans now face about rewritten history and the broader reckoning that awaits a civilization built on debt-based money. The register is reflective and translational: a familiar wound in sport used to make an unfamiliar wound in money legible.
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