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Jul. 15th, 2006 11:45 pm3 Italian soccer teams have been demoted to "serie B."
The best way to explain this to Americans is imagine if the Yankees, Red Sox, and Dodgers were suddenly kicked out of MLB and told they had to play in the minor leagues.
It means a gigantic loss of revenue, and probably the loss of most of their top players who will flee for upper division soccer elsewhere. It's punishment for a point-shaving scandal, in which owners colluded with referees.
The best way to explain this to Americans is imagine if the Yankees, Red Sox, and Dodgers were suddenly kicked out of MLB and told they had to play in the minor leagues.
It means a gigantic loss of revenue, and probably the loss of most of their top players who will flee for upper division soccer elsewhere. It's punishment for a point-shaving scandal, in which owners colluded with referees.
