#loans and suspensions are obvi normal for club footy but it’s the overall ethics that i wanted to touch on!

[littlechillis]

okay so a couple days ago @mccleans made a really good post about the maltreatment of players and i agree with everything she said (ily lucy you're veryy smart 🤭💗). and bc i am unable to shut up, i'd like to go deeper into what exactly i meant with my old hollywood, football, and kpop comparison, long post ahead!

the old hollywood star system was basically this:

actors would be signed to specific production companies. for example, take the MGM production company. MGM would hire young amateur actors. they would then grow these actors by putting them through professional training in acting, as well as singing/dancing/comedy to boost their appeal. if you were signed with MGM, then you would only be allowed to star in movies produced by MGM. these actors were moulded to be “stars” both on and off the screen. they would usually have a specific niche attached to them, or be consistently type-casted in movies, not having the rights to choose which projects they wanted to take on. these contracts were binding and could last several years, including suspensions and loans. when the stars were being disobedient or made mistakes, they would be punished by being put on loans to other studios, suspended from acting completely, or put in less popular movies. the star system ended for a reason: the lack of ethics led to actors putting their foot down, shown by the multiple cases where they sued their studios. 

this system sounding a little too familiar? the current kpop idol system is essentially the exact same format (except for the loan part), and you’ve probably heard about how fcked up the kpop industry is….. football-wise, we can see just from this january’s transfer window how little care some clubs have on their players’ wishes. paying no mind to them because hey! you’re under a big money contract! i just thought it was interesting to see the similarities between these three industries and how we haven’t really moved on very much.

all that said, thank you for coming to my ted talk and letting me run my mouth !!! here have a kissy 😚😚