I do not have a sister.
I am a Hapoel fan. When I had to go to the desert of League B in basketball after the municipality not only did not provide guarantees and loans and help in the rehabilitation of the club, but was an active part in the trauma, I went down to League B, subscribed to the association and strengthened as much as possible. When the worker on foot went to freeze proceedings, I went down with her. When in January Yuval Naim went up to all the media and said that there is no need to help Hapoel and lend them players, I was angry but I understood.
We were relegated, we lost in Eagle, it was difficult, we returned to a different financial reality, meticulous, ascetic compared to the rampage that was before. We sold beloved players because you have to live on a balanced budget, we lost derbies, we knew defeats, but we stayed with the club. This year we will break a subscription record with a relatively gray summer. The audience grew up, survived traumas, contained the situation. When a price had to be paid, it was paid, to avoid paying similar prices. Making adjustments, some of them painful.
I am not a participant in the Beitar support campaign. I was not his partner in January when an expensive squad beat poorer teams, thanks to, some would say, an unfair financial advantage. Not a partner in the loaned train and not a partner in the idea of a municipal authority partnering with a private owner. Those who want Beitar in its current state, should pay.
Does not agree with the prophecies of destruction about the “product”. The league will be fine. There are big and rich teams, there is Maccabi Netanya, there is Hapoel, there is Raina and Sakhnin, there is Hapoel Jerusalem, there are stories, there are stadiums, there are rivalries, there are great players who have returned to the league, we will manage even without Beitar, for a year or two or more. Law for Beitar and law for Hapoel and law for Maccabi Jaffa and law for Hapoel PT, and it should be the same law.
Not connecting to Nahi on social media. Does not connect to the show of purchasing a player like Zargari as a generous donation. Does not connect to group owners who struggle for likes. There are regulations, there is a method and there are laws. If Beitar does not meet them, let them go down one league or as many as necessary.
Not going to pretend and play it I guess, I never liked them. I liked the rivalry. Yes, there was sweet nostalgia, some bittersweet, some painful, but love was not there. Beitar against Hapoel is a huge part of my football experience. Ohana and Melmilian and all that, but also budgetary control, courts and financial problems. Hapoel is similar to Betar, except that contrary to the narratives, it paid a bigger price than it, and yes, the price it paid is lower than smaller clubs, I know that too.
Back to B.T.R., I always know theirs is allowed a little more. It always works out in the end. Someone will sort it out, show an eye, wink and things will work out and in the end there will be a good team. Stars, a lamp on the chest. So without the drama guys, I don’t have a sister here, a little sympathy for the fans and that’s it. If they don’t meet the required minimum, for them a required minimum is extra, but if they didn’t meet that either, then hello and thank you. End the circus, activate the regulations, stand by your decisions and you will see that there is even a small semblance of justice and equality here.
*The author is a panel member of the “Red Color” podcast, a podcast for Hapoel Tel Aviv fans
