Financial fair play means clubs not getting into a spiral of debt to compete with their rivals but rather competing with their own means, ie the resources they generate.

财政上的公平竞争还意味着俱乐部不能与竞争对手有债务瓜葛，而只能凭借自身条件竞争，比如通过自己创造的资源条件等。

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There is much else in the book, such as why staging big tournaments may make countries happy but not rich; and why provincial cities provide more than their fair share of Europe’s champion clubs.

书中还谈及许多内容，诸如为什么参与大型比赛让全国上下喜笑颜开却不能财路顺通，为什么省会城市所给予的不仅仅是欧洲冠军俱乐部的应有份额。

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UEFA's financial fair play initiative is aimed especially at curbing the financial excesses that have brought a considerable number of clubs into difficulty in recent times.

欧足联财务公平的出发点尤其在于抑制过高的财务开支，这在近期导致好几家俱乐部陷入困境。

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The Football League and Championship clubs have agreed to financial fair play rules, which seek to achieve a better balance between revenue and costs.

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"Clubs will have been reading the financial fair play rules and regulations very closely to look for areas that they can use in their favour, " added the lawyer, of the Brabners Chaffe Street firm.

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