oldUSAfan

As a boy I lived in Rotterdam, in the shadow of de kuip. At that time Feyenoord was still an amateur club. I remember great players signing with professional clubs in other countries. What happened when football became professional in the Netherlands? Did it become an out and out business? How do you buy and sell players as if they were a car?

I know that the Dutch are open minded and quite liberal. There have been several instances of bad fan behavior in Dutch stadiums. What I can't understand is how this can go on time and time again. Here in the United States it is impossible to bring any sort of fireworks into a stadium. Every patron goes through a metal detector, bags and pocketbooks are checked. Security inside is trained to spot any person making trouble. That person is removed on the spot. Should something happen that can not be contro...