What I wonder is how a team like this gets assigned a budget and pays people salaries. What is the output compared to gathering 11 random players every week and fielding them against other teams for ZERO dollars?
Believe it or not, they do alot of good work.
They employ lots of locals and have very good youth academies.
They have actual facilities and have a stadium that is ready (they are using the parking as an excuse, since its a football only stadia and the Ahvazi fans haven't been known to be the Wimbeldon type).
Their coach is not liked though...
They play boring football... but in terms of contributing to Iranian football in terms of actual development and youth, Foolad, Saipa, Paykan and Sepahan are the only ones who actually do something.
I say this is a still biased Persepolis fan.