It is highly unlikely that the Egyptians knew quite what an impact they would have on the world when they built the pyramids.
On the one hand, there is a sense from many that it might not even have been the Egyptians themselves that built them, believing that aliens had some involvement, whilst on the other, the use of the word ‘pyramid’ comes in to explain numerous different things.
In the world of professional football in England, the idea of the Football Pyramid is often trotted out, which can be extremely confusing to those that don’t know the way the system works in this country.
It’s Just the League System
The idea of a ‘Football Pyramid’ can seem very exotic, especially to sports-lovers from the likes of the United States of America, where there is usually no form of promotion and relegation between the various leagues. In reality, however, it is not even remotely exotic and is instead just a reference to the league system as a general concept. That is thanks to the fact that promotion and relegation means that teams can move from one level of the Football League into another one, shifting between levels depending on the general performances put in by said teams.
The shenanigans at Morecambe and Sheff Wed are the real football stories this week, not the £50-150m transfer bids. Rogue owners and an ever polarised wealth game threatens the whole existence of the brilliant pyramid. Both of these issues need fixing.
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The reason why the word ‘pyramid’ is used is all down to how many teams are involved at the various levels. In the Premier League, which is the top of the pyramid, there are just 20 teams that play as part of the league system. Beneath that, there are 24 in each of the Championship, League One and League Two. The further down the pyramid you go, however, the more and more teams there are competing to try to make their way up to the top. In the fifth step on the National League system, for example, there are 18 different divisions, all of which have a huge number of clubs playing in them.
In other words, there are loads of teams in the bottom level, which spreads out accordingly. The higher up you get, the fewer teams there are and therefore the slimmer the pyramid itself gets. Obviously, this isn’t a literal pyramid that we’re talking about, but the nature of the beast is such that it would look a bit like one if all of the teams were laid out next to each other, starting with the most at the back and working down to the fewest at the front. It is why people refer to the Football Pyramid, in spite of the fact that neither aliens nor Ancient Egyptians were involved in creating it.