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Hippy is right; it's all about money. Not Wiggins' motivation in moving to Sky but Sky's ability to buy out his contract. Vaughters is a canny business man and no doubt, knowing how deep Sky's pockets are, he extracted an enormous sum. Which Sky can afford because they are bankrolled by an amoral (to put it kindly) billionaire. In that respect Wiggins' football analogy was apt; just as in football, now in cycling; contracts, promises, declarations of loyalty mean nothing. Wiggins may have gone to Sky for laudable reasons but the ability of Sky to get him there is a dismal day in the sport. Had I ever been a Chelsea fan I would have wept the day the murderous gangster Abramovitch took charge. For the same reason I just can't support any team or rider backed by a figure as malign and disgusting as Murdoch. Most of the money in cycling is no doubt tainted in some way - it's business, I know - but to have this malevolent, bullying, psychopathic creep in any way near a team makes me depressed. I really like Wiggins but I hope, desperately hope, that all the shit stained money that has been thrown at him propels him no further than the top 50 next year and that Sky cut their losses and leave.