http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/8615599.stm
Interesting to hear what the CEO at Brentford thinks of fan ownership. I think impossible is the word. Sums it up really.
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Posted 4 months ago #
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Yeah, that was an interesting piece. Note that his main argument was that fans can't afford to pay what the players cost. Basically just another variation of the business-as-usual theme of football mismanagement. The game is overpriced and mismanaged from the Premier down, and it is only a matter of time before it runs out of mugs willing to waste the family fortune on a club.
I think the Barca model is a bit of a stretch for us - although if we had 3,000 "socios" willing to pitch £100 a year for ownership then that would be enough. Maybe something more like the Bundesliga model could work with a strong man (or woman) or two as 49% shareholders but fans as majority shareholders? We'd only need 1,500ish then
Posted 4 months ago #
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