Football club ownership model
 

An interesting read from Mark Palios
[url]https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesayles/2019/06/08/tranmere-executive-chairman-issues-call-for-rethink-of-football-ownership-models/[/url]

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"In the new structure, a percentage would belong to a fan interests group, with another percentage owned by the local council and the remainder free for purchase by an outside investor."

"What better for a local council if they can buy into the concept of a club as a community asset? It help them more effectively deliver their agenda in certain areas but it will also do the job that the football authorities are clearly struggling to do at this point which is to protect the local football club from rogue owners."

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2 simple issues with club ownershio.

The clubs are for the fans and the community.
Sime Private owners are a nightmare.

Financial fair play.
There is too much money in the Prem and it needs to filter to smaller club.

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Could think of nothing worse than Wrexham council owning a percentage of Wrexham football club.

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[QUOTE=pagl;2265713]
Financial fair play.
There is too much money in the Prem and it needs to filter to smaller club.[/QUOTE]


"Those people, who sit there and think that the long term answer to this is to get more money from the top clubs and drop it down the pyramid, probably read Hans Christian Andersen before bed because the reality is it is not going to happen.

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I'd like to know what Clubs have each season from the Prem down to league 2.
I know we get sweet F.A.

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[QUOTE=JonWrexhamfc;2265714]Could think of nothing worse than Wrexham council owning a percentage of Wrexham football club.[/QUOTE]


This

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[QUOTE=Rob;2265720]"Those people, who sit there and think that the long term answer to this is to get more money from the top clubs and drop it down the pyramid, probably read Hans Christian Andersen before bed because the reality is it is not going to happen.

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We know that but its still a problem.
Filtering down can be by players moving up but a lot of the money goes to foreign clubs for foreign players. I know the difference between fairy tale and reality :).

FFP would be a game changer but NL are never going to have a rule that shatterer the sugar daddy dream. Likewise having a L2 north and south and more teams with league funding. Too many ex-league teams down here now and the kudos is huge. Notts C, Chesterfield, Stockport, Yeovil, Hartlepool, and us all likely to be pulling 3,500 plus crowds all season so they’re loving it.

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Local Councils have far more important priorities than shoring up weak entertainment businesses.