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Meet your new owners: the fans

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

From Nancy Baym’s always excellent Online Fandom blog comes news that a group of English football fans have effectively acquired a team. The group, which goes by the name MyFootballClub, consists of footie fans from more than 70 countries — and they are now the owners of ... Continue reading »

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  • it's a very interesting experiment, not just in the "wisdom of the crowds" but of how the process will be conducted.

    if i were a member of myfootballclub.co.uk, i wouldn't be as interested in the choices i was given to make for the club, but whether i got to choose the choices i was given.

    interesting times indeed.

    Ed
  • As a member of myfootballclub, I can assure you that very few members see this as an 'experiment'.

    Sure, it's something new, maybe something of a novelty for some.

    But for the majority, it's the dream of helping a small club get promoted up the ranks to rub shoulders with the top dogs!
  • Thanks for that comment, er... weenie. :-)

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