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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 612780" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>Football has a bunch of different ownership models. In Germany, it's mandatory that fans own 51% of their club. In Spain both Barcelona and Read Madrid are supporter owned. In Brazil, Argentina, Turkey and Sweden, teams don't have private owners. I don't know if it's still the case but in France it was once mandatory for clubs to pump all profits back in to the team. England is a basket case and the most open, profit driven football market. That's why there's so much interest from foreign investors in the at league. It's hard to argue that England's footballing fortunes haven't been great recently whereas the German, Spanish, Brazilian and to a lesser extent French and Argentinian models are working.</p><p></p><p>On, "the massive draw of International Rugby is also going to make them money", here's a quote from Mourad Boudjellal who owns Toulon:</p><p> "We need a [number] 10 who's not in his national team, and we're also looking for a 90% [success rate] kicker," he said. </p><p></p><p>Surely if he thinks international competition is good for his team he'd want an international kicker.</p><p></p><p>I agree with your assertion that a new body should take control of European Rugby by the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 612780, member: 13611"] Football has a bunch of different ownership models. In Germany, it's mandatory that fans own 51% of their club. In Spain both Barcelona and Read Madrid are supporter owned. In Brazil, Argentina, Turkey and Sweden, teams don't have private owners. I don't know if it's still the case but in France it was once mandatory for clubs to pump all profits back in to the team. England is a basket case and the most open, profit driven football market. That's why there's so much interest from foreign investors in the at league. It's hard to argue that England's footballing fortunes haven't been great recently whereas the German, Spanish, Brazilian and to a lesser extent French and Argentinian models are working. On, "the massive draw of International Rugby is also going to make them money", here's a quote from Mourad Boudjellal who owns Toulon: "We need a [number] 10 who's not in his national team, and we're also looking for a 90% [success rate] kicker," he said. Surely if he thinks international competition is good for his team he'd want an international kicker. I agree with your assertion that a new body should take control of European Rugby by the way. [/QUOTE]
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