The problem remains that the value of these six clubs is such that only the very richest people in the world are able to afford to buy them, so regardless of how much singing and dancing and demonstrating supporters do, the fact is that the six current owners will only leave when they find someone willing to pay what they are asking for to replace them, and in likelihood these replacement owners are not going to be significantly better in terms of 'acting as custodians of the club for the supporters' etc etc.
The 50+1 model sounds wonderful, but how does that translate into the real world, or more specifically, how does the game get there from where it is now? Where do supporters find the funding to buy their half, or is it that the 50% is only terms of voting rights, in which case how and why are these owners going to accept a minority position when they have paid/own the full value (and/or will have to fully bear any losses that result from future decisions/conditions that they are no longer able to control).
And, how is this supporter representation going to work - is this going to turn into the MyFC/Ebbsfleet situation where fans were polled on anything and everything, or is it only on board level decisions, in which case how does the confidentiality that is required during negotiations going to work if tens of thousands of people are potentially entitled to know what is happening at each stage? And if it is only going to be kept to those supporter representatives on the board, then how much can they be relied upon to a) keep those confidences and b) not become pawns in the process?
I don't have this inherent hatred of all things Premier league in football that many on here do, but I am really struggling to see how this new dawn that various groups are promising us (fans, FA, Government, etc, etc) is actually going to come about without the very top end almost imploding and probably therefore taking pretty much everyone else with it???
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