Football Club ownership

[ToffeeMark]

one thing that interests me is that Bupa is a "provident association", who is supposed to reinvest all profits earned in better services. Don't get me wrong, I'm NHS all the way but the principle interested me and I wondered whether it should be applied to football

Could a football Club be run in a similar manner, with no shareholders, no sugar daddies, just stand alone institutions run for the benefit of the clubs fans, with all revenue re-invested. No Profits taken out.

i know some clubs are owned by the fans, but they still own the club.

It strikes me that when a club means so much to so many people, why should someone have the right to mess around with it? or take the fans (a captive audience) for a ride, fleecing all their money without doing any good for the club.

 

[Mvflusk]

If that were the case, there would be an absolute end to competition. The league table would barely change season to season. The top 4 would be well and truly cast in stone.

 

[davek]

Can it be done? Yes. It was the way it was done in the beginning before the limited liability company era took hold in the 1890s.

Can it be done again for a Premier League organisation when football has weathered the recession better than most 'industries' and where share ownership price is astronomical? No. It'd require government coming in and dispossessing the owners and selling them off on the very cheap to supporters....not going to happen.