by Green »
29 Aug 2019 09:49
Just shooting off the hip here but something I've been mulling over.
Obviously it's devastating if your club goes under - but all this talk of "this shouldn't be allowed to happen to clubs with over 100 years of history" rather exacerbates the problem. It's the "banks are too big to fail" situation - they are targets for pilfering, money laundering, asset stripping and probably a whole lot else besides. At the heart of this is the exploitation of fans, some of whom pay money week in week out regardless of what's happening on or off the pitch.
Again, easier to say when it's not your club, but I do think this needs rebalancing. Let the clubs go bust. Let communities build from scratch again with a better ownership model. It's been done plenty of times before - and ask many AFC Wimbledon, Bournemouth, Salford united etc etc fans and they'll probably tell you that with the benefit of hindsight it was a good thing for the club.