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MichiganRed · 08-09-2007, 03:00

It appears as though you have missed my point entirely. You and your 50,000 fellow investors are every bit the faceless entity that an investment bank would be. You won't be riding the coaches to the away games. You won't be selling programs on matchdays. You won't be collecting money for the 50/50 drawings. You won't be showing up at the FES to help paint the railings on the terraces. You won't be singing with the Ultras and raising the new roof with passion and pride and the celebration of all things Stanley.

You'll be logging into a website to help fulfill some lost childhood dream of running a football club. You'll be writing a check and looking at results on Teletext. You'll be patting yourself on the back for saving some poor miserable club from its struggling existence without having the foresight to understand that you are gutting the very spirit that made the club worth loving and supporting.

Now, I will grant you there is one major difference between an investment banker and your group -- most investment bankers are smart enough to know what they don't know and allow the people with the knowledge and experience to operate the ventures they undertake.

Your group is nothing more than a fantasy football league run amok in the real world.

08-09-2007, 03:00	#56
MichiganRed Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Across the big water Posts: 510 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 47	Re: Myfootballclub It appears as though you have missed my point entirely. You and your 50,000 fellow investors are every bit the faceless entity that an investment bank would be. You won't be riding the coaches to the away games. You won't be selling programs on matchdays. You won't be collecting money for the 50/50 drawings. You won't be showing up at the FES to help paint the railings on the terraces. You won't be singing with the Ultras and raising the new roof with passion and pride and the celebration of all things Stanley. You'll be logging into a website to help fulfill some lost childhood dream of running a football club. You'll be writing a check and looking at results on Teletext. You'll be patting yourself on the back for saving some poor miserable club from its struggling existence without having the foresight to understand that you are gutting the very spirit that made the club worth loving and supporting. Now, I will grant you there is one major difference between an investment banker and your group -- most investment bankers are smart enough to know what they don't know and allow the people with the knowledge and experience to operate the ventures they undertake. Your group is nothing more than a fantasy football league run amok in the real world.