Quote:
Originally Posted by Redash
Herein lies the problem, 25-50 thousand people picking the starting 11 and subs. - How long will it take to vote and have the votes counted?
- How will you be able to sort out tactics one hour before the game, when you first see the opposition team sheet?
- What safeguards do you have in relation to the opposition management having shares in the club? (Are there not rules about opposition management influencing team selections and tactics?)
- What about the stick of being called FRANCHISE FC?
Whilst the Idea is sound, the practicality is absurd, and unworkable.
The only way I can see, to make it work, is to just have your members as share holders with only an opinion at the AGM, and a management team and board of directors to oversee the club. |
It's not unworkable at all. There are clear deadlines for voting on lineup decisions. The votes are cast via the website but the results are not announced until one hour before the game--the same time team sheets are announced. Obviously, our head coach knows the results before then to finish his preparations with the squad. Once the vote is in, however, the head coach takes over and during the match has the responsibility for managing adjustments to strategy and substitutes.
It doesn't matter if opposition clubs have access to our site as members. The results of the votes don't appear for us until they go public with the team sheets anyway. There won't be any advantage for them, and with so many members, no one is going to be able to put together a sabotage vote. It's just not possible given the numbers.