Fantasy football becomes reality -democratic sport->
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gjuk
gjuk writes "There's an interesting initiative in the UK setting up a website to garner funds to buy a football (soccer) club, and run it via a form of edemocracy.
The goal is to raise £1.35million ($2.7million) and use it to purchase a professional club. Subscribers via the website would become shareholders. All shareholders would then vote via the web on team selections, buying and selling players, etc.
Given that most fans of real clubs believe they'd do a better job than the actual managers — this may be a worthy experiment, and given the similarity between football club management and local government, may be instructive for democracy."
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The goal is to raise £1.35million ($2.7million) and use it to purchase a professional club. Subscribers via the website would become shareholders. All shareholders would then vote via the web on team selections, buying and selling players, etc.
Given that most fans of real clubs believe they'd do a better job than the actual managers — this may be a worthy experiment, and given the similarity between football club management and local government, may be instructive for democracy."
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