With the happy exception of Ryan Reynolds and his exuberant stewardship of Wrexham FC, team owners get a bad press these days.
Everyone and his brother – the complainants are invariably male – has a gripe: whether it’s lamenting the deluge of sovereign wealth money into European football and professional golf or decrying the tone-deaf US administration of venerable clubs like Manchester United.
The sports scene in America can be even more combative and strident – as abusive fan behaviour at the Ryder Cup in New York demonstrated recently. Lifelong supporters expect their team’s owners and players to have a winning mentality year after year (rather than an obsession with the bottom line) and aren’t shy about expressi
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