What we need?

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  • dimelb
    pr. dim-melb; m not f
    • Jun 2003
    • 6889
    #1

    What we need?

    From today's Fitz Files:
    "... in this age of cyberspace where all things are possible, an interesting experiment has taken place in Britain, where in February of this year, a Fourth Division soccer team, Ebbsfleet United was bought by its 30,000 members for ?600,000."
    See what happened next - in "Democracy Rules. OK"
    Lesson for union in league thriller
    http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/peter-fitzsimons/2008/11/28/1227491826303.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
    He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
    Tags: Swans, sydney
    • Cardinal
      Regular in the Side
      • Sep 2008
      • 932
      #2
      And the Swan's constitution is at the complete opposite end of the spectrum of member involvement and democracy

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        • timthefish
          Regular in the Side
          • Sep 2003
          • 940
          #3
          ebbsfield is in the fifth tier of english soccer. good story, but hardly relevant. mind you, 30,000 members is not bad...
          then again, i think it would be worth trying 15-16 players on field so what would i know

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