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Start a Soccer League
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:34 pm
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:34 pm
I just had the idea that I want to start a soccer league in the United States. Although futbol is popular in other places in the world such as England it's definitely growing in the US. Need some fellas to get on board with this.
The teams have coaches and everything, however, the team is actually run by stakeholders online. Meaning, once someone invests enough to meet a said threshold then they are eligible to become an owner and vote online for team decisions. Not sure what the threshold would be and if it would be a certain amount you have to pay or if you pay more that is reflected with voting power.
Eligible to vote on:
-Transfer markets (asks and bids)
-New coaching hires
-Lineups (maybe, don't know how I feel about that)
I'm obviously imagining this wouldn't be profitable for the pioneer investors until (if) the league grows, would need to be able to raise a lot of capital upfront.
Seems like a cool concept, definitely just throwing this out to see if it catches some steam. Thoughts?
The teams have coaches and everything, however, the team is actually run by stakeholders online. Meaning, once someone invests enough to meet a said threshold then they are eligible to become an owner and vote online for team decisions. Not sure what the threshold would be and if it would be a certain amount you have to pay or if you pay more that is reflected with voting power.
Eligible to vote on:
-Transfer markets (asks and bids)
-New coaching hires
-Lineups (maybe, don't know how I feel about that)
I'm obviously imagining this wouldn't be profitable for the pioneer investors until (if) the league grows, would need to be able to raise a lot of capital upfront.
Seems like a cool concept, definitely just throwing this out to see if it catches some steam. Thoughts?
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Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:38 pm to potofgold12
Ever heard of MLS? It sucks. That’s why soccer has its own board.
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:40 pm to BZ504
lol it would obviously compete with the MLS, fooook you dickkee
Posted on 12/14/22 at 11:42 pm to potofgold12
Lots of issues with soccer. FIFA/ US Soccer run everything.
That said, email bornkjun@aol.com, I want to ask you a few things
That said, email bornkjun@aol.com, I want to ask you a few things
Posted on 12/15/22 at 8:47 am to potofgold12
The only way a league can compete with the MLS if it has promotion/relegation. Which is why the MLS sucks because it's set up like every other American professional sports league.
That's why watching a team like Wrexham FC, in the lowest football division in England, trying to gain promotion is way more interesting than watching an MLS team win the championship.
That's why watching a team like Wrexham FC, in the lowest football division in England, trying to gain promotion is way more interesting than watching an MLS team win the championship.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 8:49 am to YNWA
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That's why watching a team like Wrexham FC, in the lowest football division in England
I get the audience you're speaking to, but you know this isn't true.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 8:51 am to potofgold12
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just had the idea that I want to start a soccer league in the United States
Posted on 12/15/22 at 10:24 am to potofgold12
This sounds like the sort of horrible idea that needs to be associated with crypto/ NFTs. If you pump it the right way, you could probably get rich before it falls apart.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 10:24 am to potofgold12
I’m in and would like 10% ownership for free due to getting in on the ground floor.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 10:36 am to potofgold12
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The teams have coaches and everything, however, the team is actually run by stakeholders online. Meaning, once someone invests enough to meet a said threshold then they are eligible to become an owner and vote online for team decisions. Not sure what the threshold would be and if it would be a certain amount you have to pay or if you pay more that is reflected with voting power.
Teams that are owned by the fans still exist, and were the norm in soccer for a long time, before the professionalization of that aspect of the game in the 1990's. But also, having fans vote on things is just not sustainable at elite levels in the sport. Frankly, most fans are too emotionally involved to be effective decision-makers in a day-to-day sense.
Regardless, the best way to engineer this would be to establish an actual club, with physical space members can actually use for fitness and training, which would give capital for starting club teams at the bottom of the soccer pyramid. You could also start several other teams in other sports as well.
Posted on 12/15/22 at 10:49 am to potofgold12
A new soccer league would need to include Canada and Mexico but there is a league in Mexico already and I am not sure about Canada.
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