Sport, Society, Ownership, & Accountability – Blah Blah Blah

We like to paint the world in perfectly ordered opposites. On the one hand, as an American, I have grown up with the cold familiarity of the franchise sports model. Here's how the cookie crumbles in the States. Basically, a businessman (or woman) who has made billions in selling chemicals or prescription drugs hits middle age, gets bored, doesn't want to start a foundation, and picks a small Midwestern city to inject with happiness and PR via a sports team.

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