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Clubs, Community and Cultural Cynicism

Match Fit USA 25 October @ 10:42 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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In this space on Friday, Robert Jonas discussed the nature of modern sports and the lack of "clubs" in MLS, boiling down the fan-team relationship into one of pure economics. Teams have owners who sell a product. Fans, or supporters if you like, either buy that product or they don't. When the team is struggling on the field or management fails to address the problems, fans' only recourse is to not buy tickets.