English Football League: Clubs 'reliant on owners', says EFL chief

[KerrAvon]

And there’d be no clubs without fans.

I was thinking of them that have been protesting , do you think some of the owners give a ****e about the clubs? Are those fans over sensitive?

It would be entirely possible, if a bit pointless, for a club to operate without supporters. If you look at a club like Bournemouth, the funding it receives from matchday revenues is dwarfed by that it receives from broadcasting rights and in loans (which I would imagine are from its owner). They could brick up the turnstiles with very limited impact upon the revenue at the club.

There are bad owners and good owners. There are also owners who get into club ownership with unrealistic expectations and who then find they have bitten off more than they can chew, but who can't find a buyer in order to get out. I would say that most owners, give a shyte to one degree or another or they wouldn’t get into it. Whether protesting fans are justified in their actions, would depend upon the circumstances of the club in question.

I read the line "Fans not happy about the investment that is going into their club. Trust me, without them [the owners], they wouldn't have a club." and thought of some of the postings on here. Essentially, some posters are unhappy that Tony Stewart is not spending enough of his money to meet their aspirations.