It is hilarious to compare ISL with Premier League or MLS. Those leagues are not owned by one Businessman in which different clubs are also owned by family members of the same businessman, accountant of the same businessman and actor/cricketer acting as owners. Those leagues have clubs with Physical address unlike here.
Not exactly hilarious. Lebron James is part-owner of Liverpool. A TV chef is an owner of Norwich City. Los Angeles FC is co-owned by a host of celebrities, as is Seattle Sounders, same with Houston Dynamo with Oscar De La Hoya. New York is owned by a supposed Football Group and a baseball team. A basketball player owns Vancouver.
Same ownership is also still common with two MLS teams being owned by the same guy until this year, the entire league had only 3 owners not long ago. None of this is new to FIFA.
Also the owners of Atletico de Kolkata are not all "actor/cricketer" with Ganguly only being minority. Delhi Dynamos is owned fully by DEN and maybe some other company soon. FC Goa is owned by 3 non-actor/cricketer people with Kolhi being minority. Kerala Blasters is owned majority by Muthoot Group. Chennaiyin is co-owned by Dhoni and Bachchan while also having co-ownership with a woman who is part of Asian Paints. FC Pune City are only co-owned by Roshen.
NorthEast United and Mumbai City are the only teams with grand majority owners who are actors.
Meanwhile, India is not the only country trying to manufacture a franchise league right now, with Canada setting one up for 2018... and going about it the right way.
I disagree. First, the actors/ baseball players and others there are genuine owners. Nothing wrong if a basketball player also wants to own a football club. In case of India, the actors/ players are all sham owners. Ranbir Kapoor, SachinT, Kohli, you name them (barring John Abby). Sweat-equity holders, at most.
Also, the leagues and teams are NOT owned by a single coterie like in India (IMG-R, STAR and their acolytes). And most importantly, all of them have brick-and-mortar existence, unlike here.
Your first paragraph makes no sense. What is the difference? The ISL guys actually have more involvement even then the examples I gave. At least Ranbir, Bachchan etc go to games and show support, LeBron has never been to Liverpool and is only part-owner for the American market. Same with guys like Will Farrell joining LAFC, its all promotion... it is the same as these guys essentially.
Glazer Brothers do not show up in MU games, and even if they go, they don't break into a jig. Neither does Le Bron in his club. They don't have to. Here, the actor 'owners' have to do it to get tagged with the club. They do not mind because this helps their sagging carriers.
It is not mandatory for owners to be present during a game. Serious owners would have other important works backstage. Owners do not need to prance around whenever they hit a six (oops sorry, this is not cricket, but what the hell, they also probably don't know -- they are in the TV, right?). My question is, if they are not the real owners, why pose as real owners? Why can't they be paraded as brand ambassadors, die-hard fan or something? Why this hoodwinking?
Also, f**k MLS. We don't have to do whatever they are doing. I believe in a transparent world. Learnt it from a massive bluff called IPL where betting, cross-ownerships, sleaze, got-up matches, tax evasion, conflict of interests, money laundering and star promotions were order of they day (they also played T20 matches, you know).
Miami Dolphins (NFL team) is co owned by Jennifer Lopez marc anthony, Serena - Venus williams, Gloria Estefan(musician), Emilio Estefan (music prodcuer), Fergie...majority being owned by a real estate developer...
Point is, doesnt matter who is the owner , so long he appoints the right people at right positions to run the club....CEOs, marketting, finances,communications,coaching staff, medical staff, How exactly is a club run by a real estate developer so much better than a club being run by celebs ? If a company that sells energy drinks can own multiple football clubs...what is wrong with Ranbir Kapoor coowning a team with an investment banker and a chartered accountant if he is passionate about it? I would better support a passionate owner like ranbir than support a farce like Kalyani group.
@Deb_Ban So where in FIFA is this not allowed? It is "unethical" and personally I don't fully like it, nor the over glamorization of the ISL, but it is not as if this is illegal.
Question I have now is that Shah Rukh Khan was rumoured to be looking at a stake in Dempo a few years ago and some people on this forum were pretty excited about it.
Also, found this. Nice to know he followed I-League and said this a year before IMG-Reliance even announced the launch of the ISL.
if Ranbir Kapoor did his dancing in the stands for Mumbai FC instead of Mumbai city fc or Virat Kohli and Varun Dhawan became co owners of Salgaocar instead of fc goa....(sham owners or not...genuine or not )... , the same people would have said these celebs have revolutionised Indian football....maybe they would have even blessed Nita Ambani .
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Same ownership is also still common with two MLS teams being owned by the same guy until this year, the entire league had only 3 owners not long ago. None of this is new to FIFA.
Also the owners of Atletico de Kolkata are not all "actor/cricketer" with Ganguly only being minority. Delhi Dynamos is owned fully by DEN and maybe some other company soon. FC Goa is owned by 3 non-actor/cricketer people with Kolhi being minority. Kerala Blasters is owned majority by Muthoot Group. Chennaiyin is co-owned by Dhoni and Bachchan while also having co-ownership with a woman who is part of Asian Paints. FC Pune City are only co-owned by Roshen.
NorthEast United and Mumbai City are the only teams with grand majority owners who are actors.
http://www.torontosun.com//2016/02/16/montagliani-has-a-mountain-to-climb
Also, the leagues and teams are NOT owned by a single coterie like in India (IMG-R, STAR and their acolytes). And most importantly, all of them have brick-and-mortar existence, unlike here.
Your second paragraph is literally what MLS is.
It is not mandatory for owners to be present during a game. Serious owners would have other important works backstage. Owners do not need to prance around whenever they hit a six (oops sorry, this is not cricket, but what the hell, they also probably don't know -- they are in the TV, right?). My question is, if they are not the real owners, why pose as real owners? Why can't they be paraded as brand ambassadors, die-hard fan or something? Why this hoodwinking?
Also, f**k MLS. We don't have to do whatever they are doing. I believe in a transparent world. Learnt it from a massive bluff called IPL where betting, cross-ownerships, sleaze, got-up matches, tax evasion, conflict of interests, money laundering and star promotions were order of they day (they also played T20 matches, you know).
Point is, doesnt matter who is the owner , so long he appoints the right people at right positions to run the club....CEOs, marketting, finances,communications,coaching staff, medical staff, How exactly is a club run by a real estate developer so much better than a club being run by celebs ? If a company that sells energy drinks can own multiple football clubs...what is wrong with Ranbir Kapoor coowning a team with an investment banker and a chartered accountant if he is passionate about it? I would better support a passionate owner like ranbir than support a farce like Kalyani group.
Question I have now is that Shah Rukh Khan was rumoured to be looking at a stake in Dempo a few years ago and some people on this forum were pretty excited about it.
Also, found this. Nice to know he followed I-League and said this a year before IMG-Reliance even announced the launch of the ISL.