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My Own Hockey Team?

By Mark

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It was inevitable following the success of myfootballclub.com, which I have discussed in this space on several occasions, that someone in North America would try and copy the idea. It was logical to think that football was not going to be the sport as outside the Arena League and its own minor league Arena2, there is not a very viable minor league system. So, hockey or baseball would be the logical choices, since minor league basketball is either controlled by the NBA or too chaotic (see the ABA) to be worth the time necessary to coordinate this type of project. So, who went first? It seems that a couple of Canadian hockey fans emigrated to the Dominican have launched myownhockeyteam.com

The game plan is a direct clone of the plan in place in England - buy a minor league club and run it by the wisdom of the crowds. Now, I don't know how many fans outside of Canada really want to own a junior hockey team but then what do I know?

Me, I'm investigating the American securities laws to see if I can spearhead a similar project to buy a minor league baseball club. I'll update you when I hear back from the lawyers.

Full post as published by Sports Biz on December 03, 2007 (boomark / email).