Could Fans Own a Team?

1–2 minutes

Bobby and Alex talk about their experiences watching the KBO, Scott Boras’s misunderstanding of 9/11, and whether baseball in 2020 makes sense. Then, they explore the idea of publicly-owned baseball teams, the precedent for such a concept and what it would look like in practice.

Links:

Ben Clemens on watching baseball in Korean

Dave Zirin on the Green Bay Packers

Ben Burgis on Public Ownership of Sports Teams

MLB’s 80-game plan

More reading:

Could the Mets just go public?

Imagining a fan-owned team

Songs featured in this episode:

The Coup — “5 Million Ways To Kill A C.E.O.”  • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

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