Isn't Hick the owner of the Texas teams and I thought Gillette bought the Canadiens a few years ago, no? I think the biggest problem there is that their relationship has broken down and they hardly communicate.
Boardroom problems at Arsenal I've recently seen. There is a tug-of-war between and American and Russian for control of the club. Kroneke owns the Avalanche (I think) and a few other clubs. Then you have the fiasco in Manchester.
You are right on American owners not really being well placed to be great owners. I also think they don't really get the significance of these clubs to their supporters. Not just teams or clubs but institutions in places. No matter how bad things were in the UK, the people always had football.
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