Without a strong commissioner with the North American sports entertainment mentality, the owners were bound to fail. They literally need to be protected from themselves and their stupidity.
If the ESL somehow poached a Gary, a Roger, or an Adam to be the ring leader, meat shield, and public face, they could have made this work. As it stands they are woefully idiotic and thankfully they didn't think to do this.
I agree with the others here that the clubs that partook either need to be punished, or rules need to be changed to prevent this from occurring again. Ideally, move to the German 50+1 rule and voila.
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