I don't really have an issue with this in theory. It would be great if there was a separate group with some influence that has different interests than the owner, whose primary goal is to generate revenue and increase the capital value of the asset. It's also perfectly reasonable, IMO, to say that fans have a stake in the team and are invested in it in an emotional sense, and should have more say in how that team is run... Leaving aside the totally apt comments about suddenly having ten thousand cooks in the kitchen each with a different idea about what to cook and how to cook it, the simple reality is that in Canadian markets, long term sustainable success is often the casualty of owners chasing this year's playoff revenue. Anything that puts pressure on them to behave otherwise, I am in principle in favour of.
All of that being said, what I don't see is how this proposed fan union would actually go about instilling itself with influence. How it would obtain the standing to actually affect or accomplish anything.
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