It could work, but you would need a big initial buy-in to get it off the ground. You'd likely need at least 6-8 teams initially and venues for them to play sinc

It could work, but you would need a big initial buy-in to get it off the ground. You'd likely need at least 6-8 teams initially and venues for them to play since the NFL has banned it. I could see this working well at a minor league level because the players wouldn't really be sacrificing much, I think, but I'm not certain. You'd also have to figure out the costs for gear, staff, and etc. You'd also have to figure out logistics for management, I imagine a trust would be the best middle ground. My best friend is from Cork City in Ireland, Cork FC is fan-owned which runs out of a trust. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FORAS_(football_supporters%27_trust) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FORAS_(football_supporters%27_... Side-bar: I am curious if MLS has banned fan-ownership. Edit: Unsure, seems like 4th Tier league allows fan-ownership. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fan-owned_sports_teams#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fan-owned_sports_teams... Second Edit: Reading [2], it seems like it'd be possible to have a European fan-ownership structure except that the team would own shares from MLS to have the team rights. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer_owners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer_owners