Interesting question where the line is though. Wrexham and Man City are one end, us under Sisu the other. Is Steve Gibson OK? Doug King? The Stoke owners? How much money do you have to put in before you’re distorting the market? Ain’t no one running a sustainable club at this level.
Fair question, I’d put Stoke in the not OK camp just because of how their owners got their wealth. Doug King has been a real cheapskate by Championship standards, I have no real issue with Steve Gibson either.
I want football ownership and fan culture in general to be more like how it is in Germany, I’ve made no secret of that. Stuff like reserve teams in the main pyramid can piss off of course, but cheaper tickets, healthier crowds and a pretty good standard of football too.
People who played manager games as a kid and gave themselves billions to spend had fun for a while, I sure did. Then it got a bit boring after a while as the final outcome was never in doubt. I’m sure Wrexham and Birmingham will go up within the next few seasons, but it won’t mean a fraction as much to them as it will to me if we manage it without having taken the absolute piss.