British football clubs. They’re all the rage with rich Americans. Think of the Glazer brothers owning Manchester United; and Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney owning Wrexham. And now the crypto-community is getting involved, as a consortium led by US crypto-millionaire Preston Johnson have recently bought Crawley Town football club, with a pledge to run it as a ‘reflection of crypto’s utopian principles’.
But what does that mean? Planet Crypto caught up with Mr Johnson to find out.
PC:
So, what does running a football club as a reflection of crypto’s utopian principles’ mean?
Preston Johnson:
Well, it means letting the fans have a say in how the club’s run.
PC:
Very democratic and de-fi of you.
PJ:
And then for that real crypto-feel, we’ve made sure the club’s lost eleven of the twelves games since we took charge.
PC:
I’m sorry?
PJ:
Not as sorry as the fans are! But you know, that sinking feeling of terrible losses… that’s the crypto way. Still, if things get even worse, we’ll just run away and leave other people to sort out our mess.
PC:
That is the crypto way…
PJ:
Plus, in true crypto fashion, we’ve had some of our assets hacked and stolen.
PC:
And by assets you mean…?
PJ:
Players. We’ve lost a lot of players. But don’t worry: we’re working on a security fix. Which, ironically, consists of tethering them to a block with a chain. Which might explain why we keep losing games, because we sometimes forget to untie them before kick-off.
PC:
Right… do you actually know anything about football at all?
PJ:
No. But then a lot of crypto-investors don’t know anything about crypto, and that doesn’t stop them, does it?
PC:
Might I be right if I said you’ve only bought this football club so you can pretend to be like Ryan Reynolds?
PJ:
What? No! Of course not. I don’t even know who this ‘Ryan Reynolds’ is.
PC:
Despite the fact you’re sitting opposite me dressed as Deadpool.
PJ:
I am not!
PC:
You’re dressed head to toe in red and black leather with a pair of swords strapped to your back. That’s pretty Deadpool-ish.
PJ:
Nonsense. I’m just a… Samurai gimp. Honestly. And I love soccer-ball. Come on you blues!
PC:
Crawley Town play in red.
PJ:
Oh… leave me alone.
