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...take possession of their very own team, Ebbsfleet United, following the completion of due diligence on the purchase of the non-league side. For around $70, "owners" will take control of all aspects of running the club - both on and off the field - by voting in online polls for player transfers, team selection and tactics. Starting line-ups are decided and passed to the coach in good time for match day but not revealed on the website till an hour before kick...
...skepticism over the practicality of having 20,000 owner/managers arguing over team formations, the project is groundbreaking for sports fan-club collaboration, and pioneering as an experiment in democracy. "It's a completely unique opportunity to get as close as you can to the game without actually being a player or being a manager," says Will Brooks, the 36-year-old former football journalist behind the project who puts his faith firmly in the wisdom of crowds. "Newspapers, radio phone-in shows and pundits spend hours after games talking about what team they would have picked and discussing tactics...
...voting members. Manager, former Republic of Ireland international Liam Daish, will be retitled head coach and be required to feed back information on training and tactical suggestions to members via a blog. Daish backs the plan, and as Brooks points out, "Liam has never paid any money for a player before, now he might be able to buy one." Former player now BBC pundit Garth Crooks applauds the concept of fan-ownership but is wary of supporters' involvement in team selection, "It seems like great fun but impractical: more fitting for Fantasy Football than the real game...
...against the Engineers and 27 against the Dutchmen. He has stopped 115 of the last 116 shots he has faced and earned both league and national recognition for his play last weekend. Richter was named ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week and Inside College Hockey National Player of the Week for his historic performance. This weekend marked the first time in over 25 years that a Harvard goalie recorded shutouts on consecutive nights. The last person to do it was Wade Lau ’82, who made a combined 41 saves in blowout victories against Princeton...
Volleyball captain Suzie Trimble closed out her senior campaign in fine fashion, receiving Ivy League Player of the Week accolades for her stellar play in last weekend’s matches against Columbia and Cornell. After posting eight kills in the Crimson’s 3-0 sweep of the Lions on Friday, the middle blocker notched a team-high 24 kills in Saturday’s 3-2 loss to the Big Red. With only three errors and 43 kill attempts in the Cornell match, Trimble finished with a striking .488 hitting percentage. In the second game of that...