Join The Revolution
With the power of the Internet, OwnASportsTeam.com is pooling together financing from sports fans around the world to reach the collective dream of buying, owning and managing a professional sports team.
Every contributing member will have the ability to vote on team decisions, ranging from naming the starting roster to deciding what food will be served in the stadium. The more you contribute, the more weight your vote carries in team decisions, with each dollar being an additional "weight point". This takes the concept of fantasy sports to a new level... it turns fantasy into reality.
This is real life.
We're talking about physically purchasing a real professional sports team in the NFL, MLB, NBA, MLS, NHL or similar league.
No such endeavor has ever been attempted. Most would dismiss the goal as impossible. I?d ask those same pessimists if anyone thought Buster Douglas would knock out Mike Tyson, the Mets would win the 1969 World Series or backup QB Frank Reich would lead the Buffalo Bills back from a 32 point deficit to win an NFL playoff game in 1993.
Based on Forbes most recent valuations of Pro Sports Franchises (as published by ESPN.com here) it will cost a minimum of $150 Million Dollars to purchase a current NFL, NBA or MLB team.
How is it possible?
On August 24th, 2007 the Powerball Lottery was up to $300 million dollars. Every ticket is $1 and the game is only available in 29 states. Only 30 cents of every dollar goes towards the jackpot. That means since the last powerball hit (not that long ago) over $1 billion dollars were collected. Had they all contributed their 1 dollars to OwnASportsTeam.com instead of purchasing $1 lottery tickets...
Buy one less lottery ticket, beer, movie ticket, soda or any other trivial product and put it towards your lifelong membership. If a lot of people donate a very little amount, we'll get to our goal. But it starts with YOU so JOIN NOW!
We're also accepting LINK SPONSORS. Donate whatever amount you feel appropriate and we'll put your link on our SPONSORS PAGE. Largest contributors are listed first.
Perhaps most importantly, this message needs to reach the masses. So blog about it, send an e-mail, tell your friends, call your local sports radio show, write to your local newspapers and spread the word. This is a sensational story that the world can't help but LOVE. And guess what? You can be a part of it.
Who the heck are you?
I'm a regular guy who loves sports - just like you. But since we're about to become partners in this mission, I should probably tell you a little bit more. My name is Rob Jackson, I'm 25 years old and I work in the marketing and advertising industry. I was raised as an avid sports fan and as a kid I needed only 4 things to survive: Food, clothing, shelter and baseball.
Like many sports fans, my wildest dream is to own a professional sports team. That sentiment is magnified when I watch franchise owners make terrible decisions and hear outraged fans scream about what they would do. But what if the owner really DID do what the fans wanted? What if diehard fans COULD make decisions of the very team they root for? And what if I could make that happen? And thus OwnASportsTeam.com was born.
Muhammad Ali once said, "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." Take this small risk for the opportunity to become a part of something great... the Greatest Franchise of All Time.
