Multi-club company definition:
Is the company that has a controlling stack in two or more sports clubs and/or teams.
Forms of multi-clubs ownership (clubs):
Company controls different teams.
Clubs are controlled with the same brand name.
Forms of multi-clubs ownership (owners):
Company Owned by one person
Company owned by family Business
The person controls multiple clubs (direct contact)
Family Control Different clubs: Many family members control different sports teams.
Main Examples:
City Football Group
Redbull Sports Group
Multi-clubs internal Structure:
Main Club: the club that is meant to be the club that collects the trophies and get high profile players.
Farm Clubs: The clubs that used to be in very lower league divisions and its role is to systemize the youth players the fit in the future in the system of the main club.
Scout Clubs: these clubs used to be in mine countries known for export youth talents and used as gem miners and low price scouting system with potential to profit from getting unlimited resources instead of limited time, money, and efforts of the international scouts and less competitive in the gems.
Partnership Clubs: Partnership clubs are clubs used in a connector between two companies, like a partnership between City football group and Nissan, that uses the experience of city football groups to manage and mentor Nissan Japanese football club yokohama f. Marinos with a minor stockholding amount.
Shining Clubs: these type of clubs used the give young players time to play and gain experience and even if shine get an opportunity to play for the mother club that meant to win trophies or to be sold and get money from them.
Note(s):
It is not standard and must formation. It’s just a way to make it easy for us to understand the way they work.
May a club have multiple role like may be scout club and Farm Club or a partner club and a Scout club.
Examples:
City football group (Company)
Redbull sports group (Company)
Chien Lee (individual)
V sports (Nasef sawiris, wes Ownes) (Company)
John Textor (Individual)
David Blitzer (Individual)
777 Partners (Firm)
RedBird Capital (Firm)
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