It's not about trying about to buy a football club but about a business.
It could also follow the lead of those sheikhs and oligarchs who like to buy English football clubs.
He was briefly in the spotlight when he tried to buy Liverpool football club in 2004, and, when that failed, he inked a sponsorship deal with Merseyside rivals Everton.
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"If you are wealthy and want to buy a football club then I can see the attraction, but I don't know of any interest in the deal - and most football clubs that have floated are now back in private hands, " says Mr Hackleton.
Namely, if you are of more modest means, the proportion of baseball tickets you buy relative to football tickets will be greater than a wealthier person because baseball tickets are considerably more affordable.
His son Robin and a number of his senior managers told me they all questioned his decision to buy into a football club, but say when he makes investments he usually does so for the long term.
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Last week a South African group pulled out of a bid to buy the club after the Rugby Football Union (RFU) turned down a plan to relocate to London.
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This is probably the hottest ticket in college football too as you could buy a really nice HDTV for what a decent set of tickets to this are going for on the second hand market.
He visited a different Best Buy store and found people playing an impromptu football game in the parking lot.
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In the 1970s a whole new gardening generation rushed to buy multi-coloured plastic gnomes dressed in football strips, beachwear and even disguised as Smurfs.
Mill Financial, which is based in Springfield, Virginia, reportedly refinanced a loan used by Gillett to buy a big stake in the famous Liverpool Football Club of the English Premier League in 2007.
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Glyndwr University is discussing plans which could see it buy into the Racecourse with the WST buying the football club.
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It recently held a picnic in the state capital, Charleston, for workers and their families, and is donating more money to towns to buy patrol cars and Christmas decorations or to build football fields.
Scotts can't market natural products in a way that will spook gardeners who buy the chemical-soaked stuff that helps them grow football-size tulips and tomatoes.
"I hope the fans get behind us and buy into what we are trying to do here at the football club, " Ferguson told BBC Radio Lancashire.
I'd gone from that poverty to the fortunes of the NFL. Football gave me a college scholarship, the chance to buy a house for my mother, the opportunity to travel, and much more.
Whether this motley crew of football fans, city spread betters and online poker addicts can be persuaded to buy the same paper every day will determine if the Sportsman's horse comes in.
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The football idea involves providing money to second-tier clubs (not Chelsea or Arsenal) to buy stakes in younger players.
As for the home side, they may be able to sell players following unprecedented permission from the Football Association to undertake transfers outside the window to ease their financial burden, but they could not buy a goal here.
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