Dept. of good ideas: Project Franchise wants you to be a sports owner

January 24th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Yes, you want to be Mark Cuban. Just admit it. The dude runs his biz during the daytime, and when he’s not pausing to give contentious interviews with GQ , or answering email at the speed of light, he runs a successful professional franchise. You want that. You envy this man. Admit it.

I’ll admit it, which is why Project Franchise’s idea is pretty interesting , if not exactly revolutionary (My Football Club successfully bid on and won Ebbsfleet United in 2007). They want to do the same with a U.S. sports franchise, allowing fans to vote for everything: the coach, the lineups, the concessions stands — everything. Judging by most ESPN polls, the nation’s sports collective sports knowledge probably isn’t the best, but it couldn’t possibly be any worse than, say, Dave Littlefield, right?

But for five bucks — probably not even a fifth of what you put into your fantasy football league — who cares, right?