As an Aussie who is used to our AFL clubs all having a strict salary cap, it seems wild to me that as fans in the Premier League, our money and support can actually - literally - lead to the club being able to buy better players.
I've explored buying a Newcastle membership even though I could never attend a game. It was surprising to me how cheap memberships were, and how little was available in terms of tiers and "other ways to support" the club from afar.
I mean, even a well-run and well marketed Patreon campaign (in style at least) could feasibly equate to one brand new 15-20m pound player.
It would just require exotic and exciting membership tiers and packages that make fans (even globally) feel special - and which also make the connection obvious that their $$$ led to one half of an Mbeumo. How exciting that would be.
