Chapter 986: A Decision That Affected NBA History
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Zhuang Fei doesn't want to sell the Boston Celtics, which is inevitable, because as long as this team is sold, whether it is sold to the owner of the Boston Celtics or other people who love the Boston Celtics, no one can guarantee what will happen in 10, 20, or 30 years.
Maybe for Zhuang Fei, he thinks too much, but a year after losing the Boston Celtics, the team's downfall can already be imagined, a fucked owner can make a team miserable for more than a decade, such as last year's Adelson, such as the former owner of the Boston Celtics who plunged the Boston Celtics into darkness for 10 years.
It can be said that as long as a team belongs to one person, unless this makes such an eloquent person as Zhuang Fei, Pat Riley, Jerry West or Old Bass, it will definitely be tragic, and the best way to solve such a dilemma is to make this team have no owner, or theoretically no owner.
And Zhuang Fei's proposal is like this, Zhuang Fei will not buy the equity of the Boston Celtics, put it in the name of the Scarlett Children's Foundation, and Zhuang Fei or Scarlett will not have any interference in the Celtics, and hand over the operation rights of the Celtics to the Boston Celtics Fan Committee for free, and in the next 99 years, Zhuang Fei or the Scarlett Foundation will not invest a penny in the Boston Celtics, nor will they take a penny from the Boston Celtics.
This team is completely self-sufficient, in fact, for a team of Boston's level, in the current NBA environment. Let them spend as much as they earn. The team is able to pay more than $100 million in player salaries. After all, this team is currently the most profitable team in the NBA besides the Lakers and New York Knicks, and in this case, there is nothing wrong with the team's self-sufficiency.
In fact, Zhuang Fei's strategy was to turn Boston Celtic into a membership-based club, which is not uncommon in the sports world, especially in professional sports, such as the most famous and wealthy clubs in the football world, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. All of them are membership-based, and there will be no boss intervention in such a team.
The chairman of the team is elected by the fans, and the fan members are the real owners of the team, and they decide whether the chairman of the team will go or stay, and if the chairman does a good job, he will be able to get the support of the fans, and if the chairman does not do a good job, the fans will kick them out. It is also impossible to spoil this team for too long, because his fate depends on the fan members.
For the Boston Celtics. This is the best solution, so whether it is Glensbeck or Cardinal or other Boston Celtic celebrities, they are all stunned after seeing Zhuang Fei's proposal.
Of course, they know what kind of impact such a management model will have on this team, and it is no exaggeration to say that as long as such a model is implemented in the Celtics, then even if this team does not have a good money owner like Paul Allen, they can also become a good money club like New York or the Lakers, this team will become a real century-old giant with no shortage of honor and money in the next ten years, as long as Zhuang Fei's proposal is realized, the Celtics will never have to worry about falling, Unless the NBA can't go on, the path that Zhuang Fei pointed out to this team is a century-old avenue, so at this time, these Boston Celtics celebrities are all excited and excited at this time.
"It's just, Zhuang, are you sacrificing too much like this?" Glensbeck suppressed the excitement in his heart a little, put down the proposal in his hand, looked at Zhuang Fei with a sincere face, and said, he is the owner of the former Boston Celtics, he ignored Adelson's high-priced acquisition back then, but he has no way to build the whole team into a member club like Zhuang Fei, which is the end of all owners.
The boss system and the membership system are like the opposition between capitalism and socialism, although according to Zhuang Fei's proposal, the Boston Celtics are not a complete membership club, the actual equity of this team is the Scarlett Foundation, but the Scarlett Foundation gives the Boston Celtics Fans Association the right to operate the team for 99 years, or free of charge, which is basically like renting a house to a person for 99 years at zero rent, as for whether Zhuang Fei's descendants will take back the team after 99 years, It doesn't matter much anymore, after all, who knows what the world will become after 99?
So at this time, after Grunsbeck finished speaking, although these Celtic celebrities were very excited, they also knew the sacrifice made by Zhuang Fei, so they also felt that it was really embarrassing to do so.
"Zhuang, otherwise, 20 percent of the team's annual profits will be counted as rent, what do you think? That's 20% of our annual profits to your foundation."
At this time, the former assistant of Zhuang Fei and the former deputy general manager of the Boston Celtics, Danny Angie, said with some suggestions, after Danny Angie finished speaking, the other Celtic celebrities also nodded one after another, at this time Zhuang Fei was also a little silent, and at this time, these people also all looked at the actual owner of the Boston Celtics, if Zhuang Fei did not agree, they did not dare to accept this gift from Zhuang Fei, because they owed Zhuang Fei too much. 、
"Okay, just do as you say, 20% of the team's profit every year is equivalent to donating to the Scarlett Foundation for charitable investment" Finally, Zhuang Fei looked at these old friends and nodded slightly, and said with a smile, in fact, 20% of the profit will not have much impact on the Celtics, after all, profit and income are not the same, a team like Celtics will have a high income, and after the income is high, because there is no boss involved, the investment will naturally increase, in this case, The annual profit is actually not a terrible number, although of course, the profit figure will not be huge. But it's not too little. If it's 20%. More than 5 million per year is definitely there.
"That's fine, I think the future of Boston must be bright" After seeing Zhuang Fei agree to this proposal, these Boston Celtics celebrities also said excitedly, and Zhuang Fei was also very happy at this time.
"Zhuang, although you are willing to hand over the team to us, do you know that the league will agree? You should know that membership was implemented in the Celts. This is a matter of public anger" Just when everyone was excited, Karl, the former director of operations of the team, who had not spoken since coming to Zhuang Fei's house, said with some concern, and after the former director of operations finished speaking, the other Celtic celebrities were also a little silent.
The membership system and the system that the NBA is now in practice, these are two different world systems, the purpose of the NBA is to make money, this is a business league, but in such a business league suddenly a very big team is a non-profitable team, it is like the whole world is capitalism, but in a very big country it is actually playing socialism. Under such circumstances, it is certain that the capitalist countries of the world will not allow the existence of that strange socialist state. This is a mortal enemy, and it is strange that the alliance will agree,
It can be said that after thinking about it for a while, these people found that the future they were looking forward to was like a utopia.
"You don't have to worry about this, I naturally have a way" After glancing at these Celtic celebrities whose expressions suddenly dimmed, Zhuang Fei also said with a smile.
"Zhuang, are you sure you understand what we mean?" Seeing Zhuang Fei's indifferent appearance, Russell, the Lord of the Rings, looked at Zhuang Fei a little speechless at this time and asked again.
"Of course I know what you're talking about, I said, just leave this matter to me, you don't have to worry, I think Mr. David Stern will allow such a unique club as the Celtics to exist, what we want to discuss is how to implement the Boston Celtics fan membership system" Zhuang Fei still looked at these Celtics celebrities at this time and continued: "Although most people in Boston are Celtics fans now, we also need to have a screening, and now the fan committee must be expanded, So what is the standard for expansion, and what kind of standard is used to recruit members? This is an issue that needs to be discussed."
Although most people in Boston are Celtics fans now, membership cannot be issued randomly, and these members must ensure their loyalty and attention to the team, otherwise, if these members are just in the twilight and indifferent to the election of the team's chairman and the construction and operation of the team, wouldn't it be tragic?
"Well, this is indeed a problem" After Zhuang Fei raised this basically the core question, these Celtics celebrities also frowned, it is indeed a little difficult for the NBA to implement such a membership system.
This is indeed a very difficult thing, but for these people in Zhuang Fei's family who have extremely high IQ and ability, as long as they are given a little time, they can basically find a good solution to such a problem, for example, the plan they come up with now is that fans who have held a one-year season ticket for the Boston Celtics in the past 20 years or fans who have watched more than 10 home games of the Boston Celtics in a single season for three consecutive seasons, as long as the fan is over 22 years old, can all be members of the Boston Celtics Fan Council.
The Boston Celtics Fan Committee used to be a very small organization, basically to contact some die-hard fans, and the members in it were naturally only a few thousand, but now as long as it is expanded, it can basically recruit more than 50,000 people at a minimum, and the current management body of the Fan Committee will also change, the chairman of the committee is no longer appointed by the club, but elected by the fan members, and the chairman of the committee will be the president of the team. The president of the team can appoint the general manager and director of operations of the team and other team things, and the fan committee in addition to electing the chairman, also needs to elect a supervisory committee, these fan supervisors will not participate in the management of the team, only to supervise the team chairman or management whether there is some corruption or other bad behavior, of course, the supervisory committee can appoint the standing staff of the fan committee, it can be said that this system is a bit like the United States Congress and presidential elections, Basically, a lot of bad things can be eliminated.
And the most restructured fan committee, Zhuang Fei and Cardinal and Lord of the Rings will become the permanent honorary president, basically, these three represent the three people who have contributed the most to this team. The first chairman of the fan committee after the restructuring will be the team's former owner, Grunsbeck. The presidency is elected every four years. Can be re-elected indefinitely. But each re-election requires a fan vote and election.
Of course, these are just programmatic things, and they are also theoretical things that have not yet been put into practice, so there are definitely a lot of details that need to be added, and they also need to be revised after some practice, but it is clear that the new Boston Celtics just have to do what is discussed anyway. Soon things will change.
But the only thing that worries these people now is probably how Zhuang Fei can convince David Stern or the NBA league to allow the Boston Celtics to implement a membership system, a non-profit system in the business league, or to play socialism in the capitalist world.
Of course, now these Boston Celtics celebrities are worried about whether Zhuang Fei can convince David Stern, the NBA dictator, but Zhuang Fei has never been worried about this, because David Stern still owes him an agreement, and when he was All-Star this year, the league president personally promised Zhuang Fei that he would meet any of his requirements, and this is Zhuang Fei's request
June 24, 2005, NBA Headquarters, Manhattan, New York. The office of Alliance President David Stern.
"No way, absolutely impossible. David, you can't let that Chinese mess around anymore, what is he trying to do? If he doesn't want to play in the NBA, he can go back to the NCAA, he's breaking the rules of the game, and this time I definitely don't agree with his application."
In many cases, as the vice president of the alliance, Stewart does not have much power, this is because the president of the alliance is too strong, and with a strong boss, it will always be very sad to be a subordinate, but this time, this very sad Stern's subordinate was glared at by the president of the alliance.
"Pay attention to your words and deeds, Mr. Stewart" When David Stern heard his assistant tell Zhuang Fei to roll back to the NCAA, he really worked hard, if Zhuang Fei returned to the NCAA, Jordan retired again, and the Big Three left two, is it the smallest of the Big Three to rely on Carter in the end? This is impossible, this is to shake the foundation of the NBA, in David Stern's heart, the foundation of the NBA has never been the owners of those teams, but these specific figures, or the pillars of the NBA, if there is no Jordan, no Carter, no Zhuang Fei, the NBA team can now sell for more than 600 million US dollars? This is impossible, and it was sky-high for a team to sell for 100 million back then.
After being glared at by David Stern, the vice president of the alliance also shut up, but the dissatisfaction on his face was still clearly visible.
Of course, David Stern's criticism of his assistant does not mean that he approves of Zhuang Fei's play, this time Zhuang Fei is indeed a little big, although because Zhuang Fei is now his biggest pillar, he will dote on Zhuang Fei very much, but there must be a limit, it is obvious that this is past this limit, but thinking of the agreement that Zhuang Fei just mentioned, the all-star time, at this time the president hesitated.
"Damn Adelson, I will definitely not let you go" Finally, after a long time of struggle, the NBA president still agreed to Zhuang Fei's application, but in the end it made him hate Adelson again, without Adelson, how could he owe Zhuang Fei an agreement, at this time Adelson, who was still thinking about defeating Zhuang Fei in the NBA, would probably faint if he knew that the league president was angry with him.
David Stern agreed to Zhuang Fei's request, and the Boston Celtics would become a membership-based team, and Stewart, who accepted Stern's orders, felt like he was going crazy.
"It seems that it's time to cultivate new idols" When Stuart left David Stern's office in a rage, David Stern also had an ugly face and thought that now there are too few pillars in the alliance, and if Zhuang Fei has been so pampered and arrogant, he will be too passive, and now what he can do is to bring out more pillars and let Zhuang Fei's influence decline, and at this time, the president of the alliance also began to look through some secret lists in his hands, and soon the president drew circles on some names.
"Maddie, Kobe, and Anthony, don't let me down"
David Stern doesn't want to be so passive by Zhuang Fei now, and is thinking about controlling Zhuang Fei.
At this time, Zhuang Fei in Boston was also extremely happy after getting David Stern's reply, Zhuang Fei knew that his request was a little too big, or it would make David Stern, the league's 'godfather', very difficult, but there was no way, although Zhuang Fei didn't want to pit his father, but he still needed to pit it once, but if he knew that this godfather was very unhappy and wanted to find a way to control him, Zhuang Fei would not be happy.
It's just that Zhuang Fei won't think so much at this time, after telling these celebrities of the Celtics the good news, these celebrities are as crazy as Zhuang Fei, and now the only thing they need to do is to form a new fan committee and a new Celtic thing.
At this time, Zhuang Fei must leave Boston, because he now needs to prepare for the Lakers' draft for the new season, and the 2005 draft is about to begin. (To be continued......)