' AMERICA, MEET THE WORST OWNER IN SPORT '

USA TODAY

Friday 27th December 2013.


' AMERICA, MEET THE WORST OWNER IN SPORT '

Vincent Tan is the owner of Cardiff City F.C., a team based out of Wales that plays in the Premier League.

Cardiff City fans do not like Vincent Tan, who is from Malaysia and made his billions bringing McDonald’s to his home country. They don’t like Tan for the usual reasons fans don’t like an owner — an unwillingness to spend money to improve the team, tension between ownership and the team’s management, etc.

They also don’t like Vincent Tan because Tan seems to be using the club much like a 12-year-old in “owner mode” on the FIFA 14 video game.

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Cardiff City supporters hold banners opposing Cardiff City’s Malaysian owner Vincent Tan during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Cardiff City at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, northwest England, on December 21, 2013. Tan told Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay to resign or be dismissed. (Getty Images)

Cardiff City used to wear blue jerseys. They wore blue jerseys for as long as anyone can remember. When Tan bought the team, though, he changed the team’s colors to red. Why? Because Tan really likes red, and he thought red would sell better in Asia, where he comes from.

Forget that Cardiff City’s team is known as the “bluebirds.” Tan likes red and thought the color change would sell jerseys in Asia, so Cardiff City became red.

Also, about those bluebirds. Tan, who purchased 51% of Cardiff City in 2010, apparently doesn’t like bluebirds. There used to be a dragon element to the Cardiff City crest, though, and Tan DOES like dragons. (Also, he knows that dragons are a popular symbol in Asia.) So the team changed the logo.

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The latest news to infuriate the fans is that Tan now wants to change the name of the club from Cardiff City F.C. to Cardiff Dragons.

To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

Of course, all this isn’t even tapping in to the problems Tan had with his manager, the much-liked Malky Mackay (who was fired Friday), or the fact that Tan admits that when he bought the team in 2010 he didn’t know the rules of soccer. Or that Vincent Tan really likes wearing his pants hiked up to his armpits.

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The real issue at hand here is what a sports owner can/should do with a team they own, and the very meaning of ownership. American owners have changed team names before, but they usually involve the fans in the decision and naming of the new team. In England, especially, most fans view owners more as stewards of the club, while the team is “really” owned by the supporters.

Vincent Tan doesn’t care for that. He spent his money to buy the team, and he has invested money to bring the team to the top division in British football, and if he wants his team to wear red instead of blue, he gets to do that.

For now, the fans have had enough. Change the colors, fine. Undermine the manager, OK. But with Tan’s latest move to rename the club, it might be a bridge too far. An owner only owns a soccer team so much.

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quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

Yes but they do't have banning orders

quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

Bang on mate bang on

quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

Yes but they do't have banning orders

Or get jailed for throwing traffic cones at a empty bit of road

quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

Bang on mate bang on

Completely different. Are you saying we should be rioting? You will get a banning order, Add to that you are a Football fan of Cardiff City and your doing time. Sorry but the days of running people out of the City are gone, We can only keep doing what we are doing, Protesting and giving Tan as much shit as we can without getting arrested or shot by one of his guards.

quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

Yes but they do't have banning orders

Or get jailed for throwing traffic cones at a empty bit of road

quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

Yes but they do't have banning orders

Or get jailed for throwing traffic cones at a empty bit of road

that cone could have bounced, and gone into the small crowd of chelsea fans and killed someone

USA TODAY

Friday 27th December 2013.


' AMERICA, MEET THE WORST OWNER IN SPORT '

Vincent Tan is the owner of Cardiff City F.C., a team based out of Wales that plays in the Premier League.

Cardiff City fans do not like Vincent Tan, who is from Malaysia and made his billions bringing McDonald’s to his home country. They don’t like Tan for the usual reasons fans don’t like an owner — an unwillingness to spend money to improve the team, tension between ownership and the team’s management, etc.

They also don’t like Vincent Tan because Tan seems to be using the club much like a 12-year-old in “owner mode” on the FIFA 14 video game.

image.jpg

Cardiff City supporters hold banners opposing Cardiff City’s Malaysian owner Vincent Tan during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Cardiff City at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, northwest England, on December 21, 2013. Tan told Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay to resign or be dismissed. (Getty Images)

Cardiff City used to wear blue jerseys. They wore blue jerseys for as long as anyone can remember. When Tan bought the team, though, he changed the team’s colors to red. Why? Because Tan really likes red, and he thought red would sell better in Asia, where he comes from.

Forget that Cardiff City’s team is known as the “bluebirds.” Tan likes red and thought the color change would sell jerseys in Asia, so Cardiff City became red.

Also, about those bluebirds. Tan, who purchased 51% of Cardiff City in 2010, apparently doesn’t like bluebirds. There used to be a dragon element to the Cardiff City crest, though, and Tan DOES like dragons. (Also, he knows that dragons are a popular symbol in Asia.) So the team changed the logo.

image.jpg

The latest news to infuriate the fans is that Tan now wants to change the name of the club from Cardiff City F.C. to Cardiff Dragons.

To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

Of course, all this isn’t even tapping in to the problems Tan had with his manager, the much-liked Malky Mackay (who was fired Friday), or the fact that Tan admits that when he bought the team in 2010 he didn’t know the rules of soccer. Or that Vincent Tan really likes wearing his pants hiked up to his armpits.

image.jpg

The real issue at hand here is what a sports owner can/should do with a team they own, and the very meaning of ownership. American owners have changed team names before, but they usually involve the fans in the decision and naming of the new team. In England, especially, most fans view owners more as stewards of the club, while the team is “really” owned by the supporters.

Vincent Tan doesn’t care for that. He spent his money to buy the team, and he has invested money to bring the team to the top division in British football, and if he wants his team to wear red instead of blue, he gets to do that.

For now, the fans have had enough. Change the colors, fine. Undermine the manager, OK. But with Tan’s latest move to rename the club, it might be a bridge too far. An owner only owns a soccer team so much.

image.jpg

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/12/vincent ... ity-owner/

Next post from USA; These Welsh Guys really are weird. They let a rich stranger shag their wife for a quick buck!

quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

Bang on mate bang on

Completely different. Are you saying we should be rioting? You will get a banning order, Add to that you are a Football fan of Cardiff City and your doing time. Sorry but the days of running people out of the City are gone, We can only keep doing what we are doing, Protesting and giving Tan as much shit as we can without getting arrested or shot by one of his guards.

I wish people would understand that no person in the uk can have body guards who are armed in public. Tan is not allowed armed guards full stop.

I wish people would understand that no person in the uk can have body guards who are armed in public. Tan is not allowed armed guards full stop.

Tan no, the royals and high profile politicians yes.

USA TODAY

Friday 27th December 2013.


' AMERICA, MEET THE WORST OWNER IN SPORT '

Vincent Tan is the owner of Cardiff City F.C., a team based out of Wales that plays in the Premier League.

Cardiff City fans do not like Vincent Tan, who is from Malaysia and made his billions bringing McDonald’s to his home country. They don’t like Tan for the usual reasons fans don’t like an owner — an unwillingness to spend money to improve the team, tension between ownership and the team’s management, etc.

They also don’t like Vincent Tan because Tan seems to be using the club much like a 12-year-old in “owner mode” on the FIFA 14 video game.

image.jpg

Cardiff City supporters hold banners opposing Cardiff City’s Malaysian owner Vincent Tan during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Cardiff City at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, northwest England, on December 21, 2013. Tan told Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay to resign or be dismissed. (Getty Images)

Cardiff City used to wear blue jerseys. They wore blue jerseys for as long as anyone can remember. When Tan bought the team, though, he changed the team’s colors to red. Why? Because Tan really likes red, and he thought red would sell better in Asia, where he comes from.

Forget that Cardiff City’s team is known as the “bluebirds.” Tan likes red and thought the color change would sell jerseys in Asia, so Cardiff City became red.

Also, about those bluebirds. Tan, who purchased 51% of Cardiff City in 2010, apparently doesn’t like bluebirds. There used to be a dragon element to the Cardiff City crest, though, and Tan DOES like dragons. (Also, he knows that dragons are a popular symbol in Asia.) So the team changed the logo.

image.jpg

The latest news to infuriate the fans is that Tan now wants to change the name of the club from Cardiff City F.C. to Cardiff Dragons.

To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

Of course, all this isn’t even tapping in to the problems Tan had with his manager, the much-liked Malky Mackay (who was fired Friday), or the fact that Tan admits that when he bought the team in 2010 he didn’t know the rules of soccer. Or that Vincent Tan really likes wearing his pants hiked up to his armpits.

image.jpg

The real issue at hand here is what a sports owner can/should do with a team they own, and the very meaning of ownership. American owners have changed team names before, but they usually involve the fans in the decision and naming of the new team. In England, especially, most fans view owners more as stewards of the club, while the team is “really” owned by the supporters.

Vincent Tan doesn’t care for that. He spent his money to buy the team, and he has invested money to bring the team to the top division in British football, and if he wants his team to wear red instead of blue, he gets to do that.

For now, the fans have had enough. Change the colors, fine. Undermine the manager, OK. But with Tan’s latest move to rename the club, it might be a bridge too far. An owner only owns a soccer team so much.

image.jpg

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/12/vincent ... ity-owner/

Fire and passion . Can't wait till the c**t fucks off

Hopefully this will hurt his international ego and he'll get in a top manager and f**k loads of new top class players. Then he can sell us to the Qatar royal family and f**k off with us going back to blue.

A bit over the top isnt it ? is it owned by the Murdoch empire ?

quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

Bang on mate bang on

Completely different. Are you saying we should be rioting? You will get a banning order, Add to that you are a Football fan of Cardiff City and your doing time. Sorry but the days of running people out of the City are gone, We can only keep doing what we are doing, Protesting and giving Tan as much shit as we can without getting arrested or shot by one of his guards.

I wish people would understand that no person in the uk can have body guards who are armed in public. Tan is not allowed armed guards full stop.

WRONG he is classed as a Malaysian Diplomat. If they used them they would be liable though.

"To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street."

quote,,, To give you an idea, this would be like someone buying the Boston Celtics, then deciding green wasn’t a great color, and changing the team’s home colors to red. Then deciding the nickname “Celtics” was stupid and they could sell more jerseys with a different name, and changing the team’s name to the Boston Dragons. There’d be riots on Boylston Street.

see they would riot

Bang on mate bang on

Completely different. Are you saying we should be rioting? You will get a banning order, Add to that you are a Football fan of Cardiff City and your doing time. Sorry but the days of running people out of the City are gone, We can only keep doing what we are doing, Protesting and giving Tan as much shit as we can without getting arrested or shot by one of his guards.

I wish people would understand that no person in the uk can have body guards who are armed in public. Tan is not allowed armed guards full stop.

I would not trust any of Tans security staff with a gun as they are most probably ex painters. Now give them a paintbrush and thats a different story.

Is Cardiff City’s Vincent Tan The Worst-Dressed Owner In Football? Damn Straight -

There aren’t many words to describe just how ridiculous Vincent Tan‘s outfit was while he watched his Cardiff City side lose a late goal to draw 2-2 with Sunderland today.

He looked like the embarrassing dad who turns up at your football game and stands, hands on hips, shouting at you and your mates when all you wish he would do is get lost.

http://talkingbaws.com/2013/12/28/is-ca ... -straight/?

Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan is not a popular character.

Named recently as the “worst owner in sports” by American newspaper USA Today, Tan is currently public enemy No.1 in Wales and considered one of the true villains of football.

The reasons for this vary.

Whether he's booing his own team, changing the "Bluebird's" kit colour to RED or questioning his goalkeeper's goalscoring rate, the madcap Malaysian has never been too far away from controversy since taking charge of Cardiff in 2010.

No more so than this month, after he ordered likable manager Malky Mackay to hand in his resignation or be sacked for having the audacity to seek transfer funds in the upcoming January transfer window.

Fans took to the streets in protest and let their feelings be known from the terraces but it was to no avail as Mackay was eventually axed on December 27, leaving the Premier League strugglers manager-less.

Yet Tan's crazed actions don't end there, and here, B/R highlights the billionaire's 5 Most Outrageous Moments.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1905 ... us-moments?