Buy a Professional Sports Team
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... and use their profits to institutionalize Equality.
WHATTTTTTT???????
It's time to buy the money making institutions and give it to the people by institutionalizing social justice and equality.
I propose we turn a new or existing franchise into a profit making center whose profits get distributed to charities on an annual basis. All the profits therefore would be tax free dollars that end up straight into our communities.
This means your one time donation will be generating non-taxable dollars for the causes you care about decade in and decade out, year in and year out, month in and month out, week in and week out.
No other potential owner can even come close to touching this kind community outreach that this model builds as a foundation for a new kind of success.
This project's aim is to turn a fallen institution into an institution of the people, by the people, and for the people. By truly devoting this institution towards the underprivileged and underclassed people who have been systematically disenfranchised for millennia, we seek to build a brighter future for us all.
Basically, we want to take something that's bad, and make it so good that it makes people redefine how good, good can be.
We are on a mission to take a part of arguably the most successful industries of our modern age, the sports entertainment industry, and transform an institution into a force of social justice and equality.
We will transform this profit making center into a tax-free juggernaut of helping our fellow human being, starting here in the US of A.
I firmly believe that in order for a human being to reach their destiny, they must find a way to give back.
This is one way we can all give back together, in a way that will transcend even the span of our respective lifetimes creating life, liberty, and happiness.
Why 1 Billion dollars?
Because we're playing for keeps, and the people's voice needs to be heard in a way where the league will take us seriously.
In order for this to get approved by the NBA, we're going to have to show that we're capable of being the highest bidder before we're even seriously considered.
Not only is that, but being the highest bidder will probably be the only way we'll get the franchise anyway.
Yeah, but why would I even give you a dollar over the internet?
If this is going to work, I'm going to have to be all over the media, so no one's going to have a problem finding me, whether they be police or posse.
I am an honest man though, and I'm actually probably taking on more personal risk right now than I am even aware of, but this is a situation where hesitating would make the whole thing fall apart I feel, so I need to move forward now.
If I'm crooked, there's no way I'm not going to jail for this for a very long time.
I will post a video soon. You'll have my full name and I'll even hold up my passport as confirmation of my identity.
How are you going to pull this off?
We feel like the NBA owners, who need to vote in a three quarters majority to force the sale of the Clippers franchise, are now listening to the people. So if we can come in with a powerful amount of cash that can even overpay for a franchise that has been a blight on society AND completely turn it around to serve the people's demands, the owners will be more than willing to force the sale.
Yeah, well what if they don't?
This business model is bigger than the Clippers, so if we get the money, we're buying a team.
For example, if we do all this work and the NBA owners vote not to force a sale on the Clippers specifically; we will use our considerable amount of cash to buy another franchise that does want to sell.
This business model is for long term institutional social and class growth, so we can pay more up front than most investors are willing and capitalize on our competitive advantage.
Our search beyond the Clippers will be limited to the United States and include only the four major team sports; baseball, football, basketball, or ice hockey if necessary.
Regardless, this is still a model for institutional progress and long term change which is within our grasp and this opportunity won't be passed by if we get it.
To be clear, our #1 target is the Los Angeles Clippers franchise of the NBA. Provided circumstances prevent us from obtaining them, we will use your donation to buy another major sports franchise.
What if no teams will sell to us?
The website and the payment companies have fees which I can't cover en masse and they are detailed below along with the risks.
In this event, the fees are deducted before anyone even gets the money, and the remainder will be divided equally among these four charities compiled mostly from CharityNavigator.com:
UNCF; provides scholarship assistance for African Americans who need money for college.
Goodwill Southern California; which provides vocation training for people with disabilities since 1916.
Doctors Without Borders; which creates awareness and staffs medical clinics worldwide.
Warrick Dunn Charities; which provides home ownership and economic stability for single parent families.
These are my choices only if we don't end up with a team. If we do get a team, then I'll have the resources required to conduct voting among the fans and the founders to choose where our donations go.
I don't want my donations used for political or religious contributions now or ever!
Neither do we; and the new franchise will have a zero tolerance policy towards any of our non-profits giving to religious institutions or especially political campaigns in the new charter.
We have no interests in the politics of power nor wish to infringe upon or influence any individual's free will to follow their own direction in life, so we won't be muddying any of those waters.
In addition, on a continual and consistent basis our department of donating standards will provide support to founders and fans and be used as the organization's ear for listening to the very people we serve.
What are you getting out of this?
Someone has to be, "The Owner," and I will be taking 2% of the gross annual revenues as my owner's salary per year. That will be the max percentage any owner can take at any time ever per the new charter.
Please note that I get zero percent of your initial donation, and I don't get a dime unless we end up with a franchise which creates revenue from which I can pull the 2% from.
Some say character is destiny; my mission in life has been to come to LA and show the world that nice guys can finish first. If we pull this off, I am going to be dedicated to running this company as profitably as possible to increase the tax free dollars we can build into our communities.
After eight years in LA, what better platform than this one to accomplish my personal goal while giving back?
What if the donations aren't enough to buy the team in full and private investment must be sought?
First of all, we would seek to take out loans to cover whatever we couldn't raise now so as not to dilute the long term non-taxable dollars we can put back into the community.
If loans have been exhausted, we will entertain private investment on a dollar for dollar match of the non-profit portion of the company based on the total purchase price on the franchise. That means your donated dollars are just as powerful as the NBA vetted investor we would have to bring in, should this occasion arise and is necessary to complete the deal.
Again, the goal is to make full faith effort to keep as many shares in the company as non-profit as possible, without jeopardizing our overall mission.
Can I start donating now?
Yes. Just if you donate enough for (a) voting share(s), please leave your email so we can contact you when the voting begins for which charities we will donate to.
Is my donation refundable?
No. It goes in equal parts to the charities above which are dedicated to long term social and economic equality efforts: minus the site and payment processing fees levied which I can't get around.
What happens if the purchase price of the franchise is less than what was donated?
All donators get full voting rights and any surplus will go to the first year's founders' funds as determined by vote.
What are the risks/costs?
GoFundMe.com charges 5% per donation. Then there are flat processing fees by the payment companies in addition to % fees they take which means that the total costs associated with each transaction will run approximately from 7.9%- 10% in total, and is deducted from the donation itself.
So if you donate $100 in the new franchise, then the franchise will get around $92 of that $100.
So the risk is that if a franchise isn't bought with this money, you will lose the processing fees detailed just above before the remainder gets given equally across the four charities on the charity list.
There are no refunds, but after the site fees are covered, we will be sure that the money gets to where it needs to go.
Can I write this off my taxes?
I am not an accountant so I don't know.
Is this even legal?
I am not a lawyer, so I don't know. But I'd rather ask forgiveness than permission, and as long as I am acting ethically and everyone benefits in the end, I don't see why it wouldn't be.
Who the heck do you think you are then?
All I know is that I have a right to be here, and that my intentions are for good. Isn't that really what we need more of now? Good intentions from an honest man or an honest woman? I think so. And that's why I am taking action.
You can't be serious.
I am. When this works, we will be founders of the first not for profit sports team in this World's history.
WHATTTTTTT???????
It's time to buy the money making institutions and give it to the people by institutionalizing social justice and equality.
I propose we turn a new or existing franchise into a profit making center whose profits get distributed to charities on an annual basis. All the profits therefore would be tax free dollars that end up straight into our communities.
This means your one time donation will be generating non-taxable dollars for the causes you care about decade in and decade out, year in and year out, month in and month out, week in and week out.
No other potential owner can even come close to touching this kind community outreach that this model builds as a foundation for a new kind of success.
This project's aim is to turn a fallen institution into an institution of the people, by the people, and for the people. By truly devoting this institution towards the underprivileged and underclassed people who have been systematically disenfranchised for millennia, we seek to build a brighter future for us all.
Basically, we want to take something that's bad, and make it so good that it makes people redefine how good, good can be.
We are on a mission to take a part of arguably the most successful industries of our modern age, the sports entertainment industry, and transform an institution into a force of social justice and equality.
We will transform this profit making center into a tax-free juggernaut of helping our fellow human being, starting here in the US of A.
I firmly believe that in order for a human being to reach their destiny, they must find a way to give back.
This is one way we can all give back together, in a way that will transcend even the span of our respective lifetimes creating life, liberty, and happiness.
Why 1 Billion dollars?
Because we're playing for keeps, and the people's voice needs to be heard in a way where the league will take us seriously.
In order for this to get approved by the NBA, we're going to have to show that we're capable of being the highest bidder before we're even seriously considered.
Not only is that, but being the highest bidder will probably be the only way we'll get the franchise anyway.
Yeah, but why would I even give you a dollar over the internet?
If this is going to work, I'm going to have to be all over the media, so no one's going to have a problem finding me, whether they be police or posse.
I am an honest man though, and I'm actually probably taking on more personal risk right now than I am even aware of, but this is a situation where hesitating would make the whole thing fall apart I feel, so I need to move forward now.
If I'm crooked, there's no way I'm not going to jail for this for a very long time.
I will post a video soon. You'll have my full name and I'll even hold up my passport as confirmation of my identity.
How are you going to pull this off?
We feel like the NBA owners, who need to vote in a three quarters majority to force the sale of the Clippers franchise, are now listening to the people. So if we can come in with a powerful amount of cash that can even overpay for a franchise that has been a blight on society AND completely turn it around to serve the people's demands, the owners will be more than willing to force the sale.
Yeah, well what if they don't?
This business model is bigger than the Clippers, so if we get the money, we're buying a team.
For example, if we do all this work and the NBA owners vote not to force a sale on the Clippers specifically; we will use our considerable amount of cash to buy another franchise that does want to sell.
This business model is for long term institutional social and class growth, so we can pay more up front than most investors are willing and capitalize on our competitive advantage.
Our search beyond the Clippers will be limited to the United States and include only the four major team sports; baseball, football, basketball, or ice hockey if necessary.
Regardless, this is still a model for institutional progress and long term change which is within our grasp and this opportunity won't be passed by if we get it.
To be clear, our #1 target is the Los Angeles Clippers franchise of the NBA. Provided circumstances prevent us from obtaining them, we will use your donation to buy another major sports franchise.
What if no teams will sell to us?
The website and the payment companies have fees which I can't cover en masse and they are detailed below along with the risks.
In this event, the fees are deducted before anyone even gets the money, and the remainder will be divided equally among these four charities compiled mostly from CharityNavigator.com:
UNCF; provides scholarship assistance for African Americans who need money for college.
Goodwill Southern California; which provides vocation training for people with disabilities since 1916.
Doctors Without Borders; which creates awareness and staffs medical clinics worldwide.
Warrick Dunn Charities; which provides home ownership and economic stability for single parent families.
These are my choices only if we don't end up with a team. If we do get a team, then I'll have the resources required to conduct voting among the fans and the founders to choose where our donations go.
I don't want my donations used for political or religious contributions now or ever!
Neither do we; and the new franchise will have a zero tolerance policy towards any of our non-profits giving to religious institutions or especially political campaigns in the new charter.
We have no interests in the politics of power nor wish to infringe upon or influence any individual's free will to follow their own direction in life, so we won't be muddying any of those waters.
In addition, on a continual and consistent basis our department of donating standards will provide support to founders and fans and be used as the organization's ear for listening to the very people we serve.
What are you getting out of this?
Someone has to be, "The Owner," and I will be taking 2% of the gross annual revenues as my owner's salary per year. That will be the max percentage any owner can take at any time ever per the new charter.
Please note that I get zero percent of your initial donation, and I don't get a dime unless we end up with a franchise which creates revenue from which I can pull the 2% from.
Some say character is destiny; my mission in life has been to come to LA and show the world that nice guys can finish first. If we pull this off, I am going to be dedicated to running this company as profitably as possible to increase the tax free dollars we can build into our communities.
After eight years in LA, what better platform than this one to accomplish my personal goal while giving back?
What if the donations aren't enough to buy the team in full and private investment must be sought?
First of all, we would seek to take out loans to cover whatever we couldn't raise now so as not to dilute the long term non-taxable dollars we can put back into the community.
If loans have been exhausted, we will entertain private investment on a dollar for dollar match of the non-profit portion of the company based on the total purchase price on the franchise. That means your donated dollars are just as powerful as the NBA vetted investor we would have to bring in, should this occasion arise and is necessary to complete the deal.
Again, the goal is to make full faith effort to keep as many shares in the company as non-profit as possible, without jeopardizing our overall mission.
Can I start donating now?
Yes. Just if you donate enough for (a) voting share(s), please leave your email so we can contact you when the voting begins for which charities we will donate to.
Is my donation refundable?
No. It goes in equal parts to the charities above which are dedicated to long term social and economic equality efforts: minus the site and payment processing fees levied which I can't get around.
What happens if the purchase price of the franchise is less than what was donated?
All donators get full voting rights and any surplus will go to the first year's founders' funds as determined by vote.
What are the risks/costs?
GoFundMe.com charges 5% per donation. Then there are flat processing fees by the payment companies in addition to % fees they take which means that the total costs associated with each transaction will run approximately from 7.9%- 10% in total, and is deducted from the donation itself.
So if you donate $100 in the new franchise, then the franchise will get around $92 of that $100.
So the risk is that if a franchise isn't bought with this money, you will lose the processing fees detailed just above before the remainder gets given equally across the four charities on the charity list.
There are no refunds, but after the site fees are covered, we will be sure that the money gets to where it needs to go.
Can I write this off my taxes?
I am not an accountant so I don't know.
Is this even legal?
I am not a lawyer, so I don't know. But I'd rather ask forgiveness than permission, and as long as I am acting ethically and everyone benefits in the end, I don't see why it wouldn't be.
Who the heck do you think you are then?
All I know is that I have a right to be here, and that my intentions are for good. Isn't that really what we need more of now? Good intentions from an honest man or an honest woman? I think so. And that's why I am taking action.
You can't be serious.
I am. When this works, we will be founders of the first not for profit sports team in this World's history.
Organizer
Brian Winett
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA