Hi All,
Before I go any further a quick word of thanks to @golden_blunder who has kindly given me permission to post this unusual thread. I had reached out to mods earlier because I'm posting a thread looking for caf members feedback on an 'idea' I have, so here's the idea...
I'm a long-time caf member (infrequent poster but frequent lurker) and have been as enthralled as most of you in the finances of the club over the years. To be honest its kind of a fascination for me, so much so that I've started writing a book. My book is inspired by the likes of Soccernomics and The Price of Football but is far less serious than those real economists. Instead, I have a draft book that looks at the economic history of United over the last 20 odd years - from the time the Glazers started acquiring shares up until the present day - in the form of a 'satirical' look at Glazernomics.
The central idea of this book is the creation of what I call the UNITED Index. The UNITED Index assesses everything money related at the club, from Commerical Partnerships to Capital Investment (or lack thereof) to Transfers. The idea is to develop an Index based on a Universal Notable Investment Testing and Evaluation Database (UNITED). The Index is our rating system that evaluates business decisions across:
However, I won't be updating this thread with fresh content as that would disrupt the natural order of threads on the caf. So if you want to keep reading Glazernomics subscribing at Substack is the only way to keep track of that. Instead, if interested, feel free to take a look and come back to me here with any feedback you might have! Who knows, we might even have a bit of a laugh here at some of the ideas on Glazernomics.
Thanks again to the mods, Long live the caf!
Rory
Before I go any further a quick word of thanks to @golden_blunder who has kindly given me permission to post this unusual thread. I had reached out to mods earlier because I'm posting a thread looking for caf members feedback on an 'idea' I have, so here's the idea...
I'm a long-time caf member (infrequent poster but frequent lurker) and have been as enthralled as most of you in the finances of the club over the years. To be honest its kind of a fascination for me, so much so that I've started writing a book. My book is inspired by the likes of Soccernomics and The Price of Football but is far less serious than those real economists. Instead, I have a draft book that looks at the economic history of United over the last 20 odd years - from the time the Glazers started acquiring shares up until the present day - in the form of a 'satirical' look at Glazernomics.
The central idea of this book is the creation of what I call the UNITED Index. The UNITED Index assesses everything money related at the club, from Commerical Partnerships to Capital Investment (or lack thereof) to Transfers. The idea is to develop an Index based on a Universal Notable Investment Testing and Evaluation Database (UNITED). The Index is our rating system that evaluates business decisions across:
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Return on Pitch (ROP)
- Return for Glazers (RFG)
However, I won't be updating this thread with fresh content as that would disrupt the natural order of threads on the caf. So if you want to keep reading Glazernomics subscribing at Substack is the only way to keep track of that. Instead, if interested, feel free to take a look and come back to me here with any feedback you might have! Who knows, we might even have a bit of a laugh here at some of the ideas on Glazernomics.
Thanks again to the mods, Long live the caf!
Rory