Soccer fans need something better than NFT


Instead, fans are offered non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The English Premier League, the most popular league in the world, has 20 different clubs; 17 of these clubs have signed agreements with "fan token" companies (as Socios, for example). As part of the deals, according to The Daily Mail UK, "clubs are now selling club-specific digital and tradable tokens that allow holders to vote on minor club matters, such as the color of the manager's scarf." Yes, the color of the manager's scarf. A question that occupies the minds of very few, if any, true football fans. A spokesperson for the Football Supporters Association told the Mail that "cryptocurrency-based fan token associations are trying to monetize trivial problems that could easily be solved by online surveys of season ticket holders, or to insert financial barriers into genuine fan participation." "Neither of them," he believes, "is beautiful." Is right?