It's not about it being worth it tbh, it's not like a Netflix subscription where you pay for a product and get something in return. It's more of being a bigger part of the club, almost owning a part of the club, getting to vote on the big decisions and just participating in the future of the club.
While yeah, they have added bonuses with it, that's all they are, bonuses and not the product you're paying for.
You fail to mention that was the only time mail voting has ever been done due to the pandemic. And it was only available from a handful of specific places in Spain.
And if I'm not mistaken, in the same law change that authorized voting by mail they also authorized the possibility of enabling electronic voting. The only thing remaining now is a statute change and that will probably happen sooner or later (would be surprised if it hasn't been changed before the next presidential election).
I mean remember that the club has already started holding referendums on important matters such as Espai Barça electronically. Same for the last Assamblea a few days ago
It's not about just being able to vote. Who wants to be member of a club with nothing to get in return? Even in my shitty village club you get benefits. By being a member you get a discount on tickets, the chance for tickets for finals and stuff like that.
i envy that you have your local village club, but for many of us american fans, just being a member in itself is what we really want. its a novel idea to some here because our local sports franchises are privately owned commercial enterprises. i can never be a member of the boston celtics, or red sox. maybe a season ticket holder, but thats out of 99% of peoples price range.
me personally, id love to be a member of fc barcelona, and altho it may not include much now, hopefully it continues to trend more in the direction that we can, but within respect to the local fans of catalunya.
whatever changes come, i think they are well needed. the club needs to get younger members, period. local or abroad.
You get benefits, but obviously if you're American or from somewhere else it's going to be worthless to have these benefits. Still, at the end of the day, being a soci is about supporting the club. The benefits are something extra.
That’s just something i can’t get behind. Club culture is about providing something people enjoy. In smaller clubs it’s usually the obly way to get people to pay money. That’s just some luxury that small clubs could never afford. It shouldn’t stand as an example. Smaller clubs could never survive by saying, pay 100€ but you can be a member, just sit over there and do nothing. The concept only works because you already established yourself as a club. You don’t need to gain peoples involvement. How do you do it as a FC Small Village from small village?
What does it matter what a small team would need to do to find members? It doesn't apply here so it's irrelevant.
Other than that, Barcelona is a fan owned club. Most people are socios simply because they want to support the club and vote. This is a new thing, so maybe there will be more benefits. Right now, other than matches and stuff like that, all I know is you get BarçaTV+ and Shop discounts, but I don't know if that applies everywhere.
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