Chef David Chang — future football team owner? (Photo by Fernando Leon/Getty Images for TIME)
In case you weren’t aware, the Washington football team is bad this year. Really bad. So bad, in fact, that coach Mike Shanahan is benching RGIII just to keep him healthy for next season. Yeah, even the coach has pretty much given up on this season.
While many are calling for Shanahan to be fired, most are still pointing fingers at the same guy they’ve been pointing fingers at for years: Dan Snyder. Many think that Washington will never be good so long as Dan Snyder is the owner. But how do you get rid of the guy who says he’ll never sell the team? Make him an offer he can’t refuse.
Restaurateur and chef David Chang—whose Momofuku restaurant group has nine restaurants in three countries, most in New York City— wants to raise enough money via Kickstarter to buy the Washington football team from Dan Snyder. How much money? $6 billion. Chump change, am I right?
I”m going to try and raise $6 billion on @kickstarter to buy @redskins from Dan Snyder. I’m serious…who’s coming with me?
— Dave Chang (@davidchang) December 10, 2013
In an interview with the DC Sports Bog, Chang—who grew up in the D.C. area—reveals that yes, he is very serious about this. “I was catching up on the day’s news on my DVR when I got home, and it was just sad,” Chang tells the Sports Bog. “I couldn’t take it anymore. We recently did a project on Kickstarter and I was like, why not? Let’s see if we can do it.”
But unfortunately, Chang is going to have to find a different fundraising method as he learned that “Kickstarter doesn’t allow this type of fundraising campaign.” He’s now looking around for other options.
