Having snatched Liverpool FC back from the debt-ridden regime of Tom Hicks, can former British Airways Chairman and unlikely scouse hero Martin Broughton turn his attention to saving the gang up the East Lancashire Road, by conjuring another "epic swindle", as his Texan adversary called it?
The short answer, of course, is no. Because with Liverpool, Broughton seized a moment in time, when Hicks was beholden to the banks and the creditors with no way out but to relinquish control.
With thousands of Manchester United supporters set to rally at the Tottenham match a week from Saturday, against the Glazer family - that other group of leveraged buy-out pirates cruising the Premier League's choppy seas, only the Premier League itself can save this prized asset.
Surely from Liverpool's traumas the rules of the game need to change. Stricter requirements need to be placed on the constitution of Premier League teams, the way their finances are structured to prevent massive interest payments, and a stricter business-test for the owners themselves.
As Spirit of Shankly has shown, supporter-power is important. But the Premier League honchos should look no further than, irony in itself, Major League Baseball, where - to stretch the metaphor even further - a level playing field has been established to protect the teams themselves from predators and therefore also the supporters.
Time to act, before another of our great sporting institutions falls into disrepute.
