Across the city, Manchester United was sold to the American Glazer family, owners of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in a leveraged buyout -- essentially by borrowing money they didn't have.

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He joined United as the club's finance director in 1997 and eventually became chief executive in Sept. 2003, two years before the club was taken over by Malcolm Glazer, who also owns the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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So are the NFL's Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers.

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