The Ricketts family released a statement Wednesday meant to calm the fears of Chelsea FC fans who might be under the impression that the clan’s patriarch, Joe Ricketts, speaks for his children with his loonisphere views on Islam.
To buy any of this, you have to buy the notion that there’s separation between the billionaire father’s money and the kids’ pockets. There isn’t, and that’s all that really matters. A London PR company hired by the family says that Joe Ricketts isn’t involved in the bid to buy the Premier League soccer team. I take this to mean that if Joe is wearing a new pair of pants, he wasn’t involved in his children using his money to purchase those pants for him.
