Owners don't run a football team - that is the route to all sorts of problems.� You appoint a CEO to run it off the pitch and a coach or director of football or whatever to run the football side.� Then you have a board that oversees it all� The owners�may have an involvement in the commercial operation because of their experience, maybe help with sponsors and sponsorship, but they don't need to run the club.
Glad you used that word instead of 'and'.