When Stan and Josh Kroenke settle down to Sunday night's Super Bowl in Atlanta it will be to acclaim from the supporters of their NFL franchise, the Los Angeles Rams, who play the New England Patriots.
Just over two years after a controversial restructuring, a bitterly contested relocation from St Louis, and after hiring an innovative young coach in Sean McVay, their team are close to the pinnacle of American sport.
Would that it were so simple at Arsenal. They have the young coach in Unai Emery. They have the same owners. Josh Kroenke, son of Stan, has been a driving force behind the restructuring of Arsenal in the post-Wenger era.
Stan Kroenke and his son Josh will watch their NFL team Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl
Josh Kroenke met Emery, head of football Raul Sanllehi and managing director Vinai Venkatesham shortly before Christmas in London.
'We had a wonderful meal and talked about the journey we are on,' said Kroenke. 'As a group we are unified. We talked about climbing the mountain together.'
Yet returning to the Premier League pinnacle will be much harder, as may be clear when the Kroenkes tune in to Arsenal's game at Manchester City as their pre-Super Bowl viewing.
Increasingly, it look as though the decisions made in one week this time last year have hamstrung the Kroenke-Emery revolution.
Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's love for playmaker Mesut Ozil was immovable
Tensions were fraught as a Premier League title challenge had failed to emerge. In the autumn of 2017, the debates inside Arsene Wenger's office were intense. Among his staff, discussion centred on the role of two star players, Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.
There seemed no chance of getting Sanchez to renew his contract, but Ozil was different. It seemed Wenger's love for him was immovable. At one meeting, Wenger was urged by confidants to sell him. The manager was first shocked and then defensive about his play-maker.
Wenger told the club he wanted Ozil to stay, as his contract finished in 2018, but the deal was in the
