There are many things that the popular television program The Simpsons is credited for doing first on TV or for correctly predicting. An entire episode of South Park was dedicated to this idea.
There is one thing that the Simpsons did second, and in fact, the NHL did first.
If you watch the episode 'Stoncutters', you'll see an exclusive club allow a member to take over and dictate inane rules until everyone gives up and quits and forms their own club. This isn't a far fetched idea, in fact it's how the NHL was formed.