R14: Mariners V SFC

[scottmac]

The football club only shares an owner with the COE and it is not guaranteed that any profits it makes will flow through to CCM. He is well within his rights to picket it, he has no obligation.

Ditto the stadium you would expect. CCM will merely be a tennant I fear given previous structures

I agree, he needs to keep the club alive to make it all work but with no relegation, he is under no pressure to make us successful.

That's 101 business. Why would you tie it together. If the owner is making money off of the name and property then he's not losing anything on the club and can afford to spend more without looking for investors. If the club goes pear shaped in the process he loses a sporting licence but has the property. He's hedging his bets. It's the reason he's a successful businessman.

 

[FFC Mariner]

That's 101 business. Why would you tie it together. If the owner is making money off of the name and property then he's not losing anything on the club and can afford to spend more without looking for investors. If the club goes pear shaped in the process he loses a sporting licence but has the property. He's hedging his bets. It's the reason he's a successful businessman.

Leaving the Coast up shit creek which was kind of my point.

 

[pjennings]

The football club only shares an owner with the COE and it is not guaranteed that any profits it makes will flow through to CCM. He is well within his rights to pocket it, he has no obligation. It's his club he can do what he likes.

Ditto the stadium you would expect. CCM will merely be a tennant I fear given previous structures.

The best outcome if he can do his next property deal is to allow some sort of community ownership to ensure the whole point of a football club doesn't get lost in the commercial noise

I agree, he needs to keep the club alive to make it all work but with no relegation, he is under no pressure to make us successful.

This is a question that needs to be raised at the upcoming forum. Shaun has referred to the arrangement as similar to a Leagues Club and their associated teams. I would like to know exactly how we are structured and how the football club aims and the 'property portfolio' aims align together.

 

[scottmac]

Leaving the Coast up shit creek which was kind of my point.

You have to admit though he's doing everything to not let that happen. Everything other than blowing money on one successful season. Even if he did invest in players more than likely we'd lose them to cashed up cock suckers the next.

 

[FFC Mariner]

You have to admit though he's doing everything to not let that happen. Everything other than blowing money on one successful season. Even if he did invest in players more than likely we'd lose them to cashed up cock suckers the next.

He needs a football club to make the whole thing work and I'm ok with us losing players to cashed up cocksuckers provided they pay through the nose for it (and include a sell on clause)

 

[scottmac]

He needs a football club to make the whole thing work and I'm ok with us losing players to cashed up cocksuckers provided they pay through the nose for it (and include a sell on clause)

I was thinking more of those based here rather than abroad. But yes i agree with your point and would love for that to continue long into the future.
Next thing is, would someone you bring in with "cash" be the person you wanted to sell on. I'd say no and I'm thinking broich, berisha, khalfallah. Experience and skill. If your investing for return then a younger untried player, such as musti, ryan, rogic, that doesn't break the bank but shines, is your best investment and by investment we're talking time not cash. Do they necessarily cost the cash we are talking about splashing around?
There in lies the problem. Can we make the experienced cash signing stay when he finds out he's a star and can get paid more at say SFC. Dutchy has been the only cash player that has spent a fair amount of time here (correct me if I'm lying to support my argument)
So for mine, I'd much rather we concentrate on the why's they will want to stay here (granted one of those is a winning team) and have the best set up possible before going extravagant on rosters. I truly enjoy being the little team for the time being. Even when we win with a good roster and game we've still been the little team so spending won't change that. These plans and ideas may just put in place the structure to turn the little team into the giant. A bit of pain for a stable and exciting future. I'm ok with that. I think the pain we hear is that others may not be as patient as i an right now. (Who am i kidding, i love football. That patience disappears after a loss like last week and probably will again for 90 at the end of the week)