Quote from: gpbarr on April 01, 2016, 12:45:14 AM In American Football, the Packers are a good example. The Packers had allot of assistance from the local government and populace, when they needed to rebuild Lambeau Field they had a referendum to ask the town if they would pay an extra tax to fund the rebuild. They voted to have the tax and the stadium was rebuilt, and it has lots of access for the town's folk and has bars etc... inside a wonderful atrium.The population of Green Bay grows massively on game days with 'tailgates' going on all over the place and the bars are full. Bringing in much needed revenue to local businesses.When it works it works well, but it needs allot of support from local government and the local population to make it work.
In American Football, the Packers are a good example.
Quote from: Holte L2 on April 01, 2016, 06:15:30 PMFor anyone that doesn't believe buying back the club is possible, I'd urge non believers to watch the Swansea Documentary 'Jack to a King'. It's about the Swansea trust buying the club from the awful owner (who's name escapes me in the early 2000).Admittedly they only paid £20k for the club. But it shows it can be done if people pull together. They don't own the club - they were one member of a consortium and now own 21% with one director on the board.
For anyone that doesn't believe buying back the club is possible, I'd urge non believers to watch the Swansea Documentary 'Jack to a King'. It's about the Swansea trust buying the club from the awful owner (who's name escapes me in the early 2000).Admittedly they only paid £20k for the club. But it shows it can be done if people pull together.
Surely trying to do something to is better than doing nothing. If a buyer thinks we are only worth say 140,000,000 but randy wants 200,000,000 and the fans raise the other 60,000,000 then yes you can say we are paying over the odds for the club.but surely in your hearts can you honestly say how much the villa is worth to you.Then the new buyer issues non voting shares to the % of what the fans are putting in and we vote in a person on the board.Is there honestly much difference to what happened in 1968 when we had the share issue when was it pat Matthews put his money in to rescue the club.My grandad put what money he could afford to buy as many shares as he could in 68 put 6 in trust for me years later those shares was worth £1000 each and he always said I did my bit for the villa.Wouldn't it be amazing if we could do it just because know one has done it before don't mean it can't be done. Then one day some of us can say I did my bit for the villa
It's not just a case of raising the £150 million plus to buy the club. Just look at how much our current owner is writing off every year. Where's that sort of money going to come from?
Name me a company who would offer up serious money in return for having no more say than a single supporter. As for our worldwide fanbase, we've never got much more than 40,000 going to the match so getting ten times that number to pay to not attend doesn't seem likely.