Christian Purslow - Resigned

[Risso]

Couple of new directors in, be interesting to see what it means for Purslow and Lange.

[dave.woodhall]

I can see Heck being in charge of the commercial side with Purslow remaining as chief networker and greeter of famous people.

[Risso]

I can see Heck being in charge of the commercial side with Purslow remaining as chief networker and greeter of famous people.

Sounds about right Dave. Purslow will probably be in charge of the ground development as well.

[Mister E]

I can see Heck being in charge of the commercial side with Purslow remaining as chief networker and greeter of famous people.

Well, they sure as heck need someone to ignite the commercial affairs.

[placeforparks]

yes, we are playing catch up in terms of commercial deals. man united are getting £10m a year for DHL to sponsor their training kit and £47m a year for their shirt sponsor. spurs are getting £5m a year for their training kit and £40m a year for the shirt.

purslow is patting himself on the back for getting porno burger king betting plastered everywhere for £12m a year.

[Duncan Shaw]

I get the feeling they think Purslow may have hit the ceiling where he can take us commercially, but want to keep him around for his links/knowledge/influence with the football governing bodies and probably to run the North stand development.  Bringing someone in who can drive commercial side of things with total focus.

[OCD]

Basically adding a Commercial Director to the management structure. Seems to have a really good track record too. We're made a lot of progress in the past 6 months.

[algy]

I can see Heck being in charge of the commercial side with Purslow remaining as chief networker and greeter of famous people.

Yep, that's what I'd assumed.  Alemany handles the football side of things, Heck looks after the commercial aspects, Purslow is the 'political' part of that operation.

[Brazilian Villain]

I get the feeling they think Purslow may have hit the ceiling where he can take us commercially, but want to keep him around for his links/knowledge/influence with the football governing bodies and probably to run the North stand development.  Bringing someone in who can drive commercial side of things with total focus.

Seems sensible to me.

[ChicagoLion]

All of those job descriptions seem feasible but non fit the Title of CEO.

[cdward]

Chris Heck
"The American was successful in his role, with the Sixers' selling out every game at Wells Fargo Centre over the five seasons. As a result, their sponsorship grew 30% from year to year.

He also improved the matchday experience for fans, and came up with the team's ceremonial bell ringing right before tip-off at home games. This has continued after his departure, along with the post-game victory song.

The Sixers saw an operating income of $87million in 2022 - representing a 29% annual increase. As a result, they are ranked tenth out of 30 franchises in the latest Forbes valuation of the league teams."

I'm guessing it's the bits in bold and not the ceremonial bell ringing and post game victory song that we're interested in.

[PeterWithe]

I'd be up for a Doom Bell, to be wrung after a loss, by a bloke wearing a dark hooded cape.

[OCD]

Sounds like he'll head up international commercialisation and grow the brand overseas.

[Sexual Ealing]

If we don't get a ceremonial bell it'll be the final confirmation that the club is desperate to drive away the working class fan. Whilst not a working classer myself, I once knew a chap who was. He would regale me with tales of his abject, but happy childhood. The ceremonial bell was the heartbeat of every special occasion, a dog fight wasn't a dog fight unless the ceremonial bell was there to herald the arrival of blood.

[LeeB]

If we don't get a ceremonial bell it'll be the final confirmation that the club is desperate to drive away the working class fan. Whilst not a working classer myself, I once knew a chap who was. He would regale me with tales of his abject, but happy childhood. The ceremonial bell was the heartbeat of every special occasion, a dog fight wasn't a dog fight unless the ceremonial bell was there to herald the arrival of blood.

Well that was because of EU law, we're free now to end the bell end.