Quote Originally Posted by stopper2 View Post
So we supposedly have two very interested parties interested in buying our club; the Ledman Group (Martin Lee) and the US consortium led by Von Schmauder. Other clubs have ownership structures in place where there are more than one person/group with a stakehold in the club i.e Victory, SFC (Frank Lowy himself has or used to have a stakehold in SFC) and Phoenix.
Why then doesn't FFA do a similar thing with the Jets?
Going by the reports that Lee's proposal is much more advanced and that his Ledman Group has the deepest pockets, give him the majority stakehold and 51%.
The Von Schmauder consortium would have 33%, local businesses who want to have a stakehold could make up 15%, which would leave 1% for paying Members who want to be more than just season ticketholders and have some sort of input.

Share the expense of running the club around so we don't have to rely on just one person, one owner with hopefully deep pockets to keep financing the club year after year. Con and Tinkler sould be lessons that show that a "one owner" ownership model just does not work in Newcastle.
In years to come, who knows if the club goes from strength to strength and becomes a viable and sustainable entity, then you might have the situation where the local business entity want to increase their stakehold for example, which ultimately is what we should be aiming for in the long-term.
Works in theory but not in practice. Why would I put up say 33% for no say as the guy that has 51% has you and every one else outvoted all the time.
You keep quoting victory as as example, how do you know how victory operates. My guess is that Dipietro has all the sway at victory, the others are just there and go along with anything he says/does.