Daily Australian News Thread 2014

[Blackmac79]

I would actually invest point blank. It is the right way ahead for us. Whether the fans have 5% or 50% is initially irrelevant as the amount can be expanded in time. The reality is the clubs should be owned in some part by the fans because after all we are the ones who will never walk away

Blackmac when you say self interest was involved exactly what are you referring to??

I am referring to blokes who think that because they have more coin than joe bloggs their opinion is worth more.

I am referring to people who would want to turn this "community model" into a profit exersice.

I met with one fantastic bloke who was willing to stump the cash up initially and turn the club into a true bundesliga community model owned 50/50 fans/corporate, but the FFA put him off ever getting involved again when I last spoke to him a year ago. I met a lot of people with the $$$ in their eyes that saw it as a chance to enhance their own endevours and enteprises.

Football shouldn't be a capitalist business, it should be a socialist assest.

Don't get me wrong, I would love for this to occur. I just, I was burnt, the people I was working with were burnt. I don't entirely trust the 1884 group, some of them I have spoken to have the "well your not involved in football so you don't know what your talking about" attitude. Again though, some of them really get it.

It can be done right, however the loudest voices are those that will do it wrong.

It has to be equal, we can't promote inequality.