I'd say that of the people I know personally, a third are passionately against the name change, a third just think Allam's a nutter who will never get it approved so it's not worth getting worked up about and a third don't really care. None of them think there would be any benefit from changing the name. That final third are mainly not season ticket holders and rarely(if ever) do always(most of them are corporates).
So despite the fact that you seek out and associate yourself socially with anti name changers, only a third of the people you know who have a point of view on the subject are passionately against it? Have you not just proven the minority point?
He hasn't got a point, unless he's simply trying to prove he's as dim as patty. To be fair, he's making a decent fist of it.
Those thirds sorta mean if he got it through nothing much would change. If say 5000 didnt renew then it would allow him/Ehab to really target schools with freebies etc
I think what was proven was that a minority, one so small as to be negligible, are actively in favour of a name change. Do you know anyone who has actually said they wanted their club to be named Hull Tigers?
It doesn't though, does it? If the name change was ever to go ahead, then the third who just think he's bonkers and will just be rejected by the FA, will then switch and join the first third. It's academic, as the FA will tell him to do one anyway, the interesting bit will be what happens next.
That would be a good position for him to be in if we were in the PL. money rolling in from the PL, millions more pouring in due to his marketing genius (have you seen his CV?), handing out freebies for the place to look full for the cameras. However, it doesn't look such a good proposition in the Championship for the visits of Rotherham, Charlton, Brighton etc...
A good businessman would have looked at increasing the capacity of the stadium, especially if he had a top 10 team sitting in the relegation place for the last day of the season. If 1,000 of those that don't renew start following AFC Hull City you begin to see how a second association football club can develop in Hull. As the history of Hull City AFC shows success breeds success. Whilst Hull Tigers follows the example of Sunderland or WBA AFC Hull City can climb up the leagues. If you asked the supporters of FC United of Manchester which they prefer, watching Man U or building their own football club you know the answer. Not long to wait, mid July and it may be all over for Hull City.
I've heard something similar before. His 5 year mission To seek out and associate himself with anti-name changers. To boldly go where no Premier Tiger has gone before...... cue music: do doooooo, do do do do do dooooooh
A good businessman saw that a joint venture with this council was a complete no go. Thats such a silly point to keep going on about. After his USP was discussed on another thread then he did/does do a good job with the company he built. Before you ask no I arent saying the name change will bring in millions. He wanted the stadium, he was never going to get it, he looked for summat else to bring in money. There no point saying look at the TV deal, we all know where that moneys going.
