But £500 from say you and me isn't enough to pay TH's wages for half a day. I don't see how fans can run the club....unless we are in division 4 and paying players 500 a week
The fans or offering to put more money in than the zero Mr Allam is saying he's putting in. You seem to base your support of Mr Allam on hopes and prayers rather than the information that's freely available.
Its an absolutely brilliant plan but not based in any reality TF. Here you go..... "The sociadad model is the same as that enjoyed by the likes of Barcelona and many other top teams in Europe. Instead of a season ticket fans buy a membership to the club which enables them to attend every home game, apply for away game tickets and vote at club elections. The principal elections are those of a president and honorary Vice Presidents whose role is mainly ceremonial. The crucial factor is that such people can donate money to the club as a gift (not a loan) during their term in office - typically 5 years. Alternating between presidential elections the board members would be elected democratically as per the president and would enjoy a fixed term of five years deliberately staggered with the president to eliminate cronyism and produce stability of direction. These positions would be professional and given that this would probably be the most exciting project of this nature in the world of football should attract world class individuals with a track record of prior achievement at the level we aspire to safe in the knowledge they would be able to get on with their job free from interference. Ultimately they would be answerable to the members and the elections. Their principal challenge would be to leverage the unique approach (for the premier league) to attract world class commercial revenue and market the club as the 'deliberately different' option from the city famous for having that ethic in our culture. We would become most thinking peoples 'second club'. With the ability to attract international figures to the president position as a shop window for the very highest level of globally visible philanthropy it should not take long to have a list of suitable candidates. Annual associate memberships would be available globally for anyone wishing to join the project and buy into the values and ethos of Hull City AFC. For that membership they would get an exclusive item that identifies them as a member and would be informed regularly of progress via exclusive media content only available to members. Most Sociedad clubs operate a number of sports and sports facilities so the AA vision of a sports village perhaps spread to YPI could see other sports such as squash being promoted under the same umbrella. With support from the council the club could expand the stadium and offer a 'day member' package to floating fans that do not have voting rights but would be principally aimed at lower incomes and 'tourists' keen to see the project - the first of its kind in the Premier league - for real. With a season limit to the number of games that can be attended via this model and the lure of voting rights members will have enough to differentiate what they are getting for their extra money. The projects timescales should of course be aligned to our city of culture celebrations. AA's legacy would be forever assured and the club would have to negotiate with Allamhouse for the size of the 'gift' given to get us to this point (debt written off) and payback terms for the rest. With a sociadad model every player would know that essentially they would be playing for the fans and every member would and could expect players to give their all for the shirt. The only condition would be that all this must be done as HULL CITY AFC est. 1904
It's a seperate issue because the point I was addressing was that if Allam gave up some of the club it would need to become self sufficient as the trust wouldn't be able to provide the funds that Allam is. That was being used to dismiss the idea of the trust getting involved because the club need Allam to keep putting his money in. I would be fine with that point if Allam hadn't already publicly stated that after this season he won't be able to put any more money in anyway. The club doesn't need to be self sufficient to allow the trust to have a shareholding, it needs to be self sufficient to survive. That makes the how to be self sufficient argument a completely separate discussion to one about whether a trust has a chance of getting a shareholding or not.
