OK this is going out with the clubs approval i.e. it's no big secret.........and the club want it known, apparently an internal memo has been sent around the club to ALL the staff from the very top down. The gist of it is:
Any statements made by any members of the club staff regarding the internal workings of CCFC require clearance through the press office, this includes not only releases to the official media, but also leaks to message boards and social networking sites. All members of staff will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement, which could result in dismissal if breached..........the club feel that leaked information in the past has cost them dearly in both the loan and transfer markets, as well as being unprofessional. The club is now working on a strictly "need to know" basis, so IF there is a leak it can be pinned down to a fairly small group of people. And this is a direct quote:
"Football is a multi-million pound business, and whilst the board of directors appreciate that there is intense interest from both the fans and the media, a football ciub should be run in the same way as any other large enterprise, and any decisions should remain confidential until the club decide to release a statement. You would not expect any other business to release details of accquisitions they wished to make or to make their investment targets public.......why should a football club be any different?"
Overkill, maybe, but you can't deny the professionalism of our owners, and they haven't put a foot wrong so far (off the pitch) and I'll go along with them.
It would also account for the lack of news coming out of the club................it's not that nothing is happening, we just can't find out about it, which in the long run has to be a good thing
Any statements made by any members of the club staff regarding the internal workings of CCFC require clearance through the press office, this includes not only releases to the official media, but also leaks to message boards and social networking sites. All members of staff will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement, which could result in dismissal if breached..........the club feel that leaked information in the past has cost them dearly in both the loan and transfer markets, as well as being unprofessional. The club is now working on a strictly "need to know" basis, so IF there is a leak it can be pinned down to a fairly small group of people. And this is a direct quote:
"Football is a multi-million pound business, and whilst the board of directors appreciate that there is intense interest from both the fans and the media, a football ciub should be run in the same way as any other large enterprise, and any decisions should remain confidential until the club decide to release a statement. You would not expect any other business to release details of accquisitions they wished to make or to make their investment targets public.......why should a football club be any different?"
Overkill, maybe, but you can't deny the professionalism of our owners, and they haven't put a foot wrong so far (off the pitch) and I'll go along with them.
It would also account for the lack of news coming out of the club................it's not that nothing is happening, we just can't find out about it, which in the long run has to be a good thing
