Dirk Lehmann's Python
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Will the travel subsidy be withdrawn in the coming years?
The contribution the club makes to the cost of travel has grown meaning we have a large seven-figure transport bill that other clubs don’t have. When we tell other clubs about our travel subsidy, they think we’re absolutely mad! I don’t really care what they think though; we do it for the right reasons and it has helped us to grow our support for the club since the Amex opened. However, with a seven-figure bill to consider every season, it has to be something that we keep constantly under review and it’s not something we can promise or guarantee forever. If we’re still in the Championship next season and we’re faced with clubs that have the biggest parachute payments ever, the transport levy would effectively be a minimum of £1m off our playing budget versus our competitors who will have significantly more money at their disposal. We had to pay for the transport infrastructure to get the stadium open and we’re still paying for it. We extended the travel zone because so many fans living on the edge of the county weren’t benefitting from the subsidy. We have been deliberately targeting supporters from Hastings along and to make it as fair as we can for as many people we can.
The contribution the club makes to the cost of travel has grown meaning we have a large seven-figure transport bill that other clubs don’t have. When we tell other clubs about our travel subsidy, they think we’re absolutely mad! I don’t really care what they think though; we do it for the right reasons and it has helped us to grow our support for the club since the Amex opened. However, with a seven-figure bill to consider every season, it has to be something that we keep constantly under review and it’s not something we can promise or guarantee forever. If we’re still in the Championship next season and we’re faced with clubs that have the biggest parachute payments ever, the transport levy would effectively be a minimum of £1m off our playing budget versus our competitors who will have significantly more money at their disposal. We had to pay for the transport infrastructure to get the stadium open and we’re still paying for it. We extended the travel zone because so many fans living on the edge of the county weren’t benefitting from the subsidy. We have been deliberately targeting supporters from Hastings along and to make it as fair as we can for as many people we can.