Turkey said:I think you're wrong.
Say we had a sponsored walk - Withdean to Falmer for example.
I think I could get sponsored by friends, family, next neighbour etc.
Those people probably wouldn't give any money usually but through a link to me may be willing to part with a small amount.
Times this by a few hundred and its a bit more money raised.
tinx said:This is a great idea and would encourage a far better response than begging.
I for one would be more than happy to participate in something like this, reckon if a few hundred people even thousands of people joined in each raising 50 quid thats a decent return, a fe more ideas like this and they are well away. And not a begging letter in site.
ChapmansThe Saviour said:I think the point is that there is no time to get fundraising orgainsed. The club are desperate for funds and this seems like one of the quickest ways to do it.
But this is our football club! It's NOT just a business. If Asda went bust we'd all shop at Tesco's without another thought. So if Brighton go bust we can all happily go and support Palace or Portsmouth. After all they're just 'businesses' the same as Brighton selling the same product (better even as they're Premiership). The only grumble would be we'd have to travel a bit further to buy the 'product'.tinx said:My customers have a vested interest in my company. We supply software that runs part of their business if we go under they have no support for their software so have to invest in other software which will cost them huge amounts of money. So its entirely the same thing.
I don't deny I would love to take my Son to his first albion game when we go to Falmer but at the same time no other business would ask thei customers, whether a veste dinterest or not to bail them out so why should Brighton and Hove Albion?
The simple rule of business is you supply a product or service, customers pay for this product or service.
Not you pay for the service and then if thats not enough then the supplier asks for a some extra to help the cause.
tinx said:Ok lets get this clear, I don't see this as an excuse to put the boot in again, I have never said a bad word about the current board or the way in which the club is run, I have 100% support for the current board. I just think asking fans to give money for no reward is not the way forward. Coming up with more imaginiative schemes and ways to get money would surely be a better option.
I'm not suggesting anyone is better than anyone else. I don't even know myself yet whether or not I can afford to stump up the cash. Whether you do or not, as I said earlier, is your right and your choice. But what I DO object to is people coming on here, moaning about how the club is being run, and taking the attitude of "the clubs getting NOTHING out of me because of season ticket prices/playoff final tickets/litter patrols/Dick Tight ripping us all off (delete as applicable).To suggest that because I am not giving the club anything that I am giving the club the finger is total bullshit and the same elitest "I'm better than you cack" that has been spouted on here previously. I am openly saying the club will not get money off me but that doesn't make you better than me in the slightest. [/B]
Spot on, its personal choice. But if you're choosing not to donate, lets not all start slagging the club off for putting its hand out. This situation is shitty enough as it is, without the fans dishing out more stick.At the end of the day, its a personal choice and as part of my post I stated it was my personal opinion. If it doesn't agree with yours then tough shit, go preach to someone else pal. [/B]
Easy 10 said:
Sorry about the "f*** right off" as well, that was harsh and I'm a bit wound up.
Easy 10 said:For fucks sake, if you don't want to donate anything to the club then FINE. You're not obliged to, you don't have to, but the club has only asked if you CAN. I am getting mightily pissed off with people using this as a stick to beat the club with. Does it really need explaining AGAIN exactly why the Albion are in such dire financial straights at the moment ?
You keep on comparing this to "any other business". Football is not like "any other business". We're not selling paperclips here, or making fire alarms. There isn't another business offering the same product down the road, so we can just shrug our shoulders and use someone else instead if we don't like the product here. This is a football club, and like most other football clubs outside of the Elite, it survives mainly on the love and passion of its fans.
Now if you're going to turn round and give it the finger in its hour of need, then that is your choice and your right. Nobody HAS to stump this money up. But using this appeal by the Albion to drag up all your grievences and negative opinions over your perceived mis-treatment by the club in the past is pointless and unhelpful.
Make no mistake, this club is fighting for its life right now. If you can't help for whatever reason, then fair enough. If you don't want to help, but instead see this as another nice opportunity to put the boot in, then you can f*** right off.
Yeah, apols. I was shooting from the hip, I sometimes go a bit overboard with this sort of thing when I'm bashing the keyboard.tinx said:Have to say didn't think that was your usual style.
3gulls said:You are right. The Albion are a Football Club. However, football is also big business and CAN be very profitable. Leicester City recently reported profits of over £5million.
When we are in the Premiership and the Club makes big profits, will Dick Knight be at the gate handing out £50 notes?
3gulls said:You are right. The Albion are a Football Club. However, football is also big business and CAN be very profitable. Leicester City recently reported profits of over £5million.
When we are in the Premiership and the Club makes big profits, will Dick Knight be at the gate handing out £50 notes?
ChapmansThe Saviour said:Ever wondered how Leicester could claim 5 milllion ound profits when not long ago they had debts of 60+million??