by fred disley » 04 Aug 2016, 10:43
I see Dave Phillips has once again spelt out in clear terms the harsh realities of owning and running a full time football club, something we as supporters do not always put to the front of our minds,most of us cannot see it, cannot feel it therefore it cannot hurt us, I wonder if we had to look at it up close every day then our perception,s may change.
Like any household what do you do when your outgoings exceed your income, possibly cut back, borrow (but only if you have something to borrow against) or stick your head in the sand and hope it will pass you by, which it may do for a time but will eventually catch up with you big time.
Can we survive as a full time football team, I certainly hope so as I would not turn up every week if I thought different, but what is painfully obvious is things do need to change in a seismic way because the existing model just moves us from one slow burning crisis to another, that is not a criticism of our existing board just an observation on harsh reality.
Community trust ownership which I support in principle but with reservations will not bring any more money into the club, it may reduce the outgoings in some marginal way by sharper scrutiny of costs but in all the clubs that have this or a similar model how many are successful in promotion or generating a large surplus of capital, very very few if any. Yes they survive, but nothing more.
This post is about having the conversation on a level where we do not moan about people who have taken more out of the club than they have put in, or have made decisions that we did not agree with because in most cases we never knew the full facts and if we had known we would have probably agreed with them. That is a waste of our energy and deflects us from our true goal, But somewhere out there is someone who will have the inkling of an idea, maybe not the finished thought but an idea that will make a difference.
Starting the conversation for those of you that still work for a living, why not speak with your employers and explain the positives of being a club sponsor, the promotion by advertising of your product and company, said advertising is cost deductible against income etc etc. and for those say that still work for say Centrax which used to be a large local employer , why are you investing your cash in sponsoring Exeter Chiefs and not your local club. For those that work for one of our largest employers, Torbay Council why not become a corporate sponsor or at least consider a three year rental holiday on the ground. When you consider some of the so called vanity projects that Torbay council has run in the last few years that have cost millions then supporting their local club would be small fry to them.
All this will cost you is your time and persuasion skills, no money whatsoever, if say fifty requests were made to companies logic dictates that a percentage will have to be successful.
I see Dave Phillips has once again spelt out in clear terms the harsh realities of owning and running a full time football club, something we as supporters do not always put to the front of our minds,most of us cannot see it, cannot feel it therefore it cannot hurt us, I wonder if we had to look at it up close every day then our perception,s may change.
Like any household what do you do when your outgoings exceed your income, possibly cut back, borrow (but only if you have something to borrow against) or stick your head in the sand and hope it will pass you by, which it may do for a time but will eventually catch up with you big time.
Can we survive as a full time football team, I certainly hope so as I would not turn up every week if I thought different, but what is painfully obvious is things do need to change in a seismic way because the existing model just moves us from one slow burning crisis to another, that is not a criticism of our existing board just an observation on harsh reality.
Community trust ownership which I support in principle but with reservations will not bring any more money into the club, it may reduce the outgoings in some marginal way by sharper scrutiny of costs but in all the clubs that have this or a similar model how many are successful in promotion or generating a large surplus of capital, very very few if any. Yes they survive, but nothing more.
This post is about having the conversation on a level where we do not moan about people who have taken more out of the club than they have put in, or have made decisions that we did not agree with because in most cases we never knew the full facts and if we had known we would have probably agreed with them. That is a waste of our energy and deflects us from our true goal, But somewhere out there is someone who will have the inkling of an idea, maybe not the finished thought but an idea that will make a difference.
Starting the conversation for those of you that still work for a living, why not speak with your employers and explain the positives of being a club sponsor, the promotion by advertising of your product and company, said advertising is cost deductible against income etc etc. and for those say that still work for say Centrax which used to be a large local employer , why are you investing your cash in sponsoring Exeter Chiefs and not your local club. For those that work for one of our largest employers, Torbay Council why not become a corporate sponsor or at least consider a three year rental holiday on the ground. When you consider some of the so called vanity projects that Torbay council has run in the last few years that have cost millions then supporting their local club would be small fry to them.
All this will cost you is your time and persuasion skills, no money whatsoever, if say fifty requests were made to companies logic dictates that a percentage will have to be successful.
