I'm very grateful the owners are putting enough money into the club Melbourne but I dont think for a second they are doing it out of the goodness of their heart. They are doing it as business people because they think for personal financial reasons, it is still worth doing longer term.
If the moment arises when it makes more business sense to get out of town, they'll be gone.
Wouldnt you?
Not that I’d have got involved in the first place, but I’d have pulled the plug about 4 years ago CJ, from a financial investment perspective it’s bonkers and doesn’t make any sense?
I put forward the following question. “What can you reveal about the original business plan from a financial perspective when you brought the club and is the reality a source of regret?”
I am genuinely intrigued because in my opinion it is an appalling investment opportunity, it’s not as though the owners are supporters so this was always a purely an investment opportunity? I don’t care what the incentives are, there are far more lucrative, less complex and more risk averse ways to make money. This has got dead duck written all over it and always did, so I don’t understand it at all? Perhaps that’s why the owners have probably got more money than me? The question didn’t get asked so it will perhaps unfortunately remain a mystery? Which makes me appreciate the commitment even more?