Originally Posted by
MyJo
HSL are shareholders in the club, just like RG is.
If supporters are expecting RG as majority shareholder to pour money into the club it’s not unreasonable to expect that other shareholders to do the same.
HSL’s remit now is to fundraise in order to invest in the club with a commitment from the board that any money they invest will be put towards the playing budget.
If people don’t want to fund that without HSL receiving shares in return that’s a perfectly valid choice as it isn’t what they were set up to do. On the other hand if people don’t care about fan ownership and buying shares but want to put and affordable amount of their money into the club, as we are expecting RG to do, then that’s also a perfectly valid choice and HSL gives them a way to do this.
Some people will want to know what the majority shareholder is committing to before they decide if they want to donate to HSL. That’s fair enough but the relentless negativity about it is very tiring and doing nothing to help the club at this point.
Give them a chance, these things don’t happen overnight.