Sorry if I have missed this on another thread.
How can we still have the same budget for paul(leeann, stated this on hibs tv) when we don't have a commercial partner, and now have community partner.
Not critical of the decision but must mean less funds for the manager
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22-06-2019 10:18 AM #1
Players budget
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22-06-2019 10:24 AM #2
No corporate sponsor will mean less money for the club, doesn’t necessarily need to come out of the ‘playing budget’ (wages, transfers etc).
The money has either been generously donated by someone or it’s been lost from other areas of the club. No idea what sort of money is on the table for 1 year shirt sponsorship but if the playing budget isn’t affected and the Foundation is getting some good exposure then I think it’s a good initiative for one season.
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22-06-2019 10:33 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Per season, so a three year deal (wasn't Marathon Bet 3 seasons?) is worth between £300,000 and £600,000 to the club. That's without cup final bonuses etc.
Being able to bank on either 3 or 6 hundred k over the next three years makes quite a difference, it's certainly a lot of loan repayments or debt interest covered that otherwise has to come from other sources.
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22-06-2019 10:27 AM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I don't see the point in folk on here dissecting Aberdeens revenue streams, and asking why we can't match them, while our club seems intent on shooting itself in the foot,
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22-06-2019 10:32 AM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It could also have been a great opportunity - once the point was clearly reached when they'd failed to land a commercial sponsor - to encourage many more supporters to join HSL. That would have given the HSL initiative a massive boost with front of strip visibility, helped to grow fan ownership of the club and added to the direct playing budget for PH.
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22-06-2019 10:29 AM #9
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Id rather have something like the foundation as partner rather than a commercial gambling partner.
As been said it wont affect the players budget
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22-06-2019 10:42 AM #10
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In one sense you can say the playing budget is unaffected. In another sense, however, the playing budget is affected as it could have been increased with the money now used to plug the gap.
I think there are positives from this but let's not kid ourselves that there is absolutely no impact on the playing side. Money which could have gone to the playing side is being diverted elsewhere. That may be something we are prepared to accept (as it is a more noble purpose) but it does raise questions about HSL's position that every penny matters for the playing budget and why they are geared to maximising this but the club is not.
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It strikes me that this is exactly the sort of issue that fan reps should get their teeth into. I'm not sure there is any more important initiative around the club at the minute than HSL for a whole host of reasons. Some transparency and clarity on this, fast, is probably a good idea before it becomes problematic. Perhaps there is a wider context - potential investors having been mentioned elsewhere, though I'm very sceptical about that - and if so I'd rather see this piece of a jigsaw credibly explained than have a ropey line on sponsorship left out there to gather barnacles.
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22-06-2019 10:48 AM #12
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I think it's a good thing we are keeping it within the hibs family if you like and helping out our own. Even tho were not a wealthy club but we are willing to maybe take a small hit for a good cause kinda is what hibs class is isn't it?
Also it's no red white and blue so it'll do
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22-06-2019 10:53 AM #13
Epic fail by someone in the commercial department which Hibs have attempted to spin in to a positive. Disappointing when so many fans try to raise 2 or 3 hundred pounds here and there.
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We can spin it anyway we want. We’re bringing in less money than we should be. It’s not a good thing.
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22-06-2019 11:02 AM #15
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A lot of fans will be giving money to HSL that I am sure they could use elsewhere as they are trying to get the best Hibs team possible on the park. In making this sponsorship decision, the board are going against that. To me, there is now a disjoint between the purposes of HSL and the board.
All that said, it is good if the effect is going to be more money to people who need it.
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22-06-2019 11:07 AM #16
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The ‘football’ budget or whatever it’s called isn’t affected in the sense that it isn’t getting reduced on the back of this decision. It does mean it’s not getting increased though. Disappointing.
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I’m taking at face value that they wanted to get a non alcohol or betting company as main sponsor..so that narrows down the field and likely narrows down the offer value too..seems they have failed to get the right offer made. They will be as disappointed as anyone I suspect
You are right to point out it is disappointing due to the reach for additional funds from HSL...hopefully they will find another way to get cash injection into the club
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22-06-2019 11:50 AM #20
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The up-spin on this is no free tables for yee-has from a corporate sponsor getting on the lash for free at every home game etc... all the associatted costs, so there's more tables to sell to punters.
Maybe.
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22-06-2019 11:53 AM #21
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22-06-2019 11:55 AM #22
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I'm a glass 3/4 full kinda guy.
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22-06-2019 07:18 PM #23
Got halfway through the first page.....Hibernian Football Club are trying to be a COMMUNITY entity in Leith.
Suck it and support it,see how it goes.
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22-06-2019 11:57 AM #24
Every time we signed a new sponsorship deal we were delighted and went on about how it will help strengthen the team.
Now all of a sudden it makes no difference to the playing budget?!
That’s some line we’re being sold and we’re lapping it up. Imagine if Rod did this a few years ago?
Or if any other club did the same? We’d be ripping them apart for failing to find a sponsor.
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22-06-2019 03:19 PM #27This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
For the record I actually love the direction we're going with this and totally back the clubs decision.
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If the club can find that revenue elsewhere then we can cope without it. Naturally you'd rather have it than not because it would give us additional funds, but we could be in a position where, for example, the additional income from McGinn's transfer is more than we would have got in sponsorship.
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22-06-2019 11:23 AM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If we also had the sponsorship money then we'd be up by both unbudgeted McGinn revenue AND sponsor income. I think it's a weak explanation from the club and a net dent in revenue whichever way you look at it.
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