KP - Hibs Voting Intentions

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LOL - she absolutely should not. I think this thread illustrates perfectly why supporters should not have any input into the running of a football club.

Hibs is a football team - but it's also a business employing a large number of people. As such, I'm sure that the Board will make the decision based on what is best for the club - and not just to score a point against another team

Of course fans views need to be taken into account ! These are just 2 extremes where in reality the proper approach will often lie somewhere in between. Sometimes decisions need to made to protect sporting integrity or to ensure the game does not get brought into disrepute. Not everything needs to be or should be driven by short term finances.

Was it right to put Sevco into the 3rd tier when they went bust and everyone as screaming Armageddon? Absolutely. If money was the pure driver for all decisions, then we might as well have rules that no big club can be relegated or go out of business. Let's give Hearts a bunch of "get out of Jail" cards, interest-free loans. Throw games if their Prem position looks precarious or reconstruct the league so bad things don't happen.

Hearts put themselves in this position, no one else. Hibs tried their best to help them on the field, and it STILL wasn't good enough. No one can save them from themselves ! Their financial mismanagement, awful football, dreadful management decisions are the reason they find themselves in danger. We did nothing to put them there, so have no obligation to dig them out of a hole.

Hibs decision needs to balanced - finance (long & short term), sporting fairness, integrity of the league, expectation of fans incl value for money, other club behaviours and prudence, pragmatism all need to be weighed up. How fans feel about things absolutely MUST be part of that.