Blue Sky and other clubs

[Santa]

It's funny how Brian Melzack, Gary Hooper and Peter Miller were all working on behalf of Ameriturf a few months ago, then all of a sudden it wasn't "suitable".

 

But then by coincidence another company that makes artificial turf stepped in, so they all became involved with Blue Sky instead and everyone lived happily ever after.

[tisdeano]

It's funny how Brian Melzack, Gary Hooper and Peter Miller were all working on behalf of Ameriturf a few months ago, then all of a sudden it wasn't "suitable".

 

But then by coincidence another company that makes artificial turf stepped in, so they all became involved with Blue Sky instead and everyone lived happily ever after.

 

Amazing set of coincidences.....one in a billion.......we are so lucky

[X-Valiant]

Amazing set of coincidences.....one in a billion.......we are so lucky

 

and remember that their is no connection at all between Ameriturf & Blue Sky

[geosname]

I got involved with Gary (Hooper) and (Port Vale director) Peter Miller over in the US. I saw what they were doing over here.

that bits interesting

[Howjy04]

that bits interesting

 

When is the vote for Hooper to join the board.?

[tisdeano]

and remember that their is no connection at all between Ameriturf & Blue Sky

 

none what so ever

 

honest guv

[Burslem Academicals]

Anyone think the Yeovil Bluesky sponsorship only deal is kinda just

that original Vale Ameriturf deal in all but name which must have been going spare.....Hooper/Melzack/Miller obviously don't like to work for nothing and that sponsorship only deal was after all six months work night and day...anyway Hanks wife has invested £150,000 into Port Vale and Deakin really has 100k to throw away and Miller is really that rich he can chuck away a quarter of a million

in spare change.

Newton,Chaudry and Sims were highly succesfull millionaires in the real world but both Deakin and Miller have indifferent CV's and neither has made a fortune in the real world of business and so

it seems odd that such a waged employee and intermediate functionary would have this kind of money at all.

[Twitters]

Hooper was the U.K. Ameriturf contact on the Ameriturf website....so

the Yeovil deal is just sponsorship like Vales original Ameriturf deal...

do the short tours really cost 50k for cheap flights and probably staying in empty college facilities and who keeps the money from gate reciepts and the coaching workshops....these are games against very poor college teams when a club can be playing against Premier and Championship teams and making money...and is the cost of just one plastic pitch really £750,000...expensive carpet.

 

I must have missed all the frequent trips to America that EasyJet and RyanAir schedule in! Or Jet2's non-stop from Liverpool John Lennon to Orlando International! :rolleyes:

 

If you're lucky, you can get a one way flight to America for £350. That's £700 return. A squad of 18 players, coaching squad of 5 and physio and admin staff, and the travelling party is between 27 and 30 people. 27 * £700 = £19k. Then you have the cost of working visa's, because you can't just travel into America on the Visa Waver form (which you have to pay for now anyway) if you're going to work. A quick Google search suggests £60 per visa. So that's nearly 2 grand on VISA's.

 

So you've used up nearly half of that £50k on getting to and from America and into it. That's before you take into account accomodation costs, travelling costs, as well as shipping costs getting any additional kit in that you may need.

 

All of a sudden, that £50k goes pretty quickly.

 

As for £750k, do you really think that goes on just the pitch? It will be a training facility with changing rooms and other such facilities, in which case £750k is probably not enough!

 

:rolleyes:

[tisdeano]

As for £750k, do you really think that goes on just the pitch? It will be a training facility with changing rooms and other such facilities

 

Excellent

 

Tell us more about it, as the club have not bothered

[MarkB2]

It's funny how Brian Melzack, Gary Hooper and Peter Miller were all working on behalf of Ameriturf a few months ago, then all of a sudden it wasn't "suitable".

 

But then by coincidence another company that makes artificial turf stepped in, so they all became involved with Blue Sky instead and everyone lived happily ever after.

 

It is great and we should all be thankful that our club is blessed with visionaries able to realise such opportunities. A showroom for plastic grass - chances like that only come along twice in 4 months. I bet those jealous old Stokies are moaning about only having millions invested in their team when they could have what we have.

 

Now, let's all just shut up and get behind the lads.

[Burslem Academicals]

Flights & visa = 20k.....leaves 30k.

Nantwich friendly worth 6k in gate reciepts so 4x pre-season friendly

gate reciepts plus the coaching workshops would cover the 20k.

If the players stay on the college campus and the tour is just 10 days then 50k seems a lot...then again it is 750k for just one pitch...the point is they say it costs this but might not and like all bluesky thinking there is no details and it all just seems made up.

Basically forget the made up costs and consider that they have

pre-season rights for free that they call sponsorship although no money will go into either club and they have Port Vale and Yeovil

under contract for 10 years at their disposal every summer........

it's genius.

[Twitters]

Flights & visa = 20k.....leaves 30k.

Nantwich friendly worth 6k in gate reciepts so 4x pre-season friendly

gate reciepts plus the coaching workshops would cover the 20k.

If the players stay on the college campus and the tour is just 10 days then 50k seems a lot...then again it is 750k for just one pitch...the point is they say it costs this but might not and like all bluesky thinking there is no details and it all just seems made up.

Basically forget the made up costs and consider that they have

pre-season rights for free that they call sponsorship although no money will go into either club and they have Port Vale and Yeovil

under contract for 10 years at their disposal every summer........

it's genius.

 

Micky Adams thought it was worthwhile do it obviously is genius.

[Burslem Academicals]

Micky Adams thought it was worthwhile do it obviously is genius.

 

Micky Adams played Dodds at left back,genius.

[Fosse69]

as stated in the sentinel report, a sponsorship is not seen as having an interest in the club.

weird if you ask me

I think the Sentinel mean a financial interest, i.e. shares/directorship with the ability to affect decisions and the running of the club. Sponsorship is like advertising, you want to get as much exposure of your product as possible, equally Port Vale would like you to continue as a sponsor until they can find a better one, thus a common interest, but not a controlling interest. Say plastic pitches became legal in L2, the BS director at Vale could vote on installing one, but at Yeovil they could only lobby for one.

[mick.rawlinson]

should never of happend ,missed a chance of a local buisness man investing