Wembley for Sale?
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 chris123  hove actually 26 Apr 18 7.55pm |
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Don't think it's for sale and if you want money for grass roots - the Premier League should be funding.
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Pussay Patrol  26 Apr 18 9.19pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
Don't think it's for sale and if you want money for grass roots - the Premier League should be funding. Exactly, they should bring in legislation to force the premier league to pay revenues to the fa
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| Stuk Top half 26 Apr 18 9.58pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
I would bite Khan's hand off for the money he is rumoured to have offered. This is a fantastic opportunity for the FA. 1. The FA has to go begging to the Premier League for a lot of their revenue to fund grass roots football. In Rugby the bulk of the revenue goes to the RFU who then distribute to the clubs. The golden rule, he who has the gold makes the rules. This would give the FA financial independence and would allow a major injection of funds into grass roots. Some posters has said what about the taxpayer, good point. The government should insist the FA work with other sports to create and share multi sports centres so the taxpayer is paid back that way. 2. England games should not be centered in London. Whilst Wembley was being built many of the players said how much they enjoyed playing around the country. This is a great opportunity to bring the fans and England closer. It doesn't have to happen all the time only when the games clash with the NFL. I would rather a England game with 50,000 passionate Geordies or Mackems and not everyone can afford to travel to London.
The RFU is only that wealthy due to Twickenham. i.e. A national stadium. NZ, Australia, South Africa etc moan about it because they don't have one. They end up touring around the country using other people's stadiums and having to take a smaller share of the revenues.
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| CambridgeEagle Sydenham 27 Apr 18 11.20am |
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A major concern for the FA will be that since 2010 the government has made huge cuts to investment in sporting and leisure facilities. The FA is having to deal with trying to pay off the debt and interest it racked up in building Wembley and has not been able to plug the gap left behind by government austerity. Given the PL is only a club itself really and not a business, it is up to its members to invest in community football, but again they have little interest in investing outside of their own area and are under constant pressure to invest in the playing staff and football club facilities. Saying that a PL club should be responsible for grassroots football and other sporting activities nationwide is ridiculous. They could put in place something like a revenue tax for Football clubs and use that to plug the gap, but that isn't going to happen. So the FA is in an invidious position where they basically have to accept this deal to try and fund the game and the crumbling facilities around the country. Germany decided not to build a national stadium and instead invested in grassroots, coaches, facilities etc. Their national team has arguably benefited from that decision.
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Y Ddraig Goch  In The Crowd 27 Apr 18 12.15pm |
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The old Wembley was privately owned. In all the the time (can't rememeber how long) the FA have owned it, a third of it was as a building site. Not the big national disgrace some are making out
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| Badger11 Beckenham 27 Apr 18 12.22pm |
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Originally posted by CambridgeEagle
A major concern for the FA will be that since 2010 the government has made huge cuts to investment in sporting and leisure facilities. The FA is having to deal with trying to pay off the debt and interest it racked up in building Wembley and has not been able to plug the gap left behind by government austerity. Given the PL is only a club itself really and not a business, it is up to its members to invest in community football, but again they have little interest in investing outside of their own area and are under constant pressure to invest in the playing staff and football club facilities. Saying that a PL club should be responsible for grassroots football and other sporting activities nationwide is ridiculous. They could put in place something like a revenue tax for Football clubs and use that to plug the gap, but that isn't going to happen. So the FA is in an invidious position where they basically have to accept this deal to try and fund the game and the crumbling facilities around the country. Germany decided not to build a national stadium and instead invested in grassroots, coaches, facilities etc. Their national team has arguably benefited from that decision. Good post.
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| Painter Croydon 27 Apr 18 1.29pm |
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Originally posted by YT
I don’t understand why you say this. The nation doesn’t own Wembley Stadium. What difference does it make who owns it? I think you will find, we paid for most of it via the government. The FA are paying it back, due to finish paying in 2024.
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| Painter Croydon 27 Apr 18 1.30pm |
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Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch
The old Wembley was privately owned. In all the the time (can't rememeber how long) the FA have owned it, a third of it was as a building site. Not the big national disgrace some are making out It wasn’t privately owned, it was owned by Brent council, who sold it to the FA in 1992.
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kenbarr  Jackson Heights, Queens, New York ... 27 Apr 18 1.39pm |
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From the NY Times. I find Kahn's attempt to say his buying Wembley will help him keep the NFL team in Jacksonville as laughable. Wembley will become the Jaguars new home, rather than Fulham's. It would also put a spanner in Spurs hopes to make the new Lane the London home for the NFL. Since I have no faith in Sweet Fanny Adams to do the right thing, if they do sell they will pocket the money and only drips and drabs will make it to the grass roots.
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| Stuk Top half 27 Apr 18 1.58pm |
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Originally posted by kenbarr
From the NY Times. I find Kahn's attempt to say his buying Wembley will help him keep the NFL team in Jacksonville as laughable. Wembley will become the Jaguars new home, rather than Fulham's. It would also put a spanner in Spurs hopes to make the new Lane the London home for the NFL. Since I have no faith in Sweet Fanny Adams to do the right thing, if they do sell they will pocket the money and only drips and drabs will make it to the grass roots. Correct answer.
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| YT Oxford 27 Apr 18 1.59pm |
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Originally posted by Painter
It wasn’t privately owned, it was owned by Brent council, who sold it to the FA in 1992. Wembley was in the past privately owned. When I first went there (FA Amateur Cup Final 1971 Dagenham v. Skelmersdale) it was owned by the British Electric Traction Company - later BET.
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| Y Ddraig Goch In The Crowd 27 Apr 18 2.03pm |
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Originally posted by Painter
It wasn’t privately owned, it was owned by Brent council, who sold it to the FA in 1992. Fair enough, got info from former Independent journalist tweet [Tweet Link]
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