IMG proposals to be presented to clubs next week?

[The Daddy]

Is this legit? 

 

[The Daddy]

Clubs expecting licensing according to Game Caller Mick Gledhill 

 

[gingerjon]

24 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

Is this legit? 

 

That date has been mentioned by other folk so Gledhill is presumably copying their workings.

Also the 28th is not next week.

[Jughead]

He’s the only person peddling this story which should tell you all you need to know. If in doubt still, look at who the author of this story is and that should confirm everything you need to know. 

[Damien]

Can this not just go on the 43 page IMG thread?

[Griff]

6 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

That date has been mentioned by other folk so Gledhill is presumably copying their workings.

Also the 28th is not next week.

Some stuff is being circulated on 15th, apparently. The meeting to debate it is on 28th.

[The storm]

Img have already initiated tge removal of Rimmer and Woodhouse so its looking good already

[DI Keith Fowler]

I imagine there's probably something in it because the timeline fits with what has been previously mentioned.

Just because he's not an ace reporter doesn't mean the Chairman of a Championship/League 1 club won't pick up the phone to him and spill the beans. 

[RP London]

1 hour ago, The Daddy said:

Clubs expecting licensing according to Game Caller Mick Gledhill 

 

Phew.. P&R to stay then!

[RP London]

40 minutes ago, DI Keith Fowler said:

I imagine there's probably something in it because the timeline fits with what has been previously mentioned.

Just because he's not an ace reporter doesn't mean the Chairman of a Championship/League 1 club won't pick up the phone to him and spill the beans. 

Di Keith Fowler... the master of the understatement.. 

[crashmon]

can you imagine Wakefield finally get their new stadium, then find they don't make the top level in licensing owing to some other criteria.  

[Man of Kent]

46 minutes ago, DI Keith Fowler said:

Just because he's not an ace reporter doesn't mean the Chairman of a Championship/League 1 club won't pick up the phone to him and spill the beans. 

Yeah, I agree with that. He may be a self-glorified Bradford fan-with-mic but he's quite well connected, to be fair.  

[Pulga]

Hopefully he's on the money with licencing. 

[David Shepherd]

Mick Gledhill though.

[Toby Chopra]

15 minutes ago, crashmon said:

can you imagine Wakefield finally get their new stadium, then find they don't make the top level in licensing owing to some other criteria.  

Hard to see what criteria they could fall short on once the stadium issue is resolved. No team outside SL could credibly say they'd get higher crowds, except maybe Leigh. And all the potential expansion challengers for a licenced place like London, Toulouse or Newcastle are going backwards at the moment. 

Cas better get a shift on though. 

[Man of Kent]

I'd imagine the chances of licensing coming in being quite high given what IMG has done with basketball. I don't think it's all that controversial, really. It's time to stop fannying around.

Of course, Euro basketball is more like franchising. That really would be controversial in rugby league.  

 

[RP London]

8 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

I'd imagine the chances of licensing coming in being quite high given what IMG has done with basketball. I don't think it's all that controversial, really. It's time to stop fannying around.

Of course, Euro basketball is more like franchising. That really would be controversial in rugby league.  

 

is it? each licence has a finite number of years and then is reviewed. Different clubs have different lengths of licence depending on "their worth".. so some have a 10 year licence some a 3 etc.. I would say this is more like licencing than franchising where you buy in and thats it unless you are bought out.

[gingerjon]

Just now, RP London said:

is it? each licence has a finite number of years and then is reviewed. Different clubs have different lengths of licence depending on "their worth".. so some have a 10 year licence some a 3 etc.. I would say this is more like licencing than franchising where you buy in and thats it unless you are bought out.

The associate licencing element of EuroBasket is the bit which, if carried over, would, I think, be enough to carry a lot of the mid-tier clubs over to the closed shop side.

[Man of Kent]

16 minutes ago, RP London said:

is it? each licence has a finite number of years and then is reviewed. Different clubs have different lengths of licence depending on "their worth".. so some have a 10 year licence some a 3 etc.. I would say this is more like licencing than franchising where you buy in and thats it unless you are bought out.

Oh, I thought they did buy in. https://www.sportspromedia.com/categories/finance-investment/investment/euroleague-basketball-o2-arena-london-franchise-investment/

[gingerjon]

4 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Oh, I thought they did buy in. https://www.sportspromedia.com/categories/finance-investment/investment/euroleague-basketball-o2-arena-london-franchise-investment/

My understanding of what is going on now is that the investors of London Lions (who already exist and play in the BBL) are trying to build them up to be a legitimate bid for a Euro spot.

I have no idea if that puts them into conflict with that.

[RP London]

12 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Oh, I thought they did buy in. https://www.sportspromedia.com/categories/finance-investment/investment/euroleague-basketball-o2-arena-london-franchise-investment/

Is that a buy in or is it part of the licence criteria for a London team that they must invest £20m a year into the club? so a guarentee that they can, which it does say in the article is the average budget of a Euro Basket team.. 

seems reasonable in the criteria for a licence that you can afford to run a team to that level. 

 

[Toby Chopra]

9 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Oh, I thought they did buy in. https://www.sportspromedia.com/categories/finance-investment/investment/euroleague-basketball-o2-arena-london-franchise-investment/

As the article says, a newly created, stand alone London franchise would be a first for Euroleague, all of whose other teams also play in their domestic leagues. 

I thought that artice also contained some useful nuggets from a rival sport which could inform our London thread. Firstly, that they think their London team needs about £17m a year to function, and then this quote from the Euroleague executive: "In that particular territory [London], you also need the players for the team to be competitive; there is so much on offer [to fans] in London, it would be difficult not to have the best of the best. An underperforming team would be deemed a failure for the EuroLeague."

[Ragingbull]

2 hours ago, Damien said:

Can this not just go on the 43 page IMG thread?

U'd think so wouldnt you.

Maybe we are trying to get as many IMG threads as world cup threads. 

 

 

[Ragingbull]

1 hour ago, crashmon said:

can you imagine Wakefield finally get their new stadium, then find they don't make the top level in licensing owing to some other criteria.  

And Keighley missing out on the 2 tens !

[Live after death]

1 hour ago, crashmon said:

can you imagine Wakefield finally get their new stadium, then find they don't make the top level in licensing owing to some other criteria.  

Well its only one new stand the other 2 stands and block of flats are derelict.

 

if its franchising likely one of 3 from Wakefield met would get in alone,

Edited September 6, 2022 by Live after death