Or he's got more sense that to chuck his money into a sports club. It's not like they're renowned for being good investments and I think most people who do invest take some role in the day to day running of the club.

Well the grandkids must be growing up now. Give him something to do other than shop.

I briefly met Sir Ken at Girlington HQ while I was working there in the late '70s before starting uni, seemed a very nice chap, and as has been said above far too canny with money to invest in a sports club

Its ok being canny with your money but for those lucky enough to have a squid or 2 isnt it better to give rather than recieve ? and surely his fortune was helped by the good people of bradford,couldnt he feel its right and proper to give a small chunk back?
If i was lucky enough to make a bundle i would like to think that i wouldnt forget where it all started,sadly some people just turn their backs.

Is employing thousands of people in a city which is hardly overflowing with jobs and paying rates to the council on numerous business premises within the district regarded as "turning their backs?".

What he does with his money is up to him.

I wish he would donate some in our direction, but no-one has any right to tell him he must do so.

If he DID send some our way, the Bantams and Park Avenue (amongst others) would go apoplectic (Keighley are perpetually so anyway so we'd notice little change...), as would every other "deserving cause" in the district who argued their cause was more worthy than a sporting club.

Plus, of course, if he took the chair, he'd doubtless face the same vitriol that the current and previous occupants have suffered from.

I'm not Uncle Ken's biggest fan, and the role of what was then his company in Odsalgate did not impress me one bit. But it's still his dosh to do with as he pleases.