Quote: Rugby Raider "Personally I don't think there needs to be a conspiracy theory behind Adam Pearson behind taking over the club. I see it as a straight forward business proposition that compliments his current position at City.
I agree there isn't as much money to be made in Rugby league as there is from (Premiership football). However, Hull can become much more profitable and Pearson can rightly make a return from a reasonably modest investment.
Hull have one of the best set ups in the game. The likely purchase of the KC to the Allams will have probably encouraged Pearson to buy, just as much as he may have been encouraged to buy Hull (by the Allams) to pave the way for the decision to go through smoothly. The potential for Pearson starts here. With an increased capacity, he will no doubt look to grow Hull's strong fan base further and incentivise fans accordingly.
If we had a 35,000 seater stadium, I'm sure he would look to fill it against Rovers for example. Therrefore, gate revenues will increase.
The cost of the team is in affect fixed via the salary cap. However, with more success on the field, further revenue will follow. An appearance at Wembley gives the club c£500k and a Grand Final would give a similar amount.
Therefore, with a bit of commercial know how and hopefully a Coach who can propel us up the league, then the clubs profitability will further increase.
Pearson is not daft, he knows Hull have a very solid fan base and that this can not be merged with Rovers (or vice versa). I think the decison to release Agar is also a sign that he knows he would have lost money (season tickets) if he had continued with him into next season.
To me the future looks good. The future will be a profiatable Hull FC playing at the KC and hopefully with some silverware to come. Profits will grow and good luck to Pearson if he makes some money on the back of this. It's his investment and no one else put the money in to buy the club.'"
I agree, i can i say what a great post this is, its the most sense i've seen written on here for a good while !
