mybloodisclaret wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:34 pm
6. Most seem to prefer ALK given their associated role with player talent identification and previous apparent success in football in America.
7. I think it was ALK who were mooted as a significant investment including in the local economy and had met local council members to discuss investment (could be wrong on this).
8. DJW seems to prefer this bid as do most, and certainly from what he has said knows a decent amount about both bids.
I think that is my understanding so far, anyone know why ALK are not selected then? DJW you have already stated above that you know a preferred bid has been identified.
AI Scout is small app developed by Project 23rd Century, owned by Ex-IBM develop Darren Piries, his wife Sally as Ptr Holdings plus Nicolas David Henri Dreux. No mention of Alan Pace.
Mr Dreux is director Blue Copal holdings.
Neither Blue Copal nor 23rd Century have filed returns, nor do they have any web or social media presence which tells you something about their history of business, experience, finances etc.
AI Scout seems good at self promotion. It has very little download on the play store and ratings are from a few young men hoping to land a Premier league contract. I suspect it has quite a small value in the low hundred thousands. (Congrats to Mr Piries son who was selected for the Sri Lankan team but not listed in the squad).
playerlens has 4 directors: Josep Ramon Capdevila, Elizabeth Jane Ellen, Lee Kerry Hemmings and Jordan Piers Mornington.
Conclusion: if Alan Pace / ALK have invested in AIScout / PlayerLens, I suspect he's had a few pints with a few mates and invested a few thousand at most.
On Alan Pace, he was interim president of small US soccer team for 6 months in 2007/8 (12 years ago), in reality, to help get his company SCP Worldwide into Salt Lake.
SCP was touted as a global sports, concerts, arena corp, but wound up a the pie seller at Salt Lake before being sacked. He had been a salaryman at CITI bank for last 11 years. Not sure what that says about Mr Pace's experience in football finance.
Al-Kasheny's Dubai franchises were all closed years ago.
If people are getting excited about either of these, good luck but Burnley FC will stop for me after 40 years.
We have never had investment, always been a tight, small loss/profit business.
All teams whos fans demanded to pay that little extra (millions in salaries, long term contracts, no relegation clause) are all languishing in league one.
I have no answer, because player wages are a scourge on society and until we get a restart of their wages, it's a flawed impossible model without 20 philanthropic billionaires.