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DB
February 1, 2024, 12:28pm
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Another letter in the Guardian from Jason. Click on if you want to read it.

https://www.theguardian.com/fo.....ort-rule-unto-itself


You can please some of the forumites some of the time but not all the forumites all of the time
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Another letter in the Guardian from Jason. Click on if you want to read it.

https://www.theguardian.com/fo.....ort-rule-unto-itself


I read that this morning, and I think the conclusion was you cannot "overlay" standard succesful business practice onto a football club, as the industry is so unique. I would have thought that obvious myself but it will be interesting to see if he changes his approach to anything in the months ahead.
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I agree that he does seem to be presenting the obvious, just in a slightly academic manner. That football as an industry (which of course it never started as) is different from your average industry out there isn’t really news.

Presenting the blindingly obvious as if it’s some kind of earth-shattering insight is, by and large, what most of the media around football is based on. We’re just as guilty of it as fans sometimes!

Always worth a read when it’s from someone genuinely embedded in the game.
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Does this mean that B Corp isnt particularly relevent or useful in the Football "industry"?
I ask because Jason talks about the practice of selling players against their will, and the transfer of contracts for fees, I would assume this goes against the grain of everything B Corp status stands for.
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As usual, a very interesting read but I'm surprised that, as a fan, he hadn't worked this out before.
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I’d rather read the Lords Prayer backwards
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Quoted from Azimuth
Does this mean that B Corp isnt particularly relevent or useful in the Football "industry"?
I ask because Jason talks about the practice of selling players against their will, and the transfer of contracts for fees, I would assume this goes against the grain of everything B Corp status stands for.


Have GTFC (whose owners want to become a B Corp) tried to sell any players against their will? Nope.

The B Corp thing is partially about treating staff and customers fairly regardless of the industry. Why would one company behaving badly (as many do), mean that others in the same industry couldn't behave in a better manner? Just because we're trying to get B Corp status, doesn't mean that other football clubs have to do the same.
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February 1, 2024, 3:25pm

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In Japanese...........................

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In Japanese...........................

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Absolutely
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Great, I was only thinking this morning it's a while since we've had a debate on what B Corp actually is and how we can use a made up understanding of what it is to bash the club with.
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