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Posted April 27, 2018 05:55 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:34

Cantrun7 wrote:

No announced coach, no off contract players signed as far as we know. Owners say not fully selling, but appears might be considering partial sale or new investors.  At end of next season licence effectively has no value unless a league governance changes work out for Phoenix. Partial sale i dont see working for an Aus outfit unless the Phoenix becomes an Australian based team.

The only way the owners have any chance of really being sure of any return on their investment is to try and sell all now ,or remain partial owners but relocate the team to Aus where new majority owners want it based, and in a few years the remaining Wellnix owners sell their share out to the majority owners for a better return.

Depressing as it seems, i still wonder if we will have a team next season.

How would people feel if there was a partial or majority buy in from another Aussie outfit that meant the team was domiciled in Australia but played 5 or 6 games in Wellington? Would you still support the team and turn up at the Cake Tin 4 or 5 times a year?

No as someone else said that sort of scenario won’t work. Might as well just sell. 

However taking max 3 games to a smaller Aussie market (like Canberra, Sunshine Coast), that has only a very slim prospect of getting their own A League team - in exchange for cash injection/equity stake - may work (for the owners anyway). Needs Independent A League to happen first.

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Napier Phoenix wrote:
Cantrun7 wrote:

No announced coach, no off contract players signed as far as we know. Owners say not fully selling, but appears might be considering partial sale or new investors.  At end of next season licence effectively has no value unless a league governance changes work out for Phoenix. Partial sale i dont see working for an Aus outfit unless the Phoenix becomes an Australian based team.

The only way the owners have any chance of really being sure of any return on their investment is to try and sell all now ,or remain partial owners but relocate the team to Aus where new majority owners want it based, and in a few years the remaining Wellnix owners sell their share out to the majority owners for a better return.

Depressing as it seems, i still wonder if we will have a team next season.

How would people feel if there was a partial or majority buy in from another Aussie outfit that meant the team was domiciled in Australia but played 5 or 6 games in Wellington? Would you still support the team and turn up at the Cake Tin 4 or 5 times a year?

No as someone else said that sort of scenario won’t work. Might as well just sell. 

However taking max 3 games to a smaller Aussie market (like Canberra, Sunshine Coast), that has only a very slim prospect of getting their own A League team - in exchange for cash injection/equity stake - may work (for the owners anyway). Needs Independent A League to happen first.