Post by westander on Jul 2, 2022 19:21:01 GMT
Jun 27, 2022 9:45:25 GMT thad said:
Being in the area for the weekend, I had a very nice pub lunch yesterday with Thad and his charming companion and I can assure you he is in fine spirit. Given our respective ages we easily have into 3 figures in terms of years supporting CTFC and we both want the club to do well. It is our team….
Yes, it can never stop being our club. I will never want it to be harmed, even if only for the sake of the town & people that I will always be connected to (despite having faced more than my share of abuse from them over the years).
I subscribe to the view that “there is no glory without honour” and that our owners have not always behaved honourably.
I am also dubious about Crypto, less about the concept & product, but the way the FOMO culture is exploited by Hypers & Vipers is dangerous and needs more legal oversight. Which means that I need the owners to win my trust back and that will impact my overall outlook. Hardly a revelation to anyone who reads this forum.
However - I have no issues with NFT’s (as some fella in The Cricketers at Duncton can verify) and believe it is the silver bullet. My view is that it is not significantly different to Star Wars memorabilia and that no-one is forced to buy it or likely to lose their life savings on it.
It would also be hypocrisy on my part. As a former CTFC fanzine editor, cartoonist & T-shirt designer, aren’t they just producing a modern day equivalent of those very products (I informed my legal advisor about my early-noughties cartoon chimp character, based on Robbie “car crash” Kember and she is hopeful that Preston & Eben will settle out of court).
Yet there is an emotional price for that success... NFT collectors want something unique, but currently we are part of circa 3k active CTFC fans and maybe another 5k of dormant ones… that is a pretty exclusive & proud band of brothers.... Suddenly we have the prospect of maybe 1m virtual global fans “joining in”.
That is the quintessential dichotomy George referenced, IDENTITY MATTERS… it is what makes OUR club... OUR CLUB...
…as I posted previously - although an ignorant attention-seeker viewed it as entering a hole of gloom - the owners are aware and understand the need to balance both parties.
However - it is also why I will never stop asking them: “Dude, where’s my club”...?
not sure rudeness becomes you though