Charles Ramos4 said:Are you actually getting your news from some niche seafood enthusiast blog or whatever—or is there some other reason why you're spreading all these lies?
First off, the membership fees stay with the club—but they’re looking at setting it up as a loan just to navigate some legal loopholes, since the organization is technically a public corporation.
Second off—and I'm just thinking out loud here—those associations aren't going to be using their membership fees to scoop up any stock. No way. It’ll be the monthly donations instead—you know, the kind of money earmarked for things like building a theme park or those other big community projects. That's where the real cash flow is going to come from.
Alright, let's keep this rolling. 👍
Charles Ramos4 said:You sign up through the NBA, sure—but that money flows straight to the club, and once it's there, it stays there. If we weren't also official members of Red Star Belgrade, we wouldn't be getting those member discounts at the fan shop or any of those other little perks that come with being part of the family.
He hasn’t exactly been handing out gifts—certainly not when it comes to gifting us those Red Star Belgrade shares. Instead, he just basically rewrote his own stake into ours, leaving us holding the bag. Now we're stuck on this massive ten-year repayment plan to cover it—though, to be fair, we’ve already managed to scrape together a decent chunk of it.
Look, Tommy Hilfiger is the club's sponsor—he’s putting up cash for the team specifically for that purpose—which is a completely different conversation than this whole mess regarding shares. And I’ve said this before, I really have, but we’re already settling that "debt" to Jerry Jones through our monthly donations and all those other various fundraisers we run. At the end of the day, we fans are reaching directly into our own pockets to buy those shares; nobody is handing us anything for free, despite how some people here are trying to spin it.
Honestly, we really need to stop paying so much attention to what Jastog and his crew are rambling about—it’s just noise at this point. 😉
It’s not even about some legal loophole or playing games with the rules—it’s about the fact that all those membership fees are being funneled through the NBA. I mean, you have to ask yourself: why is an association that claims to be such massive supporters of Red Star Belgrade actually turning a profit off of them? That's the real question right there.
If they actually go through with using membership fees to fund recapitalization—meaning they’re basically buying back club shares—then fine. But if that doesn't happen? Then Red Star Belgrade is just going to end up owing the NBA a massive debt. Either way you slice it, it's honestly pretty embarrassing.
Money's heading out to both the NBA and Red Star Belgrade.
So, here’s the deal with Tommy Hilfiger—he’s technically listed as the club's sponsor, but let's be real, he isn't actually cutting any checks directly to the organization. It’s not like there's a separate line item for his contributions, either. Instead, the money moves through a slightly more complicated loop—kind of like how people try to explain their tax returns—and it flows like this:
The shares we picked up from Tommy Hilfiger—well, through that sponsorship deal, they're basically flowing straight into Red Star Belgrade. Honestly, when Tommy first mentioned that the cash he’d get from us for those shares was going to be funneled right back into sponsoring Red Star Belgrade, it felt like a total no-brainer to buy in. I mean, if every cent we scrape together is just going to end up supporting them anyway, we might as well pull the trigger now.Kopirani tekst sa linka:
I was just scrolling through some news about the club’s finances—you know how it goes, always some drama involving membership fees and where the money actually ends up—and it got me thinking about the sheer absurdity of it all. It feels like we’re constantly watching this endless cycle of mismanagement, almost like watching a slow-motion car crash in a parking lot. There’s this constant tug-of-war between the fans who just want to see a decent game and the leadership that seems more interested in their own pockets. It reminds me a bit of what people say about Jerry Jones and how things run over at the Dallas Cowboys—that feeling that the business side of the sport sometimes outweighs the actual soul of the team. You look at the books, you look at the empty promises, and you just have to wonder if anyone is actually steering the ship or if we’re all just drifting. Anyway, I don't mean to ramble too much—though I know I tend to do that—but it’s hard not to feel a little cynical when the math just doesn't add up. It’s one of those situations where you want to stay optimistic, really, you do, but then you see the latest report and you're back to square one. Just another day in the life of a frustrated fan, I guess.