So I was at a BBQ this weekend and NYCFC came up and someone mentioned our owners. Another party guest immediately said, "I'd divest in a heartbeat before giving another penny to those guys."
It got me wondering what is my own divestment threshold. In my client work I use what I call a bookend technique for this sort of question.
E.g., If Sheik Mansour became a paragon of human rights, won a Nobel Peace Prize and started giving away $1B every year to organizations seeking to build a peaceful Middle East, I would gladly spend more money on NYCFC. OTOH, if the Sheik dressed 100 babies in NYCFC jerseys and beheaded them all for sport, I'd cancel my season tickets and never spend another dime on NYCFC.
Right now I'm in stasis. I'm keeping my season tickets but never buying more swag. Yet there are crossover points that would lead me to spend more or divest and cancel my tickets. Where are those points?
My questions to the forum, (and answers could be about on field or off field)
It got me wondering what is my own divestment threshold. In my client work I use what I call a bookend technique for this sort of question.
E.g., If Sheik Mansour became a paragon of human rights, won a Nobel Peace Prize and started giving away $1B every year to organizations seeking to build a peaceful Middle East, I would gladly spend more money on NYCFC. OTOH, if the Sheik dressed 100 babies in NYCFC jerseys and beheaded them all for sport, I'd cancel my season tickets and never spend another dime on NYCFC.
Right now I'm in stasis. I'm keeping my season tickets but never buying more swag. Yet there are crossover points that would lead me to spend more or divest and cancel my tickets. Where are those points?
My questions to the forum, (and answers could be about on field or off field)
- What would you have to see happen before you would open the spigots to spend even more money on NYCFC?
- What would you have to see happen to cause you to cancel your tickets and/or divest your interest in NYCFC?