Questions for Don Rowing

Or the Hound For A Pound policy Adam Hinchcliffe came up with so fans could bring their dogs to the footie.

 

Don,

The problem of moral luck is that some people are born into, live within, and experience circumstances that seem to change their moral culpability when all other factors remain the same.

For instance, a case of circumstantial moral luck: a poor person is born into a poor family, and has no other way to feed himself so he steals his food. Another person, born into a very wealthy family, does very little but has ample food and does not need to steal to get it. Should the poor person be more morally blameworthy than the rich person? After all, it is not his fault that he was born into such circumstances, but a matter of "luck".

Does the answer lie in Colchester stubs? Thanks.

 

*cough*. I'm stepping away from the thread, hanging my head in shame...

 

My questions is about the academy of which I am a big, but concerned supporter:

a. What is the budget for the running costs of the academy? How much does sponsorship reduce these costs?
b. I have read that, as a result of the recent changes in academy structures, the club will have to increase the number of coaches it employs in the academy. How much will these changes add to the running costs of the academy?
c. Does the club employ any method of testing how successful the academy coaches are in maximising the potential of the youngsters in their care?
d. Has the club compared on the one hand the income generated from player sales plus the amount of transfer fees saved because a player has secured a regular first team starting place (youngsters graduating from the academy) and on the other hand the cost of running the academy. I would expect that this sum would be done on a long term or ongoing basis in order to tell whether the club is getting value for money from its investment in the academy. This sum does not need to include the capital cost of constructing the indoor training facility etc.
e. How can the club improve the quality of young talent that it can attract into the academy, given the competition that exists for that talent in this area.
f. What factors do the parents of a talented 16 year old take into consideration when deciding which club to trust with their child's talent.
g. How important is the academy to the ongoing strategy of the club, given the recent changes forced upon the lower league clubs by the Premier League, including the changes to the protection offered by the old system against poaching of young talent. No doubt the answer will be very important, but why?

 

Is the club still open to offers from new owners or investment.

 

What was the fall in season ticket this year?

Did the early bird catch the worm?

 

Dear Donald,

Why do you need suggestions on how to run a football club?

hope this helps Donald

 

Grow up and let the REAL people do their bit.

 

it's a fair question (why does he need suggestions on how to run a football club?) but why i am justifying it to the likes of you is mystifying to me.

Maybe it's my life's vocation to hope that i help.

 

Did you get all of these in Gally?