the news that creditors are trying to obtain some of his inheritance is not earth shattering news and is quite expected. the fact he is having business disputes should not disqualify him from a blues member/contributor - though they should get the cash upfront.
geez if we dont want people with current or previous financial issues or not repaid a debt then i shudder to think how low our membership base would be.
i would not write off his debt but rather try to leverage his clear love of the blues and try to eventually get it back.
even more reason to keep him interested in the club. hopefully now that he is cashed we will get that extra 150k. mind u he still donated 850k if u believe the report which is not a bad effort for someone we want nothing to with. give the doc a fair go.
Together with his bankruptcy and outrageous partners, that's fairly compelling reasons to ensure that his association with the club is never publicised. Convicted felons in the coach's box isn't a good look.
the club doesn't publicise so this is out of the clubs control. rather than have such narrow , conservative view of it consider the benefits of helping a member of the community help rehabilitate themselves. admire the fact that after his criminal indiscretion he has rebuilt his life. he is not alone in being bankrupt and re his partners well beauty is in the eye of the beholder - good on him for having a crack and some fun.
again i repeat the challenge show us some facts that his presence in the box has materially harmed the club?
"Edelsten was a general practitioner, but was deregistered in New South Wales in 1988 and later in Victoria. In 1990, he was jailed for perverting the course of justice and soliciting Christopher Dale Flannery to assault a former patient."
Yeh, just our type.
im pretty sure has completed his sentence so i don't something that occurred 26 + years ago is a deal breaker. for me the deal breaker regarding his involvement is conviction on major heinous crimes. its true that he is a controversial character however all clubs will have people involved that would be described as being "colorful". happy to reconsider if its proven that the media associating him to carlton materially hurts our brand.
unfortunately we cant afford it. dont see the issue when the club is not responsible for the media he receives. have the pies commercial operations suffered due to have joffa associated with them?
or are we so superior / jealous that we cant tolerate an old person with cash who hooks up with younger consenting adults? or is it his dress standards we cant tolerate. as the great r pratt showed unity beats division so mine is a big YES for the wealthy doctor.
30 k for two hours what a great hrly rate. as a long time non corp member i have absolutely no issue in this type of footy experience being made available for the highest possible dollar return. we unfortunately don't have enough members and debts so yes go out blues and get the good doctors cash before the lawyers get his mums cash or was that his cash originally and which has now come out of hiding.
I don't have an issue with him being a club member at all but not as a public face of the club. I just hope we don't see a shot of our coach's box with him sitting in the background again!
i dont think he holds any public position with the club, being in the box was either a raffle win or something he paid good dollars for. unless he has committed a heinous crime then lets all chill and bound him up in blue.
whilst he embarrasses himself we as a club need to be inclusive of all. i dont respect his alleged business antics however i do respect that he has been a lifelong blues supporter and sponsor even when he was with the swans. lifes to short and we are not that big a club to not accept a member because they didnt fit our profile of whats right or good.
