tobu
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So, latest news are that the team has a coach and already scheduled some friendly games. Nobody knows who will play in them and where though.
this is interesting but i dont understand exactly.?Some additional background info as to what's going on in an interview (Slovak only) with the vice-mayor of Bratislava.
- Bratislava as a city has a "pledge" on the Slovan brand, in other words, the brand is a collateral the city owns, and if the current management defaults, the city gets the brand
- One of the reasons why the potential investor from Czech republic backed out was the fact above, they weren't happy with the fact that they would not own the brand, in other words, payment of debts to the city were never in plan for the new investor in year 1
- The city still insists on all debts to be paid, or Slovan doesn't get access to the arena
- The city's STaRZ organization which handles all Bratislava's public sporting institutions/events is preliminary defaulted, all because of Slovan not paying any of its obligations
- The city does want Slovan to continue, even if it means the current management company defaults and the city takes over Slovan as a new owner of the Slovan brand
this is interesting but i dont understand exactly.?
the brand "slovan bratislava" belongs always to the city? or just now as a security until the debt is paid, which is "only" 1 million to the city.
so IF club is paying the debt the brand is back again, or still belongs to city? and city could "run" a "new" club named slovan bratislava??
even if it means the current management company defaults and the city takes over Slovan as a new owner of the Slovan brand
Slovan has paid it's debt to the city
He now confirmed that the city has received the money. They will now be open to negotiate terms on which Slovan can continue using the arena. Still a long way to go for Slovan, they still have a huge debt against players to pay off, which is a requirement for Extraliga, but I guess Siroky has decided to dig deep into his pockets.Allegedly, right? The vice-mayor was quoted yesterday as saying, "I'll only believe it when the money actually arrives in the city's bank account."
Any I am missing?
but how stupid could this be?? suddenly the multimillionaire siroky should take money from his private petty cashIf the owner somehow manages to pay off all the debts and Slovan gets a go to play in extraliga and Slovan agrees with the city on the arena rent, then great. The league will be fun to follow. I don't think Slovan will contend for the title though, not yet.
but how stupid could this be?? suddenly the multimillionaire siroky should take money from his private petty cash
why then not do it before, and keep KHL..
i from my side will stop attend games in future if it should happen (unless new ownership arise after bankruptcy) , i rather save the money and fly once a year to moscow for attending 2 or 3 KHL games..
He's willing to pay off the debts and go Extraliga because its a whole lot cheaper? And Slovan will be a top team so more glory = more money coming back in?
"Glory" and "Slovak league" don't belong in the same sentence. I for one will hardly be paying attention to the team in the upcoming season. It's time to grow up. It's either the KHL (or a league with Czechs, or a future NHL European division) – or bust.
We can see, with football Slovan (owned by very similar owners), how much "domination" in Slovak league is worth on the international stage. Zilch. They struggle against third-rate international opponents playing on village football fields.
If you don't consistently measure yourself against the best (those who are often better than you), the inevitable result will be a fall into mediocrity (and worse). That's why a KHL hockey season with 62 straight losses would be more "glorious", to me, than wining the Slovak championship. Provincial remains provincial, no matter how you paint it.
(It's fine and necessary to have provincial championships, too, of course. But to go back from the world stage to the provincial stage, due to mismanagement, and pretend as if there might be any remnant of "glory" in any of that, is ridiculous.)
Was this the case before Slovan joined the KHL and fans tasted the quality if KHL level hockey?