Storm Fan Ownership Model

[Frogz]

MELBOURNE Storm are looking to follow the model of NFL greats the Green Bay Packers and make the fans owners of the NRL club.

Melissa Woods
AAPOCTOBER 4, 20186:58AM

Melbourne Storm are considering a fan-ownership model.

MELBOURNE Storm are looking to follow the model of NFL greats the Green Bay Packers and make the fans owners of the NRL club.

Storm chairman Bart Campbell announced at the post-season presentation that the club was exploring a fan-owner model.

The Green Bay Packers are the only fan-owned team among major sports in the US.

“We see fan ownership as an innovative way to turbocharge the ambitious growth plans we have for the Storm by doubling our membership to 50,000 by 2023,” Campbell said.

“We know this is a complex issue and it will take some time to fully understand the interest and detail of a fan ownership model. We will keep fans up to date on any decisions that are being considered.”

The club is exploring whether the model is a viable concept by engaging a leading international advisory firm Greenhill.

Campbell said if the model wasn't found to be viable they would continue with the current model with owners Gerry Ryan, Matt Tripp and himself.

Expressions of interest are being taken on the club’s website.

 

[Loobs]

Go **** yourselves Storm. You have achieved *INSERT HUGE OVER-EXAGGERATED AIR QUOTES* success through rampant cheating. First doping, then blatant cap rorting which now has morphed into understated testimonial rorts and player "sponsorship's", all with a huge leg up from the league. The club deserves to be dumped onto their idiot fair-weather supporters of which there will be none once they put a few losing seasons together.

 

[manlyfan76]

Lets buy them and move them, i hear elon musk is looking to put a team on Mars.

 

[HappilyManly]

Lets buy them and move them, i hear elon musk is looking to put a team on Mars.

Hilarious idea if Politis buys them and moves them to Intrust

In fact the 15 other Club's Fans could kill them off even quicker

 

[Loobs]

Lets buy them and move them, i hear elon musk is looking to put a team on Mars.

Let his Boring company buy them, dig a nice big hole and dump them in there....

 

[Shoe1]

I thought they were already owned by their only fans- the nrl

 

[SeaEagle21]

I support the Green Bay Packers and am feeling ill that they are being mentioned in the same sentence as those Southern Grubs.

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

I just wonder with the “ big 3” almost gone how successful the Storm will be post the Scam retirement?

If they had 2-3 years of “ also ran” results I bet their fan base would be retracting not expanding.

Interesting times ahead for that club.

 

[SeaEagle21]

The NRL won't let them go backwards.

They have a steady flow of grubs Munster, Chambers, Asofa-Solomona... so they have a succession plan in place