I didn't know about that. My guess is that the club wants to put even more emphasis in this area and this appointment is just one more resource towards that end. Which makes sense. There is only so much pie out there. You can't expect to get a larger slice of it, if you don't have the resources to go after it.
I've always found that people are people, some good, some bad, most somewhere in between. What they wear or the way they speak, or where they live, or where they grew up, or where they went to school, etc have no bearing on that.
Sorry, it doesn't make sense. We already have a CCO. If wanting to beef up the commercial department then we would employ more directors reporting into him or (if we thought he wasn't good enough) would replace him. Appointing a 'Chief Football Officer' as a peer of the Chief Commercial Officer on the board at Spurs just isn't the way that a company would go about doing what you're suggesting.
I have very little interest in whether people are good or bad, if they're not family or friends then their only measure of worth is how beneficial they are to me.
You make the point for me about hoping my sons, despite their privilege, don't grow up sharing your outlook so much better than I do.
I would love that yes, though that isn't the argument here. The suggestion was that Munn had come in to concentrate on commercial deals, which just seems completely unlikely to me given his title and the composition of the board at THFC already.
I think you’re kind of making my point for me mate….
All of my replies were to alekaras (I think starting 2 or 3 pages ago).
Lucky you…. Wish I had been.
I don't disagree, but again, I'm just taking a stab at what one of the things that Munn would focus on would be given his background. And I wouldn't pay too much attention to the titles, especially since we do not know the exact org chart of the club. Will remain to be seen how it actually pans out.
It's like any job, you might have your focus but if your skills bring more to the table and you can open up opportunities because of your relationships then its only a benefit. Doesn't mean it's their job or focus though, we are talking high level executives here who in any form of sector there is always cross over of roles.
Any role with a seat on the board and a ‘chief’ C on the front of it, would very much pay attention to their title, after all it tells their accountability. Todd Kline has a seat on the board as our Chief Commercial Officer. If Munn has been brought in with a remit of commercial deals then the CCO isn’t going to accept that person not working for them.