“Bill’s gone on record as saying he doesn’t think regular games should be played in the States, and I support his position wholeheartedly,” he says. “As a guy who now lives in Bournemouth, I don’t like that idea. I like the fact the games are played in the UK — that’s where they’re meant to be played. You don’t need Bournemouth to play Brentford in MetLife Stadium (in New Jersey, just outside New York City) for our brand to grow.
“I understand the logic (of the idea’s proponents) but I worked at the NFL for many years and even with the NFL playing a game or two (each season) in Germany, Mexico or Wembley (in London), I don’t know that it has been super-meaningful. I don’t walk around Poole (a town near Bournemouth) and see lots of Miami Dolphins jerseys. They were one of the first teams to come over. I don’t see a lot of Jacksonville Jaguars stuff around London, even though Shahid Khan and Fulham are part of the same ownership group. It would be a miss if we did (Premier League games abroad). I’d be really sad.”
“We’re not a sovereign wealth fund,” he says. “We’re not international owners who have airlines that are going to swoop in and drop a lot of money on the teams. We’ve got to do it carefully, strategically, and be sustainable as a football club.”
This quote jumped out to me lol.Frevola worked on Foley’s 2017 launch of the Golden Knights — starting an ice-hockey team in a town surrounded by sun-scorched desert was a pretty out-there idea itself — and he insists there are parallels.
“We know how to promote Bournemouth as a destination city because we know how to promote Vegas,” he explains. “We’ve got shared resources with the Golden Knights. We have a commercial team that introduce us to big U.S. brands. One of our partners in the U.S. is City National Bank, who have naming rights to the Golden Knights’ training facility. They’re a big new partner of Bournemouth for all of our U.S.-focused initiatives. Our head of marketing in Bournemouth and our head of marketing in Vegas do a weekly call.”
10000x better.i very much like that resume, now does he want the job is the real question. much better than yormark
Resume is a no brainer
When do we start asking if our AD candidates can also coach CBs?Are we going to have our AD before our CB coach?
Frevola fits that imoIdk anything about ADs but bring us someone who cares about winning and football period. An old school type
When do we start asking if our AD candidates can also coach CBs?
Resume is a no brainer
Or, put another way, which AD candidate can finally silence Ariz's ***** ***.Or if he can recruit 5 sTaRz pLaYerZ .
Interesting recent article on him.
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The challenges facing U.S. owners of Premier League clubs: ‘You cannot bastardise the beautiful game’
A leading executive at Bournemouth on the complex challenges that come with being a U.S. custodian of an English top-flight clubwww.nytimes.com
Some paralleled relevance
It’s a tough gig because they have the lowest income in the premier league.
This quote jumped out to me lol.
Is Bear on the board or a golden cane? Does anyone know? He’s a high profile alum and His voice I assume has tons of pullBear quote tweeted me