According to the article there are £13M of other costs of which £2 is the rent.
Other costs are high though compared to other championship clubs, examples given are Ipswitch £5M, Norwich & Reading £6M, Derby & QPR £10M & Leicester £12M. I wonder how much we spend on legal fees after Bates' program outbursts? On 18 May 2012 12:15, Robert Heath <rhe...@asd.edu.qa> wrote: > I don't believe that theory at all. Bates is a lot of bad things, but one > thing I think you can't accuse him of is being a financial > fackwit..............and only an f.f. would give up the chance to earn many > tens of millions to avoid paying 5 million. > > The thing that jumped out for me was that the mystery owner of the ground > (who we all know is actually Bates himself) is pocketing 13 million or so > in rent every year from the club. > > ( I notice the bastard also scored a century against Yorkshire at > Headingley yesterday.) > > > On 18 May 2012 14:00, Simon Hart <simon.h...@york.ac.uk> wrote: > >> It's an excellent article with lots of good info but this jumped out at >> me... >> >> "That said, Leeds do have other important potential liabilities: (a) if >> they are promoted to the Premier League before the 2017/18 season, they >> have to pay £4.75 million to the liquidator;" >> >> One of the often repeated conspiracy theories is that Bates is not >> interested in promotion whilst that will trigger a payment to the >> liquidator. I'm sure it has been said that the deadline for triggering a >> payment was this season which is clearly bollocks if the article is >> correct. Considering the riches available after promotion it would be >> madness to hold back in order to avoid paying less than £5M. >> >> So, either that particular conspiracy theory is total bollocks or we have >> a >> lot longer to wait before we put up a meaningful challenge. >> >> Bring on 2017/18! >> >> _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
