Could we buy the club

Surfers Paradise WT Fan · 2025-12-08T13:17:43+1100

Wests is valued at 40 to 50 million.

15,000 fans buy put in $2,700.

We currently have 9000 paying members

If you think about it...

1. HBG will probably only want to sell a majority of shares
2. There will be rich fans who will likely pay more for more ownership or extra shares

In that case the figure may be closer to $1000 to $1500 per person which is a season or 2 paying for membership.

Lets buy the club.

426Tlgerland · 2025-12-08T13:28:18+1100

Why Not
Barcelona FC is owned by paid up member , and those members get to vote in the board and CEO. , very simple but very affective .
Tigers at say 50 million , sold as share ,,valued at $??? Per share , min 1 share max 100 shares available to 1 person or company , wouldn’t take much these days to reach the 50 but you would need more funds plus a club , home ground , etc , big job

Buttface · 2025-12-08T13:34:16+1100

426Tlgerland said:
Why Not
Barcelona FC is owned by paid up member , and those members get to vote in the board and CEO. , very simple but very affective .
Tigers at say 50 million , sold as share ,,valued at $??? Per share , min 1 share max 100 shares available to 1 person or company , wouldn’t take much these days to reach the 50 but you would need more funds plus a club , home ground , etc , big job

As long as when I am CEO everyone still calls me Buttface. I’m in.

Suzie-Q · 2025-12-08T13:35:20+1100

Buttface said:
As long as when I am CEO everyone still calls me Buttface. I’m in.

Chief Buttface? 😂😂😂

Surfers Paradise WT Fan · 2025-12-08T13:40:20+1100

I would easily pay few thousand just to have the privilage to say i partially own my beloved tigers.

gregjm87 · 2025-12-08T13:41:42+1100

Surfers Paradise WT Fan said:
Wests is valued at 40 to 50 million.

15,000 fans buy put in $2,700.

We currently have 9000 paying members

If you think about it...

1. HBG will probably only want to sell a majority of shares
2. There will be rich fans who will likely pay more for more ownership or extra shares

In that case the figure may be closer to $1000 to $1500 per person which is a season or 2 paying for membership.

Lets buy the club.

Theoretically potentially could work. But you would also need those fans/owners to cover operational costs. Ive no idea what that would be but I'd suggest you would be looking at the same cost again. And assuming that the club does not to turn a profit (last year being thus far a once off) it would be a continued financial commitment.

Once bought however, it is far from a guarantee that it would be run any better. If there are factions and in fighting under (essentially) 1 ownership, imagine the infighting amongst those rich fans with greater ownership percentages all wanting their say.

It's an interesting proposal that if it were a possibility would be worth investigating. However the biggest road block is the club isn't actually for sale.

GNR4LIFE · 2025-12-08T13:45:21+1100

The flame wars are bad enough just being supporters. Could you imagine if supporters had ownership?

murrayf · 2025-12-08T13:48:09+1100

If the HBG don't want to sell you have Buckleys.

And by all reports they don't.

Rock Hopper Steve · 2025-12-08T13:54:58+1100

gregjm87 said:
Theoretically potentially could work. But you would also need those fans/owners to cover operational costs. Ive no idea what that would be but I'd suggest you would be looking at the same cost again. And assuming that the club does not to turn a profit (last year being thus far a once off) it would be a continued financial commitment.

Once bought however, it is far from a guarantee that it would be run any better. If there are factions and in fighting under (essentially) 1 ownership, imagine the infighting amongst those rich fans with greater ownership percentages all wanting their say.

It's an interesting proposal that if it were a possibility would be worth investigating. However the biggest road block is the club isn't actually for sale.

Agree mate one owner or a small group with the motive only to make Wests Tigers great again.

There's no guarantee if thousands of owners don't contain what we are trying to get rid of Balmain/Magpies fanatics.

Buttface · 2025-12-08T14:31:38+1100

murrayf said:
If the HBG don't want to sell you have Buckleys.

And by all reports they don't.

Yeah bcoz they got in for $100 and if it sells for $50 million who gets that cash$

colinbh · 2025-12-08T15:17:00+1100

Surfers Paradise WT Fan said:
Wests is valued at 40 to 50 million.

15,000 fans buy put in $2,700.

We currently have 9000 paying members

If you think about it...

1. HBG will probably only want to sell a majority of shares
2. There will be rich fans who will likely pay more for more ownership or extra shares

In that case the figure may be closer to $1000 to $1500 per person which is a season or 2 paying for membership.

Lets buy the club.

Great idea. Who will run it?

Buttface said:
Yeah bcoz they got in for $100 and if it sells for $50 million who gets that cash$

weststigers · 2025-12-08T15:49:49+1100

Surfers Paradise WT Fan said:
Wests is valued at 40 to 50 million.

15,000 fans buy put in $2,700.

We currently have 9000 paying members

If you think about it...

1. HBG will probably only want to sell a majority of shares
2. There will be rich fans who will likely pay more for more ownership or extra shares

In that case the figure may be closer to $1000 to $1500 per person which is a season or 2 paying for membership.

Lets buy the club.

Mate, you could, but the fans are not organised.

Need a fan association like they do in the EPL and bring everyone under one banner.

You could probably raise a small ownership share amongst other stakeholders.

weststigers · 2025-12-08T15:51:05+1100

Surfers Paradise WT Fan said:
Wests is valued at 40 to 50 million.

15,000 fans buy put in $2,700.

We currently have 9000 paying members

If you think about it...

1. HBG will probably only want to sell a majority of shares
2. There will be rich fans who will likely pay more for more ownership or extra shares

In that case the figure may be closer to $1000 to $1500 per person which is a season or 2 paying for membership.

Lets buy the club.

Also very quick reality check...owners share in the losses as well, so you'd need to be prepared to front some money during the bad times or you'll just get diluted.

BAGNF05 · 2025-12-08T15:51:34+1100

weststigers said:
Mate, you could, but the fans are not organised.

Need a fan association like they do in the EPL and bring everyone under one banner.

You could probably raise a small ownership share amongst other stakeholders.

Seems like there’s some pretty intelligent fans like that Barnier bloke, and some wealthy ones too. Never say never.

weststigers · 2025-12-08T15:52:11+1100

GNR4LIFE said:
The flame wars are bad enough just being supporters. Could you imagine if supporters had ownership?

Supporters just need an elected rep on the board...fan association is the way forward.

Surfers Paradise WT Fan · 2025-12-08T16:14:49+1100

weststigers said:
Also very quick reality check...owners share in the losses as well, so you'd need to be prepared to front some money during the bad times or you'll just get diluted.

Green bay packers and barcelona work. It cannot be that hard.

Plus how many tigers fans are there? There is way more then 9k.

My only concern is there wouldnt be enough shares to go around

weststigers · 2025-12-08T16:18:44+1100

Surfers Paradise WT Fan said:
Green bay packers and barcelona work. It cannot be that hard.

Plus how many tigers fans are there? There is way more then 9k.

My only concern is there wouldnt be enough shares to go around

Yeah mate, it can work, but you need to factor those things in. Some people are happy to buy in, but don't want to support if there are losses.

Buttface · 2025-12-08T16:57:05+1100

colinbh said:
Great idea. Who will run it?

Thanks for your vote Col, that’s 2/0. 😎

Tiger_claws · 2025-12-08T17:21:45+1100

Buttface said:
As long as when I am CEO everyone still calls me Buttface. I’m in.

Thanks Buttface. Gave me a good laugh in what has been a nightmare week.

Tom Shines · 2025-12-08T17:51:51+1100

Let’s not worry about Billionaire Laundy buying them … let’s do it this way

Could we buy the club

Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Moderator

Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member