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So without us paying rent, Kassam would need to pay this charge?

Think so although the business rate rules have changed and I haven't looked at them for a while. He may get 3 months exempt iirc when it became empty but would pay afterwards.
 
Why do we pay a service charge yet have to pay to relay the pitch? That should come under that?
 
Business people don’t have success by walking away at the first hint of trouble and before you say they don’t know what they were getting into they knew exactly what they were doing otherwise they wouldn’t be successful.
It’s not the people already on board but the other bigger hitters that might shy away and distrupt tigers plans
 
Like the dozen or so broken light bulbs in the north stand floodlights?

there was another thread about this somewhere. All (most) aren't broken, they are just not turned on because they are not required to reach the lux value required for non-TV league 1 football.
 
Kassam has his say:

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/1...ns-with-oxford-united-are-at-an-all-time-low/

Essentially, stop challenging me with the arbitration and I will stop being awkward.

Somewhere along the line someone is being liberal with the truth. Something tells me both sides are playing the violin in all of this (as much as I dislike Kassam).

It goes back to the point we all know. FK only gives a toss about money and his businesses.

‘“When (previous owners) Nick Merry and Ian Lenagan were in charge, I never had any issues. We both knew what the agreement was and what we had signed up for.’

That line made me snigger. Considering FK had NM sign one of the worst deals in the history of OUFC no wonder he knew ‘never had any issues’ with that aspect!
 
Somewhere along the line someone is being liberal with the truth. Something tells me both sides are playing the violin in all of this (as much as I dislike Kassam).

It goes back to the point we all know. FK only gives a toss about money and his businesses.

‘“When (previous owners) Nick Merry and Ian Lenagan were in charge, I never had any issues. We both knew what the agreement was and what we had signed up for.’

That line made me snigger. Considering FK had NM sign one of the worst deals in the history of OUFC no wonder he knew ‘never had any issues’ with that aspect!

That’s the part that gave it away. They toed the lie and didn’t give FK any issues...he wants to collect his money unchallenged.
 
If Kassam was so confident that he was right, he would happily go to arbitration and get back every penny owed to him. Clearly this has got him rattled and as always he is only interested in his bank account.


Kassam has stated » But lately, for some reason, people have chosen to dispute this and now I am out-of-pocket. It is a very troublesome situation for me, because if these people in charge now walk away, how do I get my money?”

Well Ka££am you now know what it’s like when your owed money and not going to get is. Did you not invoke a CVA on many contractors when you took over the stadium build. Some contractors only received 10% of what they were owed. Karma Ka££am Karma.
 
Let's be clear about one thing. The Licence Agreement was not signed by anyone other than Firoz Kassam and Ashwini Tawakley who signed the Licence for both Firoka AND the Club as at the time it was created by FK he was the owner of both. Those to whom he subsequently sold the club were presented with a fait accompli.
 
"Three years ago, [former owner] Darryl Eales questioned it and why we were paying for things that were not in the document. "

And therein is the issue. Have the StadCo been taking the pee for ages and are now unhappy that someone has gone through the list saying I don't use that, it's not in the contract, I do't want to pay for it. And that is where FK has done himself a pickle. And he's had a hissy fit.

Ironic since OUFC have invested a good 250k+ to put a new pitch down because his StadCo refused to. Works both ways Fizza!
 
"Three years ago, [former owner] Darryl Eales questioned it and why we were paying for things that were not in the document. "

And therein is the issue. Have the StadCo been taking the pee for ages and are now unhappy that someone has gone through the list saying I don't use that, it's not in the contract, I do't want to pay for it. And that is where FK has done himself a pickle. And he's had a hissy fit.

Ironic since OUFC have invested a good 250k+ to put a new pitch down because his StadCo refused to. Works both ways Fizza!

So DE relaid a new pitch, presumably pay for the maintenance, however now have to pay 3k if they wish to train on it?

FK is talking as if all this stuff (not allowed in the stadium until 12 etc) was always in the agreement but he was really kind and had some flexibility.

FK seems pretty irritated
 
So DE relaid a new pitch, presumably pay for the maintenance, however now have to pay 3k if they wish to train on it?

FK is talking as if all this stuff (not allowed in the stadium until 12 etc) was always in the agreement but he was really kind and had some flexibility.

FK seems pretty irritated
Sweet irony isn't it? The tenants pay a lot of money to rectify something he broke and won't fix, then the owner has the gall to charge them to train on it. The fact we are keeping money out his pocket has made me smile a little this morning. He must be so irate! :D
 
After years of trying to be his mate while he laughed all the way to the bank, Im glad we are finally making him sit up and pay attention.

Oxvox please take this on board. So much time and effort was wasted, predictably, trying to get him to agree a compromise a year or so ago.
 
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