Probably solid points by B&S. Cyah disagree nah, but I am following as best as I can
Dreamer leh mih tell yuh eh...I know game and could recognize it when I see it. Jack Jedi game strong dred. I doh think people understand de heights of skullduggery we dealing with here enuh, lol. Jack is a master of subtleties and it tying up de public head bad. It ent easy to follow eh, but yuh have to take yuh time and piece it together. Read Lalla letter again, ah think there are three points where he mention the agreement on the lease price and specifically that THAT particular term (rental fee) was being deferred until later on.
Ask yuhself, as a tenant, why would something as critical as that (for most people that's the whole pie right there, "how much to rent this place") would be deferred? Now think of the situation...Jack want the best possible facilities, this ent Bim or Bermuda we playing after all...and this not fuh TV6 broadcast. My bet is that the pitch we will see is unlike anything we've seen in quite some time. Who knows what other upgrades to the physical plant are in the works as well... remember that every camera angle will be covered, so electrical upgrades of some degree are to be expected. So it is clear these upgrades must be factored into the cost of renting the facility...and it is clear that ONLY AFTER sourcing the materials and labor etc. could estimates be included in the cost...in short it would take time. Jack and dem knew this, which is why they didn't press for a price immediately.
When Hunt forwarded the proposed lease what kill Jack dead was the fact that they wouldn't get away with renting the HC for $3,000 TT. See the 10% thing was always there, but they could always hide ticket numbers and what not to avoid paying more than $3,000. Remember, is either $3,000 or 10% WHICHEVER IS GREATER. So now that Jack outsmart heself and run and hold big release gloating about how he sell out de match in less than 24 hours (or whatever it was), with the stratified pricing (covered, uncovered and VIP seating...with exactly how many of each available) being public domain now (everybody know exactly how much seat sell, and for how much) ...since he wanted to boast and tell we everything sell out, is simple math now to figure out how much money is to be made from the gate.
Using that figure, Hunt now say "we asking either $150K or the usual 10%...but guess what, gate receipts add up to $9M...so 10% of that mean they owe de Ministry $900,000. Enough to make ah criminal bawl...and bawl he did. Obviously it go hurt when yuh plan on paying $3K and now hearing that yuh either have to pay $150k or $900,000k...regardless whether yuh could afford it or not, it will still hurt. Yuh miss de part whey dey was boldface enough to ask the Ministry to forego charging dem anything at all or what? lol...then they say they withdrew that request b/c the Ministry wasn't cooperating. No shit....freeco days done.
Now mind you looming in the background is the fact that Jack just took a very public ass-whipping in front of everybody with this arbitration ruling. I don't think he wanted too much focus on that with the BBC and whomever else here. So throw up an elaborate smoke screen...threaten to cancel the game...last minute play hero and say "this is unfair what the gov't is doing, but we'll take one for the public and still hold the game"... and before you know it arbitration talk on de back burner whey de public concerned. De man smart and conniving, he eh reach where he is in FIFA by mistake.
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