Haha indeed it would for us as fans. Although I suspect he's been in so many similar investment meetings before. I suspect we might be surprised about how well he's received actually.
Hmm i think you're wrong here. I think many people buy clubs in the belief they will make money from it. Whether they are deluded or not, and whether that's realistic is another matter. Certainly, look at the likes of Mike Ashley, or John Henry, or the Glaziers. All have or are likely to make incredible money from the clubs they bought. Clearly massive clubs so maybe not as applicable to the discussion at GFC, but I don't follow the finances/ownerships of other smaller clubs so I dont have any examples to hand. I am sure there's other success stories amongst smaller clubs there too. Of course, there's plenty of failures too, and plenty of chairmen who do just end up ploughing money into the clubs and then mismanaging them.
I think you're still missing the point. You're still talking about buying a football club. Scally is not looking to sell the club. I'm sure he would if an amazing offer came up, but i think the point is that when he talks about investment it's nothing to do with a sale. Nor is he looking for someone to plough a few million into our playing squad - as you say, little return there. What he is quite clearly trying to do is looking for a partner to build a new stadium with. There's a very tangible business case and return for any investor here. I am not saying it stacks up financially (i am not a millionnaire investor) - i dont have a clue, but the principles of the proposal are clear to me at least. A company has literally just tried this at Grays Athletic for example (unfortunately their planning application was actually rejected). This model has occurred a number of times over the country already.
The deal seems simple to me - housing company wants to develop a new estate, but will probably struggle to get planning permission with Medway Council. Scally's proposal is that the company works with GFC (a local community asset) and pays for our stadium to be built, and as a result of a joint planning application along with a community asset the developer all of a sudden can get that planning approval they require in order to build the houses and make vast profit they are after (even after paying for our new stadium). I have no doubt this is his strategy, particularly given the charm offensive with the local council over the past few years. Opening up Priestfield to COVID tests for example will just be another example of him trying to increase the club's profile and importance to the community.