The Fighting Tiger Fund - "Giving 110%" [merged]

[Tigeritis™©®]

Looks like we don't have that many wealthy supporters like some other clubs. I think some of the posts hoping for 10 million was crazy talk.
I would have thought knocking of half the debt would be a great achievement.

[Infamy]

Was all done in one go through the keypad. They also asked people to stand up and sit down as they reached their donation limit. Two people left standing at $50k.
People I spoke to at my table werent a fan of this but it was optional.

They did say after that donations over $10k would have half tax deductible and offered people to up their bid based on this. I'm sure that total will increase as many wouldn't have liked the bidding process and will donate privately.

[torch]

look ... to donate money for this fund riser is a great thing, appreciate the money people.

like many of you, YES, disappointed with that amount, but we have to be thankful for the money.

it is money the club never had ... i would throw it all on the debt!

[cub]

Give the crowd more alcohol and then blank cheques to sign 

Break out the Blue label 

[FNM]

Looks like we don't have that many wealthy supporters like some other clubs. I think some of the posts hoping for 10 million was crazy talk.
I would have thought knocking of half the debt would be a great achievement.

I remember 20 years ago it took a month to raise a million
To raise that money in one night ain't bad!

[Hellenic Tiger]

Thankful for the dough but considering there was a rumour of a 1.5 million dollar donation early on it paved the way for some optimism that we may eradicate the debt in one hit and have some left over to go to the local milk bar and get some mixed lollies!

[tony_montana]

2-3 mill in one night is a good achievement - i guess sometimes you can get carried away expecting more especially when u hear talk about a single 7 figure donation early on in the piece

[one-eyed]

RFC raise 2.3mill tonight, 1 private group contributed just over 1 mill, great night KB & J Riewoldt spoke brilliantly

http://twitter.com/BTBrianTaylor

[cub]

Thankful for the dough but considering there was a rumour of a 1.5 million dollar donation early on it paved the way for some optimism that we may eradicate the debt in one hit and have some left over to go to the local milk bar and get some mixed lollies!

Mixed lollies aint as cheap as they used to be 20 years ago either 

[FNM]

Mixed lollies aint as cheap as they used to be 20 years ago either 

Yeah, I've been meaning to write to the ACCC over that lol

[Hellenic Tiger]

Thankful for the dough but considering there was a rumour of a 1.5 million dollar donation early on it paved the way for some optimism that we may eradicate the debt in one hit and have some left over to go to the local milk bar and get some mixed lollies!

Mixed lollies aint as cheap as they used to be 20 years ago either 

No they aren't but they still are good to keep players blood sugar levels right as they were 20 years ago.

[wayne]

i guess you just wonder if this is meant to be THE night, where will the rest come from?

[10 FLAGS]

i guess you just wonder if this is meant to be THE night, where will the rest come from?

I reckon the club will be disappointed at least internally, externally they will say its a great start and the rest, but if the rich and powerful supporters can only come up with $2.3 million then we will have a real challenge to get to $6 million.

[smasha]

Maybe a few have blank cheques and are telling the club "you can name a price after a Richmond win next week"

[10 FLAGS]

RFC probably expected $3 million as a minimum and hoping for $4 million - at least that is what someone messaged me. So I'd reckon they'd be looking at whats happened and why they didn't get what they'd hoped for.