Can we just be clear here - the Council does not have a controlling interest in ACL. I can't understand why there's so much confusion around this. They can't wind up or sell ACL all on their own. You're asking the council to do something that they simply can't do.
True - but ccc and higgs can agree to sell their shares. Higgs have many times said they would be interested in selling their part. CCC haven't - they have on more than one occasion said they would never sell to sisu. Buying only Higgs shares doesn't give the club control and so it wouldn't be possible to include ACL revenue in the FFP calculation.
You're also conflating the pricing of ACL and a long lease for what SISU were requesting for the freehold (two valuations, etc). As a private company, ACL can value themselves at what they wish - a fair price is one at which they wish to sell, should they wish to sell.
Yes, ACL can make their own valuation, but it won't be ACL who decide if a price is right or wrong or even if they want to be sold or not - that is purely a decision the shareholders can make ... Higgs and CCC.
Again, SISU had the opportunity to buy 50% of ACL, but walked away.
They walked when CCC turned their back to the plan they had jointly with sisu. That, I believe will be part of sisu's argumentation in court (JR).
Anyway, politely, I think there's a reversal of logic here.
Because SISU say they won't accept a rental deal (even though it's clearly financially in the best interests of the club), you're saying we should pressurise the council to sell.
I think, politely, that's all backwards. For the good of the club we should pressure SISU to return to the Ricoh, and then negotiate on everything else. If there's no deal that can then be found with regard to access to income streams, sale of freehold, ACL, long lease, etc etc., then the club should just press on and build the new stadium if it genuinely makes better financial sense.
I think history have told us we (the fans) cannot pressure sisu into anything. We can't make them leave, we can't make them stay (at the Ricoh), we can't force them to sell etc. Nothing we the fans have done so far have had any bearings on sisu's strategy.
(Also, fwiw, I see ARVO as just an extension of SISU - I can't see that they'd let a third party that they do not control having a complete hold on the club. It's just a mechanism to allow them to retain the club in the event of Administration, as already demonstrated. In my opinion, that is.)
I have already argued a few times that ARVO could well be sisu rel 2.0 and that they are likely to take over if/when sisu leaves. That's actually a point I have tried to make very clear as that could enter any sisu-out and NOPM campaign worthless.
