One thing I will add is that I won't be signing any online petition. I simply don't see what difference it will make, those with the power at the top of the club don't care what we think as long as we are still paying for tickets and buying merchandise. The only time our opinions will matter to them is when it has a negative influence on their bank balances.
While I agree with much if what you say, and a good deal of your logic is inarguable, I personally believe that wherever we disagree with decisions made that affect us then we should, nay must, make our voices heard. Even in those circumstance where we feel it will be futile.
Many on here bemoan the state of the game. The money orientation, the distance between fan and player, the power of the wealthy versus the weak. This need not have happened had, twenty five years ago, people stood against the cartel of the Premier League being established and said no, we demand a system that benefits all, not just the few. But we didn't, because we were seduced by the glamour of the new product, and because we didn't feel we would achieve anything.
Today, with our football club, we are presented with an opportunity to challenge a prospective decision and to let our views be known. Don't waste this chance to make your feelings known. Don't stand by saying "what difference will my little voice make", don't be swayed by the arch comments of posters who claim the inside track. Stand up for what you believe and even if we fail, we will at least have done the right thing. We will have tried.
In the great scheme of things this is all unimportant of course, but for 90 minutes on a Saturday afternoon it can be all that matters to most of us. Don't stand by and watch as something potentially so good is thrown away. Make your voice heard.