If the statue is such a bad idea (as that article implies) why was it ever included as an option in the first place?
And, as MLG has pointed out before, how is giving out free tickets to school children (one assumes for seats that would have gone unsold in the first place) going to cost £30,000? So, the Football League give the club £30k, the club hand out £30ks worth of tickets, and the £30k ends up in the club's bank account. No?
Carlsberg don't do pulling wool over the Football League authority's eyes, but if they did...