The Richmond Reconstruction Summit: Governance, Finance, and the Future of AFC Richmond

This committee accommodates a maximum of 40 delegates.

Chair: TBA

Vice Chair: TBA

AFC Richmond Football Club has become the center of an escalating institutional crisis that extends far beyond the pitch. Once celebrated as a symbol of resilience and unity, the club now faces mounting debt obligations, declining commercial revenues, internal political fractures, labor unrest, and increasing scrutiny from football regulators and international investors alike. Allegations of financial mismanagement, improper sponsorship arrangements, and violations of Financial Fair Play regulations have triggered a wave of uncertainty that threatens not only Richmond’s competitive future, but its very survival.

In response, an emergency reconstruction summit has been convened at Nelson Road Stadium, bringing together an unprecedented coalition of stakeholders: club executives, coaching staff, players, supporters, journalists, regulators, sponsors, financial institutions, political representatives, and prospective investors. Though each delegate formally holds equal standing within the summit, every actor enters negotiations with competing priorities, hidden agendas, and differing visions for what AFC Richmond should become.

Delegates must navigate an evolving crisis that blends diplomacy, economics, governance, and public relations. Discussions may include debt restructuring, wage negotiations, ownership transitions, sovereign investment, supporter activism, league sanctions, media manipulation, labor disputes, and broader questions surrounding ethics and commercialization in modern football. At the same time, crisis developments may rapidly shift the balance of power through leaked documents, sponsor withdrawals, market panic, player revolts, regulatory investigations, or hostile takeover attempts.

Inspired by Ted Lasso yet grounded in the real-world political economy of global football, this specialized crisis committee challenges delegates to balance financial pragmatism with institutional legitimacy, competitive ambition with ethical governance, and short-term survival with the long-term identity of the club itself. In a system where public trust, market confidence, and internal unity are all fragile, every negotiation has consequences, and every decision may determine whether AFC Richmond emerges rebuilt, transformed, or lost entirely.