As many of you are aware on Sunday night past Red.fans was unaccessible.
For myself I figured it must be a problem with my phone and I said to myself that I would have our IT department look at my phone the next morning.
Later that evening I started to receive texts from other posters asking why they could not get on to Red,fans.
When I awoke Monday morning I had multiple texts from other posters who were experiencing the same problem.
At that point I immediately got in touch with two of Paul's ( may he rest in peace ) sons to advise them of the problem.
They let me know that the Domain had expired and they had put off the renewal due to the high cost.
Then they went on to apologise, which is nuts as they are wonderful young men who have zero to apologise to me or to any other poster.
Having said all that, they had to lay out $3,600 for the Domain for the year, clearly a very substantial amount, without the need for myself or anyone else to have to rehash their family's situation. And this is for a site solely for our collective pleasure and enjoyment as Max and Paul almost never post on this site.
Having said that, I ask you all to please follow my lead and please make a $50 donation to the site today to assist the Massell boys and family in one of the costs of this site, which is so important to each and everyone one of us. There is no obligatory fee for any of us to pay for our use, as there is with many a site, and I ask for this nominal amount from each of us to help defray the cost of the Domain for this year.
This has been a great season for the team and SJU and we have all derived an enormous amount of fun in chatting and debating with others on this great site.
No reason we should not participate in the cost of the Domain.
More importantly there is no reason the entire cost should be borne by the Massell family.
Thank you all and thank you for and on behalf of the Massell Family.