So why did the Northern Eagles revert to Manly in 2003?
I am not sure what your quotr or my response has to do with this.
You said Norths weren't viable (an untruth, the NRL has saved Saints, Newcastle and the Titans by stepping in at the 11th hour to avoid them going into administration just this decade, and the Warriors actually did go under in 200! Would you call those four clubs unviable?) and that they could have done a Souths (not possible as they were under the control of administrator).
I am not sure what your quotr or my response has to do with this.
You said Norths weren't viable (an untruth, the NRL has saved Saints, Newcastle and the Titans by stepping in at the 11th hour to avoid them going into administration just this decade, and the Warriors actually did go under in 200! Would you call those four clubs unviable?) and that they could have done a Souths (not possible as they were under the control of administrator).
Tbf most clubs are only now starting to be viable due to a massive cash injection from the nrl. Most of them are pretty poor at running as a business it would seem. Would bears be viable? Probably but does the need another small club scraping along? I’d suggest not.
Historically the bears clearly weren’t viable or they wouldn’t have had to go into administration.
What I am getting at is that Norths were unviable. Otherwise they would still exist at the other half of the Northern Eagles merge
You're not paying attention. They didn't choose to be in a joint venture. They sabotaged it in the hope of crippling Manly and getting the license. Neither party came in good faith, and Manly was fortunate to have someone stump up a few million in August 2001 otherwise it would have been curtains for that club.
What I am getting at is that Norths were unviable. Otherwise they would still exist at the other half of the Northern Eagles merge
Ok, so let's go with that for a second. Norths were viable right through to 2002, but tried to sabotage a merger that they were forced into - they succeeded in sabotaging the merger obviously because it ceased to exist in 2003 - but Manly came out of it and played in the NRL and Norths didn't.
Were Norths viable in 2003? It doesn't seem like it.
You're not paying attention. They didn't choose to be in a joint venture. They sabotaged it in the hope of
So because they weren't in the comp they weren't viable? Were Souths Viable in 2000 and 2001?
Well souths are my point. If Norths were still viable after the split then they could have used the souths precedent to gain re-entry into the league. Why didn't they? Because they weren't viable as a club.
Utter bullshit.
The Titans went into administration in 2013, and the Warriors actually folded in 2000. Would you say they aren't viable and that is a legitimate reason for excluding them from the comp?
The ship has sailed on Norths but they got a rough deal. Seeing as they had a couple of seasons above 15k im attendances and came about 3rd on decade averages out of the sydney clubs I would say they could have been quite ok.
You're not paying attention. They didn't choose to be in a joint venture. They sabotaged it in the hope of
So because they weren't in the comp they weren't viable? Were Souths Viable in 2000 and 2001?
40s through to 90s would be the hibernating supporter age range.Saw a guy walking along the ocean path in Perth with a bears top on at the weekend. he looked about 80. I'm guessing that is probably the avg age of Bears fans that are left?
I am saying they weren't viable when they went belly up, clearly! Should they have been booted? Well that depends on strategic importance to the NRL. At a time the NRL needed to reduce the comp and had a massive amount of Sydney teams already you cant blame them for not bailing the Bears out. In fact back then the NRL probably wouldn't have had the money to bail them out anyway and certainly didn't have the leadership. Arguably they saved Dragons, Knights, Titans and probably one or two others in recent times because they need 16 teams for contractual reasons as well as the strategic importance to the make up of the comp of those clubs.
Arguably not, Souths won lotto, what are the odds of a multimillionaire Hollywood A lister being a fan? Pretty confident if Rusty hadn't come along Souths would likely be gone or also in hock to the NRL by now.