Brisbane2 think WA is a certainty

[Perth Red]

Bid boss Craig Davison has a strong relationship with Bennett through the Thoroughbreds but said: ''I've made a point of not talking to Wayne at all. When the NRL nominate us as the preferred tender along with Western Australia,
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/benji-threatened-to-quit-tigers-20110219-1b07u.html

 

[BDGS]

yeah, but he also thinks his own bid is a certainty.

Shows you what type of person he is.

 

[Brutus]

I think we get your point.

 

[taipan]

I think we get your point.

Would you mind repeating that?

 

[Dogs Of War]

yeah, but he also thinks his own bid is a certainty.

Shows you what type of person he is.

One who is actually looking at what is best for the game as a whole. Bears better hope the Sharks fold.

 

[clarency]

By the way things are unfolding, Brisbane2 is surpassing CCB.

That's after me saying the bears were a certainty earlier, and that the Brisbane2 bid is far too late.

 

[Perth Red]

Going to be an interesting morning for the expansion debate with teh Brsibane 2 press conference. As long as the league sticks with one heartland, one expansion idea then we will be ok and it will be Brisbane v Bears for the 2nd spot.

 

[Goldfields_Titans]

But what exactly have B2 got to show for it? The NRL would be bonkers to reject the CC!

 

[Perth Red]

As much as I applaud what the Bears have achieved I can see that a 2nd Brisbane team would be a preferable option for the NRL and TV.

 

[BDGS]

I think we get your point.

The site was stuffing up.

But what exactly have B2 got to show for it? The NRL would be bonkers to reject the CC!

That's the thing, the CCB's are far to big to reject now. Whereas the NRL can stop the B2 bid in its tracks and it doesn't take a Genius to come up with an excuses that one has legs and two sounds good.

 

[Perth Red]

tbh all 3 main bid contenders offer unique attributes and value, going to be a hard decision who to leave out and may well come down to who the TV company will pay most to have in and who the existing clubs are least unhappy about

Reds = New fanbase, change perception of National game, TV viewing time options
Bears= Reconnect with a lost part of games heritage, strong fanbase
Brisbane2=Capital city TV viewing, best RL stadium, financial powerhouse

Tough decision

 

[Mr Angry]

Yeah but he also thinks his own bid is a certainty. Shows you how he is like.

A successful man who gets want he wants???

Davo, does not enter into stuff that fails. He has not Spoken to Wayne, Big Mal on the other hand has frequent flyer miles at his office.

 

[Goldfields_Titans]

Could all 3 be accepted? Why not?

 

[BDGS]

tbh all 3 main bid contenders offer unique attributes and value, going to be a hard decision who to leave out and may well come down to who the TV company will pay most to have in and who the existing clubs are least unhappy about

Reds = New fanbase, change perception of National game, TV viewing time options
Bears= Reconnect with a lost part of games heritage, strong fanbase
Brisbane2=Capital city TV viewing, best RL stadium, financial powerhouse

Tough decision

I really don't see how they are more of an financial powerhouse then WA or the Central Coast. Just sounds like a repeated myth to me.

 

[Perth Red]

Based on the credentials of the people running the bid. I am sure as the chairman of the thoroughbreds he has enormous corporate contacts to draw upon.

 

[Scarves]

Could all 3 be accepted? Why not?

If the Sharks fold, yep all three could be accepted. If the Sharks remain viable then WA will be in and Qld will have another Brisbane team.

The league wants Central Coast representation but it simply doesn't offer the TV mileage that another Brisbane team can. TV is what pays the bills, not half baked nostalgia. The Bears bid is being left behind by a a South East Qld juggernaught.

 

[mikeob]

What short memories you lot have got! Central Qld has got sponsorship and Anna Bligh has told them get the licence and the government will build a stadium Gallop was in Rocky for two days in late November early December flown up from Sydney in a sponsors private jet. Interviewed on tv he said he was very impressed with what he had seen.
http://www.qt.com.au/story/2010/11/26/qr-national-central-queensland-nrl-big-team/

 

[clarency]

The CQld bid is frankly ridiculous. They have nowhere near the supporter numbers required to support the team, and are heavily overshadowed by the much, much, much more viable alternative bids.

They have a QLDCup side, which is exactly what the area is suited for. Asking to join the NRL is greedy.

 

[clarency]

double post

 

[Goldfields_Titans]

TV is what pays the bills, not half baked nostalgia.

Whilst I'm all for this great game of ours to grow it's tv that has killed the soul of this game to the suits.