100% agree
The ACT GOV can and should enforce their contract
And the raiders can and should do what makes sense for their business
Everyone is doing what they should do here. I don’t think it’s a big deal
I 100% agree, really I do.
I'm just not sure that it makes sense for their business to take NSW money to help fund a centre of excellence in the middle of the city when the land would have been much better used for other things (a f**king car park would have had a better return on investment in that spot), and as part of that agreement agreeing to take games to the bush because they are frustrated with the their stadium deal and the ACT govs constant delaying of the new stadium.
Frankly except for in rare cases I don't think that any government should be spending any taxpayer money on infrastructure for private businesses, especially when the business in question could afford to fund it themselves if they really wanted to, and that goes not only for the COE but for the stadium as well (though that situation is a little more complex I admit), however instead of backing themselves the Raiders (as with most pro sports clubs in the county) feel entitled to get taxpayers money and support from the government. What would be best for their business would be to create a situation for themselves where they bypass the need for support from the government as much as possible, that way they don't need to worry about getting f**ked by Barr (or whoever else), instead what they are doing is diving headfirst into the political arena and that'll will only end in tears for them IMO cause they don't have the leverage to actually get the results that they want.
I also worry that their current situation is being used by some at the club to justify slowly distancing themselves from Canberra as much as possible which would be disastrous for the club. As I'm sure that you and I both know there are quite a few people at the club who in an ideal world would much prefer the club to be the Queanbeyan-Southern NSW Raiders instead of the Canberra Raiders, and almost certainly there are those at the club dumb enough to think that they can be both at the same time.
The point is that I totally understand where the Raiders are coming from, but I'm not sure that they are going the right way about it to actually rectify their issue, and IMO are probably only going to compound their problems by taking the actions that they are.
