WA BEARS

[Colk]

The shorten govt was looking at supporting a png nrl team. Maybe abdo will revive this policy

anyway league is still the winner as we’ve swapped a mad Cronulla fan for a diehard south’s fan

I agree. At least we are not voting in a Victorian

 

[Perth Red]

That’s why the afl don’t have any money now. Stupid vanity projects

the problem is they are stuck funding those lemons forever hoping for a miracle things turn around

compare that to vlandys adding a team with an asset base of 100 million and has promised to increase junior spending by around 2 million pa

Vlandys adding dolphins is like afl adding dockers, only they did it decades ago and we are still catching up To get our heartland footprint right, let alone any notion of an actual national competition lol

 

[Perth Red]

Hopefully they keep losing money

They won’t, pre covid they made three years of a total $112mill surplus and next year their tv revenue goes up massively to $473mill. It’s amusing some fans think the afl can’t afford its expansion strategy lol.

anyway back to the WA Bears lol

 

[Wb1234]

Vlandys adding dolphins is like afl adding dockers, only they did it decades ago and we are still catching up To get our heartland footprint right, let alone any notion of an actual national competition lol

Dolphins are richer than wce

indeed they are one of the richest clubs in the land

unlike afl which is raping the eagles to pay for it’s failed expansion clubs the dolphins will be getting the same amount of money as everyone else

there’s almost 20 million dollars difference in the money the eagles get to the suns and giants from the afl

 

[Perth Red]

Dolphins are richer than wce

indeed they are one of the richest clubs in the land

unlike afl which is raping the eagles to pay for it’s failed expansion clubs the dolphins will be getting the same amount of money as everyone else

there’s almost 20 million dollars difference in the money the eagles get to the suns and giants from the afl

Well if you’re going on owners wealth rather than what the football club can generate then the western force are actually the richest sports club in australia lol Eagles generat their money from the sport, dolphins from pokie machines. Big difference

if all was equal in afl grant land eagles would actually be getting $5mill more. A pittance to them, when you’ve got 60k crowds and 110k members you dont need to rely on the tv grant To keep you afloat.

 

[Wb1234]

They won’t, pre covid they made three years of a total $112mill surplus and next year their tv revenue goes up massively to $473mill. It’s amusing some fans think the afl can’t afford its expansion strategy lol.

anyway back to the WA Bears lol

Nrl clubs currently get 16 million each from the arlc. Before the covid cuts afl clubs were getting that on average.

once the afl goes back to the old levels of funding for clubs and players they won’t be making a surplus.

 

[Wb1234]

Well if you’re going on owners wealth rather than what the football club can generate then the western force are actually the richest sports club in australia lol Eagles generat their money from the sport, dolphins from pokie machines. Big difference

Nah it was south’s bro

souths are now valued at 60 million after their last share sale

google their owners even after the crash in tech stocks

they have two billionaires lol

obviously wealth for a new expansion team is a good thing which you missed

 

[Perth Red]

Nah it was south’s bro

souths are now valued at 60 million after their last share sale

google their owners even after the crash in tech stocks

they have two billionaires lol

obviously wealth for a new expansion team is a good thing which you missed

Which shows how stupid you’re suggesting is that we should judge the value of a nrl club on its owners wealth lol

do you have a link to dolphins LC financial report?

 

[Wb1234]

Which shows how stupid you’re suggesting is that we should judge the value of a nrl club on its owners wealth lol

do you have a link to dolphins LC financial report?

There’s this thing called google. Do they have it in Perth yet ?

so a club shouldn’t be ranked on its wealth ? Ok gws and the suns are great clubs then

 

[Pippen94]

They won’t, pre covid they made three years of a total $112mill surplus and next year their tv revenue goes up massively to $473mill. It’s amusing some fans think the afl can’t afford its expansion strategy lol.

anyway back to the WA Bears lol

Nobody said that. Just shows how expansive their approach is. Why peter v said it was a waste of time.

 

[Wb1234]

Nobody said that. Just shows how expansive their approach is. Why peter v said it was a waste of time.

This is gill the dill favourite movie

 

[Colk]

Anyway back on topic. I saw in the News Limited papers an article about bustling Billy Moore and Mark Graham talking about the Perth/Bears merger.

 

[Iamback]

To be honest no. As for st George they need to do something. Kogarah is awful.

Should be at Wollongong fulltime.
Them and WT not seeing sense in regional markets is dumb

 

[Perth Red]

I think I speak for the majority of rugby league fans when I say I'd love to see the North Sydney Bears back in the NRL.

A generation of fans lost to the game when the Bears were chopped 23 years ago would immediately return and grand old North Sydney Oval restored to prime time after a couple of decades of near anonymity.
And who doesn’t want to see the old Manly-Norths rivalry re-ignited, the animosity at nuclear level after the disastrous Northern Eagles marriage.
Whoever wrote the pre-nup for that one was wearing maroon and white and crossing fingers behind the back.
Apart from Manly fans with hate running through their veins, you won't find a dissenting voice against a Bears revival.
ARL Commissioner Peter V'Landys recently went on the record to say he'd love to see Norths re-born, claiming he is regularly stopped by fans asking when they will return.

But here's the thing.
The Bears have a proud history stretching back 114 years old and have repositioned themselves as a competitive force in the NSW Cup, acting as an important feeder club to the Roosters.
Their colours, heritage and history mean plenty to a lot of people.
They should not be seen as the drunk on the dancefloor, moving from would-be suitor to would-be suitor in the hope of finding someone to take them home.
The opposite is true.


An 18th club will be introduced to the NRL in the next few years and consortiums are falling over themselves to align with the Bears, knowing they are riding strong coattails.

In recent times, North Sydney has been linked with partnerships to hopeful NRL franchises in Queensland, WA, New Zealand and the NSW Central Coast.

They are not welded to any particular model and a subtle change of direction last year - the club dropped the "North" and "Sydney" from its official logo and went with "Bears 1908" – was a sign nothing is off the table and the route to resurrection won't be dictated by compass.

Norths chairman Daniel Dickson, a switched-on operator with his finger on the NRL pulse, explained to fans: "We made the change to the logo to ensure we are being the team of the people.
Being more agile and a team of the people, the change to the logo was well received.

"We know the NRL do not want a Sydney-based team in its totality at North Sydney Oval all the time.

"We won’t be kicking anyone away from talking to us about potential ventures with the Bears."

And here comes the really important bit.

"The logo, the colours, the history, the heritage, the legends, the song…everything we've got at the Bears will not be prostituted," Dickson continued.

"That will never be for someone to sell, change, manipulate. Our history and heritage will go for another 114 years."

What's not to like?

"We just want to make sure that geographically we feel we are the team of the people, and we can take that to the people where the game needs to go," he said.

The subtle logo change fuelling a desperate bid for NRL inclusion

One of the most historic clubs in rugby league could be positioning itself for a huge NRL play, Adam Lucius writes. Read more. here.

au.sports.yahoo.com

 

[Colk]

Should be at Wollongong fulltime.
Them and WT not seeing sense in regional markets is dumb

Maybe not full time but they should hold a majority of their matches at the Gong and in 20 years of so that area will be big enough for them to move full time. I would still think that they could play Souths and a couple of other big games at the SFS

 

[Perth Red]

“They should not be seen as the drunk on the dancefloor, moving from would-be suitor to would-be suitor in the hope of finding someone to take them home.”

this made me smile. a good description of them really. The stupidity to think Bears are in the driving seat of any bid lol. Sadly the bears keep hearing this and think it’s true will ultimately lead to their consistent failure to get the brand back in the nrl. Vlandys need to be up front with them and tell them there is no way they are admitting them as a nsw club and stop stringing them along. Then they may get realistic and accept their positioning in a bid partnership.

 

[Pippen94]

Should be at Wollongong fulltime.
Them and WT not seeing sense in regional markets is dumb

Sponsorship & money is in Sydney

 

[Wb1234]

Bears sitting back and deciding if Perth or nz makes the most sense for them. The arlc is doing the same

may the best city win

 

[Perth Red]

There’s this thing called google. Do they have it in Perth yet ?

so a club shouldn’t be ranked on its wealth ? Ok gws and the suns are great clubs then

So you don’t know how rich dolphins are? Ok thought so.
Eagles have just paid for their own CofE, $60million. Now that’s having money!

 

[Wb1234]

So you don’t know how rich dolphins are? Ok thought so.
Eagles have just paid for their own CofE, $60million. Now that’s having money!

Wow if they keep going they might catch the dolphins one day.