18th club, whose next?

[Wb1234]

Please Perth needs another plan with pathways, their S.G.Ball was woeful, guaranteed two points for every East Coast team. You need to mix these WA kids with the East Coast kids or they will learn nothing and play at the same standard without improving their skills. Thats why WA, VIC, SA and NT play their own State titles and not with the NSW or QLD States.
NSW field Public, Catholic and Independent teams and QLD field QLD Maroon and QLD White.

 

[Centy Coast]

The Bears offering is not unique or even that financially different from what at least half a dozen other teams with Leagues clubs and junior pathways could offer.

Let’s call this what it is, a myopic attempt to appeal to some boomers in the media from an administration thats fixated on Sydney.

What other teams could offer ?, who ?, nearly every NSW Cup club has a NRL counterpart with the exception of Newtown Jets, Blacktown Workers or the Bears.
The QLD Cup is very different with many smaller clubs involved, as well as bigger clubs like the Redcliffe Dolphins, Wynnum Manly Seagulls, Brisbane Tigers and the Burleigh Bears.
Why would any of these clubs link with a WA team when they would have the same agreement with teams from a closer location lol.

 

[Centy Coast]

That can be changed with investment. Mounties and Wenty were NSW cup teams when an NRL club funded them. Wyong roos...

Please tell me that you do know that the NSW Cup Clubs pay the NRL clubs to be their feeder clubs lol.

 

[Bukowski]

What other teams could offer ?, who ?, nearly every NSW Cup club has a NRL level above with the exception of Newtown Jets, Blacktown Workers or the Bears.
The QLD Cup is very different with many smaller clubs involved, as well as bigger clubs like the Redcliffe Dolphins, Wynnum Manly Seagulls, Brisbane Tigers and the Burleigh Bears.
Why would any of these clubs link with a WA team when they would have the same agreement with teams from a closer location lol.

Why do norths want to?

 

[Perth Red]

That can be changed with investment. Mounties and Wenty were NSW cup teams when an NRL club funded them. Wyong roos...

That would be the carrot for them. Having an NRL direct pathway with Perth gives them an opportunity to get back into top tier NSW Jnr comps.

 

[Bukowski]

Please tell me that you do know that the NSW Cup Clubs pay the NRL clubs to be their feeder clubs lol.

Why dont you tell me the agreement? I'm happy to learn things.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

f**k this is boring

 

[Perth Red]

Please tell me that you do know that the NSW Cup Clubs pay the NRL clubs to be their feeder clubs lol.

Do they?
Bears got paid $30k from the Roosters in '22. Nothing in the accounts showing they paid the Roosters anything.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

The entitlement complex and delusions of grandeur from the Perth mob is sickening.

Apparently rich historical clubs from the east coast need to give up their identity and aspirations to prop up an unwanted club in Perth that doesn't have the resources to compete with the big boys?

No. Just no.

 

[MugaB]

Why do norths want to?

They want a 1st grade licence, they want full ownership, hence why cummins is left out if this political loop

 

[Bukowski]

They want a 1st grade licence, they wat full ownership, hence why cummins is left out if this political loop

Hence why no one Perth is interested in a sydney club.

 

[Perth Red]

They want a 1st grade licence, they want full ownership, hence why cummins is left out if this political loop

oh dont tell the Bears fans on here that lol

 

[Bukowski]

Do they?
Bears got paid $30k from the Roosters in '22. Nothing in the accounts showing they paid the Roosters anything.

Thats how i thought these arrangments worked. Happy to be corrected.

 

[Perth Red]

Thats how i thought these arrangments worked. Happy to be corrected.

You'd think being a Bears fan he would know that?

 

[Red&BlackBear]

f**k this is boring

Count the white hairs on Sticky’s head, make a prediction on the number by the end of 2029.

 

[Bukowski]

You'd think being a Bears fan he would know that?

He'd want to be right considering the very condescending way he corrected me.

 

[Centy Coast]

Surely the idea of bringing in Perth is to create the pathways in Perth. Isnt that what the warriors and Storm are doing?

Yes but Rome wasn’t built in a day, slow and steady wins the race.
Do you want a competitive Perth team from day one or do you want a successful pathways first and foremost.
If you start off competitive you won’t have to offer talented kids top dollar to come across.
The pathways will look after themselves in the early years and you’d start to focus on them around year three or four.
The main thing is to be competitive in the NRL from the beginning.
That’s not buying the best players either, it’s buying the best competitors and the best fit for your organisation, the rest will slot together.

 

[MugaB]

Hence why no one Perth is interested in a sydney club.

Who's this no one? Roger Cook seems on board so does a heap of his underling/workers, NRL seems to be on board, bears fans all over too, about a decade ago, you'd hear the opposite from most of them, saying that they shouldn't need to leave NS or CC, now they are ok, being so long without a hope of return, you guys seem triggered about the whole Sydney affiliation, you forget that they'll be a upto 12 regular home games coming to your west coast to watch regardless whether you support the bears or not, if you do though, and do it well a possible future could see another rival born of WA roots becoming a 2nd team, just like the eagles/freo in fumbleball, you're all too short sighted, the clamouring for a nz2 the past 6 months come out of the Warriors succesful turn out last season, and start of this season

 

[Perth Red]

He'd want to be right considering the very condescending way he corrected me.

Its clear the Roosters deal was for a payment of $30k a year to the Bears. Looks like the Storm deal they arent getting anything or paying anything.

 

[MugaB]

oh dont tell the Bears fans on here that lol

Don't think for a second they'll show up without ownership