I had a good discussion with 2 board members at Magic Round after they met with PVL. PVL was a busy man on Friday. Like I said nothing is greenlit but critical items like long term business strategy and sustainability, pathways and programs, short term financials were discussed.
Items I been banging on about but Bullwinkle keeps ignoring because he does not have a clue. He thinks magic and a coin fountain worth of wishes is enough.
Its the Perth bid they need to be convincing not Vlandys. theres no way he will parachute a Sydney club into Perth over a local perth option. It'd be one sure fire way of it being a disaster.
Hes appeasing sydney media. When push comes to shove if Cumins group tick the boxes and Bears dont offer them what they want to hear who do you think is getting in?
There's only 2 ways Bears are getting back in in Perth.
1. The Perth bid has no option but to partner due to NRL insistence or not being able to meet NRL's criteria
or 2. The Bears offer the Perth bid something so good that they are willing to change direction from a preferred 100% Perth club.
Cumins seems pretty confident he can achieve point 1.