18th club, whose next?

[Canard]

And afl set up a team against them and spent over a billion on them including getting thr afls best player there and the suns owning the management rights to their stadium whilst the titans had a horrendous rent deal at their ground paying 3 million pa

A quick google shows that the Suns didn't come in until 2011. Searle was well and truly out the door by then.

Good crowds etc. is a function of the location and the demand, not Searle.

He is a criminal and a thief. He will not be accepted by the NRL in any capacity.

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Searle seems like an ok guy but let’s not forget he did some shonky stuff for GC that had nothing to do with GFC or AFL.

Scott Princes new house trying to be hidden under the cap comes to mind. Searle denying any knowledge then it coming out in emails that he knew about it.

Likewise Moffett being involved with the other bid. Kidding me? The bloke who pulled the trigger in 1999 and culled teams left right center.

Cumins might not be well liked by PVL but I’d be surprised in the high figures of nrl land would entertain anything to do with Searle or Moffett either.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Th funniest thing about these dopes saying searle went broke have zero idea about rugby league history

Jj gillitnan (yes the shield is named after him) went broke by supporting a rugby league project

And he’s revered as one of the games greatest leaders

You are a f**king moron

 

[Wb1234]

Searle seems like an ok guy but let’s not forget he did some shonky stuff for GC that had nothing to do with GFC or AFL.

Scott Princes new house trying to be hidden under the cap comes to mind. Searle denying any knowledge then it coming out in emails that he knew about it.

Likewise Moffett being involved with the other bid. Kidding me? The bloke who pulled the trigger in 1999 and culled teams left right center.

Cumins might be well liked by PVL but I’d be surprised in the high figures of nrl land would entertain anything to do with either Searle or Moffett.

Gold Coast the only club who cheated the cap lol

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Searle must have a tiktok account, only way the swans fan would have heard of him.

 

[Canard]

Th funniest thing about these dopes saying searle went broke have zero idea about rugby league history

Jj gillitnan (yes the shield is named after him) went broke by supporting a rugby league project

And he’s revered as one of the games greatest leaders

If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike

 

[Perth Red]

Out of interest who will own the PNG club?

 

[Wb1234]

From his wiki

Moffett's roles in sports administration have included:
An administrator at the International Rugby Board;[1]
One of the chief architects of SANZAR (South Africa, New Zealand and Australia Rugby) in 1996;[7]
Executive director of the New South Wales Rugby Union, starting in 1992;[1]
Chief executive at the New Zealand Rugby Union from 1996 to 2000,[9][7] being the first non-New Zealander to hold the role;[1]
Chief executive at Australia's National Rugby League, starting in 1999. The appointment of a rugby union executive to oversee rugby league led to speculation that he was there to merge the two sports,[7][10] but this did not eventuate. He held this position until 2001;[citation needed]
Chief executive of Sport England: Moffett left Sport England acrimoniously in 2002 after only 10 months in the job, and complained that he was restricted "by too many committees run by too many blazers".[4] He earned £140,000 a year in the role;[citation needed]
Chef executive officer of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) from 2002 to 2005.[5]
Moffett was offered the role of chief executive for the English Football Association in 2003, but turned the position down.[4]

 

[Perth Red]

Th funniest thing about these dopes saying searle went broke have zero idea about rugby league history

Jj gillitnan (yes the shield is named after him) went broke by supporting a rugby league project

And he’s revered as one of the games greatest leaders

Its not that they he made bad investment decisions and went broke, its that he was involved in some very shonky business decisions, bordering fraudulent by the sounds of it.

 

[Wb1234]

Its not that they he made bad investment decisions and went broke, its that he was involved in some very shonky business decisions, bordering fraudulent by the sounds of it.

If there no no gfc none of that would’ve come to light

Many property developers went broke during that period

He may be an average property developer but his role as a league administrator should be treated separately

 

[Red&BlackBear]

Gold Coast the only club who cheated the cap lol

It’s not about that. It’s denying something then it coming to light that it was true the entire time.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

3 stooges: Searle, Moffett and wbtiktok.

 

[Perth Red]

If there no no gfc none of that would’ve come to light

haha so his fraudulent behaviour might not have been uncovered and that makes it ok? He lied to the NRL about bank guarantees and lied to the bank about NRL investment.

 

[Trifili13]

Just let the Bears back in. They hand over the 20m licence fee and play all games at NS Oval with a heritage game on the Central Coast. Expansion solved.

 

[Wb1234]

haha so his fraudulent behaviour might not have been uncovered and that makes it ok? He lied to the NRL about bank guarantees and lied to the bank about NRL investment.

If everyone who lied or cheated got exposed there would be very few people left to run the game

As I said he was responsible for bringing in the independent commission

He was also appointed to study how the nrl should expand

And before the afl came in and gfc the titans were a massive success

I can guarantee you he wouldn’t put a zero in the box either

Anyway the guy we should really be talking about his Moffatt

His bid looks to be the favourite

 

[Perth Red]

If everyone who lied or cheated got exposed there would be very few people left to run the game

As I said he was responsible for bringing in the independent commission

He was also appointed to study how the nrl should expand

And before the afl came in and gfc the titans were a massive success

I can guarantee you he wouldn’t put a zero in the box either

Titans paid a license fee? Thats news.

 

[Wb1234]

Titans paid a license fee? Thats news.

Nz bid wouldn’t make that rookie error

 

[Perth Red]

Nz bid wouldn’t make that rookie error

seems all 3 did lol

 

[RedVee]

If everyone who lied or cheated got exposed there would be very few people left to run the game

As I said he was responsible for bringing in the independent commission

He was also appointed to study how the nrl should expand

And before the afl came in and gfc the titans were a massive success

I can guarantee you he wouldn’t put a zero in the box either

Anyway the guy we should really be talking about his Moffatt

His bid looks to be the favourite

How about Endicott’s South Island bid?

 

[Wb1234]

How about Endicott’s South Island bid?

Haven’t heard anything from him

Moffatt said he wants to fix up his bid and resubmit after talking with the nrl

Pvl stayed back in chch yesterday so I’m sure he’s talking to these people

He may even steer the bids together