Oh ffs. I’m aware of what they’ve stated in the papers. Obviously there is more to it than that though.
obviously?
I mean Cumins has been as clear as day about it!
“The consortium I head up, our preferred option is to go a stand-alone West Australian team, based on the fact West Australians are very parochial. But I’m a commercial animal, and if the case is compelling, you’d be silly not to consider it.”
A WA consortium, led by Cash Converters executive chairman Peter Cumins, remains committed to a stand-alone bid. But Cumins has confirmed he will meet with potential suitors North Sydney Bears and Newtown Jets in Sydney next week “to talk about a possible marriage” before putting forward an official bid.
“We are going to consider all options,” Cumins told The West Australian. “We want to give both those clubs an opportunity to put a compelling case to us that they would bring to the table something that we can’t put together ourselves.”
why do you think they are meeting? lol
Its pretty 'obvious' Perth wants to go it alone but out of courtesy and business reality is prepared to hear what both are offering and wanting in return before deciding what is the strongest bid they can present.