I kinda agree - the "really" successful people maybe are so successful that the money would mean little anyway.
But then it comes down to whether you are lucky enough to have people passionate about he club who are successful and willing to give their time/effort.
Comparing to Easts is a bit pointless really - I think they are a special case and they DO happen to have such people as supporters .... put that down to luck/locality/rich snobs from the eastern suburbs/whatever
*edit* ... and probably Nick being head honcho is a massive coupe - he gets his mates involved ... no other club has Nick
I agree to an extent Ram. But you just don't jump magically from where we are now to a position in which everyone is falling over themselves to be associated with us. We have to induce people to enter this cluster f**k, not induce them to join a presently well-run machine.
Don't believe for a second that the directors of Easts get no indirect pecuniary benefit from being on the board there with Nick (i.e. appointment to other boards). But remember, we don't have Nick. And for every Easts in the world, there is a well-run sporting club that does pay their directors fairly for their time (and risk).
What do you to mean? Haven't you noticed, this whole thread is about one such person. Look I know these types of people aren't found just sitting under a cabbage patch, but they are certainly out there especially for hugely supported teams like Parra. We just need to be able to bring them in.
I always could not get my head around how a club as widely supported as Parra just didn't seem to have such highly successful people to draw on. Well now we know, we do have them, as I'm sure most clubs have them, but generally they will not make the first move. They need to be invited by someone associated with the club. Think of it as a kind of old world introduction so to speak.
Generally, they will not involve themselves out of the blue. This may come in the form of sponsors, good Samaritans say like Russell Crow with donations, or high profile fans that clubs can attach themselves to for free cool publicity. The trick is said club must know how to use such high end people to their best advantage.
However poorly run enterprises like Parra generally fear such gifted doers for the obvious reason of feeling threatened. For as we know, when such successful people come on board and see how things are being, lets be kind here and say 'run', then if they are leaned on for more contributions, say like Rusty again, well guess what, they may just take over. But more likely they will probably slowly start to introduce other go getters like themselves who will take more positions on the board, and before you know it, it is not a place of jobs for the old deadhead boys anymore, but a place for the elite boys club, that can bring all the corporate business, that was so lacking before, to the club.
That is what people like Bill Moss bring to the table and yes, they do get the benefit/perk of networking with each other. Of cause, that is business. But the point here is they have the abilities to do big business, not just sit there and tear each other apart and ultimately our club down.
I don't think much of Steve Sharp as a top admin as I am sure most people here don't either, but the one thing at least this guy has done is show us all that we do have people out there that are extremely high credentialed in business and that if given a chance they will get involved. No other loser who has had a place on the board has been willing to involve such a man. So he gets big points on that score alone from me.
Now his week acumen for business has seen his good intentions fail miserably and rightly so, considering how badly he stuffed it all up. But that hopefully should not stop this ball from rolling on. He needs to find a way to bring this man into the Parra admin. And if we do get this man or anyone else of such note, then I predict, it will be a few short years before it is out with the old bunch of losers and in with the new power admin that will revolutionize the Parramatta Football Club from the inside out for the better. The sleeping giant will have finally awoken.
