People on the CC want a team but what they don't want is failed North Sydney Bears. Call them anything other than the bears and they might have a chance.
Mate, you're about 1 year behind on forums and newspaper articles if you aren't aware of why it has to be the Bears or nothing for the Central Coast.
Private ownership in full or part is the only way forward. An NRL team needs 15mill/year, growing every year. To achieve that you either need a multi-millionaire backer/syndicate, or a plethora of wealthy corporate support, or ideally both. The Central Coast Bears have both.
A Central Coast 'United' fails because:
1) There is insufficient corporates on the Coast to provide sponsorship
2) No 'white knight' has come forward for a stand alone bid in the 30 years since the Bears first mooted a move north - only John Singleton, who tried with the Bears 7 years ago and supports this bid in public and via Bluetongue sponsorship
3) David Gallop wants the Central Coast to reconnect with the north shore. 300,000 supporters on the Coast alone don't anywhere meet a criteria for entry as there is little room for revenue expansion for the NRL on the Coast alone - it needs to reconnect with league fans amongst the 750,000 on the north shore who have no team (only the Bears can do that).
Don't forget the Central Coast has historical links with the Bears much like (and perhaps stronger than) St George with Illawarra. Central Coast was part of the Bears catchment from 1908 till the late 1940's and the Central Coast rep colours till well into the 1980's were red and black.
Its a logical tie up like the Dragons-Steelers, and the only chance for both communities to get a team. This is the last chance, and its our best bid. So if you want to see a game at Bluetongue every second week, get behind it even if you're not a Bears fan, because the Central Coast community via tourism and jobs will benefit hugely.