no brains from the roar said:
http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/08/23/central-coast-support-manly-not-the-bears/#comment-426861
Central Coast support Manly not the Bears
As a proud Central Coast resident, I say we do not want the Central Coast Bears here. Our kids and juniors have since turned into proud
Manly fans.
We have our team already. The Bears will always be known as a North Sydney brand and club, yet we have had no say in this decision.
Negatives of having North Sydney Bears brand:
- Ignored Central Coast history
- Central Coast won’t have a jersey representative of our region – just a hand me down rag
- North Sydney taking all of our glory – they only have 6-7 junior clubs
- Bears failed for over 90 years
- Huge debt when they went extinct.
Positives of having North Sydney Bears brand:
- Central Coast juniors
- Stadium
New South Wales already has enough teams. Logic points to Western Australia and Brisbane for the next franchises.
As replied by me..
Firstlly the CC is a place for all fans. Not just Manly and not just the Bears. Now that's said and done let me school you. The CCBears is a bid to enter the NRL. Both putting
a team on the CC for it's locals and
re-igniting the passion for League by incorporating and re-connecting with the Bears supporters. The initiative that Greg Florimo and his team have have set is an achievement in it's own right.
In over 3 years under Greg's watchful eyes, since John Singleton departed the bid, we, the CCBEARS have grown our status from being a bid to being a real contender for NRL entry. The Pro's out weight the Con's, yet you are too biased.. too ignorant and out right too stupid to understand. You're a hater. Always will be. The only solution for you? To jump from a bridge unfortunately.
The CCBEARS have gathered and signed on
28 individual sponsors. 5 Majors, 11 local and the rest are North Shore based.
Mortage House being our main, JJ Lawson continuing it's proud tradition of supporting the Bears brand,
Fone Zone (Telstra dealership),
Sinalli (merchandise & jersey manufacturer). The others are already showing their support with banners, flags outside their respected shops. The money from these sponsor is already actively going into
LOCAL CC COACHING CLINICS, LOCAL STATE SCHOOLS, LOCAL JUNIOR CLUBS & PLAYERS as initiated by David Fairleigh & Flo.
The Bears, under NSDRLFC
built/helped fund Bluetongue stadium and
own stakes for another 12 years. Flo has proposed we work to building a
Sports Excellence Center on the CC with world-class state-of-the-art facilities and will serve well for the CCBEARS & CCMariners. The stadium has held rallies and marches from locals in support of the CCBEARS.
That support has transcended into
financial memberships. We have
2500 paid members with a steady increase WEEKLY. At this rate by February will we have had more
PAID members then the Sharks, Roosters, Raiders, Panthers and probably Sea-Eagles. That's more money in the bank that with the sponsorships dollars means all important
EQUITY.
Our merchandise is selling well and there's a vast amount of people wearing the CCBEARS gear to TV shows and to NRL games. People showing their support. Overall with the CCBEARS & WA Reds we get an extra game. We get extra dollars. We get new fans from WA. We get disenchanted BEARS fans back to our code. We get new CC fans. We get the BEARS brand back, which was
one of the most popular brands on TV in the 90's.
"David has said that he favours expansion in 2013 and that we are one of the teams he favours admitting to the competition" RLWeek
“Unlike Central Queensland, the amount of work needed to prepare the Bears’ home for their NRL: debut/return is zilch” Big League
