Entrance pull out of JBC

[baddog]

blaming the smoking rules and pokie tax

 

[girvie]

http://www.nswrl.com.au/article.php?id=386

The Entrance withdraw from 2008 JBC

Wednesday, 28th November 2007

The NSW State Government’s crippling Gaming Taxation and Smoking laws have claimed another Rugby League victim, with 2007 NSW Rugby League Jim Beam Cup Premiers The Entrance Tigers today withdrawing from the 2008 competition.

The decision comes in the wake of substantially reduced trading figures from The Entrance Leagues Club, which has been attributed to the tightening of State Government poker machine tax and smoking laws.

NSW Leagues Clubs Association chief executive, Mr Peter Turnbull, said The Entrance Tigers wouldn’t be the last Rugby League club to be forced to withdraw top-line teams in an attempt to stay afloat.

“This won’t be the last example of this occurring,” Mr Turnbull said today.

“It’s not only the smoking bans which have impacted on all of our member clubs to a significant degree, but also the final stages of the gambling tax increases – when they’re coupled together they have a profound effect on the sustainability of senior, and in some cases junior Rugby League clubs.”

The Entrance’s withdrawal from the 2008 Jim Beam Cup was ratified at a club board meeting last night, in the aim of preserving its extensive array of teams within the Central Coast Rugby League division.

The Entrance Tigers chief executive Mark Chaffey said the club’s withdrawal was a necessary step to recoup funds critical to the preservation of its other teams, which range from Under-6s to first-grade.

“To say we’re disappointed is an understatement but we had to do what was in the best interests of The Entrance Tigers,” Chaffey said.

“The effects of the Gaming Taxation and Smoking Legislation have hit our licensed club hard, and we need to ensure that our CentralCoast teams, both junior and senior, remain as our core focus.”

NSWRL Jim Beam Cup Chairman, Mr Bob Millward, lamented the loss of the competition’s reigning Premiers but reiterated his confidence in the competition’s prospects for 2008.

“It’s a huge blow to not only the Jim Beam Cup but to Central Coast Rugby League in general,” Millward said today.

“A pathway has now been closed to players from that club hoping to compete in a semi-professional competition.

“While it is a difficult time for The Entrance, the competition itself remains in great shape. We have three new teams this year in Western Australia, Campbelltown and Cronulla-Caringbah, and hopefully the Entrance will be in a position to return to the competition in 2009.”

It's pretty dissapointing that the Jim Beam Cup has lost their premiers two years running.

They really need some more stability in this comp.

 

[cumberlandsashes81]

It's pretty dissapointing that the Jim Beam Cup has lost their premiers two years running.

They really need some more stability in this comp.

As someone who was a fan of the Metro Cup the lack of stability in this new era is making the semi-pro level of football a bit of a joke, really. JBC was supposed to be the foundation of a State-wide 3rd tier competition but one-by-one all the non-Sydney teams are dropping off the perch and even the Western Sydney ones seem to be in or out on a whim. Surely they need stricter rules of entry and to get a guarantee from bidders that they'll be around for more than a couple of seasons.

How can a competition build a profile when so many clubs are going in and out every year? Meanwhile that list of former clubs on the JBC Wikipedia entry is becoming longer and longer...

 

[one_eyed_demon]

As someone who was a fan of the Metro Cup the lack of stability in this new era is making the semi-pro level of football a bit of a joke, really. JBC was supposed to be the foundation of a State-wide 3rd tier competition but one-by-one all the non-Sydney teams are dropping off the perch and even the Western Sydney ones seem to be in or out on a whim. Surely they need stricter rules of entry and to get a guarantee from bidders that they'll be around for more than a couple of seasons.

How can a competition build a profile when so many clubs are going in and out every year? Meanwhile that list of former clubs on the JBC Wikipedia entry is becoming longer and longer...

The competition itself is flawed and the NSWRL is lazy. There is supposed to be a $150,000 player payments cap. NSWRL:"Yeah there is a cap but we dont enforce it". why even say you have one then. I mean really 150,000, cabra would have been lucky to fit their top 5 in under that amount this year. They choose to have the points system because they are lazy and its cheaper/easier to track. The result is a massive blowout in player payments with most getting more than they would if they played premier league(which is closely watched for breaches in salary). And the bigger clubs just cause an inflation of player payments accross all clubs. And what does a club get in return for this 300-400 grand outlay? Crap tv coverage(which each club had to pay an extra 7 grand to foxtel to get a home game covered). No prizemoney, just a pat on the back and a trophy.
and crap crowds.
to put the whole thing in perspective and the reason why demons pulled out, i'll compare to soccer comp at same level. Demons in state soccer won all three competitons this year, pre season comp, main comp and mid season comp, they walked away with over 130,00 in prizemoney. Socer team outlay(salaries and operating expenses) was less than league(demons would have been one of lowest salary clubs in comp with not even 150,000 budgeted for player payments) over the year. spectators are charged nearly 3 times more ticket price for soccer and they still get way bigger crowds. games covered on fox aurora, no outlay from club. do the maths from a clubs point of view, which at the end of the day is a business, where would you put your money?
so if a successful club like the entrance cant afford it the the nswrl need to have a good hard look at their competition. Cause unless your a cabra, wenty, windsor, mounties or the bulls and you got money to burn your just making up the numbers.
end of rant:crazy: lol

 

[Nugby]

Hey Demon, are the Sevo/B.C. (whichever is soccer) Demons being shown on Aurora? Would that include any friendlies they play, such as the one at home against the Mariners this year (though I didn't see any cameras there anyway)?

 

[mono_mal]

On a lot of fronts I think it is the clubs themselves not being proactive enough.
Sydney Bulls function without leagues club backing though through the establishment of a successfull business club they have been able to be amongst the top teams since the inception of the JBC.
Crowds also suffer due to clubs apparent lack of promotion. A number of JBC clubs have massive junior bases that could be encouraged to attend games though this seems to be ignored. Advertising in the local media is often minimal or non-existant.
Clubs such as Windsor have shown that people are interested in the Jim Beam Cup with great crowds and media coverage (radio and print).