Gold Coast Bears/Nth Sydney/Gosford

[Generalzod]

Top secret talks lol

 

[TheVelourFog]

would love to see the Bears back

but not like this

 

[herbert henry1908]

In general I like the idea

* Doubles their supporter base

* Sydney away games will have better crowds

* long term 'Bears' is more marketable than titans

* gives them a clear distinction to the Gold Coast Suns. As is both teams present a bit on the plastic side. Bears provides a traditional name & strip.


I don't like the idea of 3 NSW games though. Gold Coast needs a full commitment to work, 1 retro round game at North Sydney oval should be it. Splitting home games across 3 venues is just way too much. Especially when those venues are so far apart.

 

[siv]

Bears arrangement would be no different to the original Swans activities

 

[herbert henry1908]

would love to see the Bears back

but not like this

This is the only way they're getting back. Florimo likely realises it too.

Sydney based fans will get to see them 4-5 times a year, much better than nothing.

 

[Foreign Legion]

If bears go to gold Coast i bet you roosters will go to the central coast

 

[flippikat]

I like it. Stuff Gosford though. Retro round at North Sydney Oval and the rest at Robina.

Absolutely. The best bets for Central Coast to have their own NRL side now IMO are Manly (Probably sharing their home games as St George Illawarra do), or Roosters (Either taking a few games there, or following through on their feeder-club arrangement with Wyong & moving fulltime onto the Central Coast).

A club with twin bases in Robina and Gosford is preposterous - for a start you have Newcastle right in the middle of that area.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Get Stadiums Qld to do a deal that benefitted NRL (GC in particular) fans? Not likely.

They could leverage the threat of leaving the Gold Coast, or at least threaten to take more games to NSW.

Stadiums QLD might be rigid in their approach but I don't think they or the govt want an empty stadium with zero prospects of another tenant.

 

[flippikat]

If bears go to gold Coast i bet you roosters will go to the central coast

I hope so.

If the NRL accepts the Gold Coast Bears rebrand on the condition that they don't take games to Gosford and sever any ties to the Central Coast, it leaves that region as open to any Sydney club that wants to relocate there.

It'd be one of the smartest moves the NRL can do right now.

 

[___]

I don't know why the NRL gave the GC a license to be the 16th team anyway. Did they not learn from the:

• Gold Coast Giants
• Gold Coast Seagulls
• Gold Coast Gladiators
• Gold Coast Chargers

4 failed franchises in the one city, yet they simply did not learn and decided to give them a 5th, whereas the bears lasted 90+ years on their own!

 

[Knightmare]

I don't know why the NRL gave the GC a license to be the 16th team anyway. Did they not learn from the:

• Gold Coast Giants
• Gold Coast Seagulls
• Gold Coast Gladiators
• Gold Coast Chargers

4 failed franchises in the one city, yet they simply did not learn and decided to give them a 5th, whereas the bears lasted 90+ years on their own!

Because 'Muh Qld teams!!!'

And these are the same geniuses who think the Brisbane Bombers are a must for the next round of expansion...

 

[Rudderriffic]

I like it! Mythical, just like the Gold Coast Supporter base....

How about the Gold Coast Merman's

If Zillman was a merman, would he still have chronic leg injuries?

I hate the idea of screwing around with the fans on the GC any further. Look at the fan engagement and tell me that isn't a product of a complete lack of stability over the past few decades. I love the Bears but leave the GC alone ffs

 

[Foreign Legion]

I don't know why the NRL gave the GC a license to be the 16th team anyway. Did they not learn from the:

• Gold Coast Giants
• Gold Coast Seagulls
• Gold Coast Gladiators
• Gold Coast Chargers

4 failed franchises in the one city, yet they simply did not learn and decided to give them a 5th, whereas the bears lasted 90+ years on their own!

New team with a hertiage name... Gold Coast Gladiator Bear-Gulls

 

[Canard]

The Gold Coast is the 2nd biggest city in QLD and needs a full time team.

A team there is much more important then one on the North Shore.

Just because they have been run poorly, doesn't mean they should be gotten rid of.

If bad admin was the reason to not have a team then goodbye Newcastle, Parra, Manly,NQ pre-2004

 

[no name]

Chargers didn't fail. They were turfed by the Broncos.

 

[ed-grimley]

I don't know why the NRL gave the GC a license to be the 16th team anyway. Did they not learn from the:

• Gold Coast Giants
• Gold Coast Seagulls
• Gold Coast Gladiators
• Gold Coast Chargers

4 failed franchises in the one city, yet they simply did not learn and decided to give them a 5th, whereas the bears lasted 90+ years on their own!

The Gold Coast appears to be a graveyard for teams in all sports.

 

[Captain Apollo]

This has all the hallmarks of being the Northern Eagles No. 2.

 

[franklin2323]

They could leverage the threat of leaving the Gold Coast, or at least threaten to take more games to NSW.

Stadiums QLD might be rigid in their approach but I don't think they or the govt want an empty stadium with zero prospects of another tenant.

Yeah All thge 3 QLD teams really get a bad deal. NSW Clubs get $100k to play at ANZ compared to GC paying $130k to play a game at home. Might get action with such fear

 

[LESStar58]

Either expand the comp to include a team with a permanent home in Gosford or STFU.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

I don't know why the NRL gave the GC a license to be the 16th team anyway. Did they not learn from the:

• Gold Coast Giants
• Gold Coast Seagulls
• Gold Coast Gladiators
• Gold Coast Chargers

4 failed franchises in the one city, yet they simply did not learn and decided to give them a 5th, whereas the bears lasted 90+ years on their own!

TBF, this wasnt 4 teams. It was one team renamed 3 times.

Calling it 4 teams is like saying Penrith got a new team every time they changed their logo....