Longmuir admits: Tigers yours if price is right.

[innsaneink]

http://campbelltown.yourguide.com.a...ral/tigers-deny-theyre-turntails/1351592.aspx

Tigers deny they're turn-tails


BY ILONA MARCHETTA
5/11/2008 4:00:00 AM
THE return of the Wests Tigers to Campbelltown Stadium in 2011 will hinge on an unlikely guarantee from Campbelltown Council.New Tigers chief Scott Longmuir said that if the Tigers had ``certain income guarantees'' from playing more games at Campbelltown Stadium as they've enjoyed with other stadium deals they would play in Campbelltown ``tomorrow''.
But Campbelltown Mayor Russell Matheson, one of the most vocal critics of the Tigers' absence in the Macarthur region in recent seasons, said it wasn't the council's role to ``prop up a football side''.
Hitting back at claims the Tigers have left their home-grown fans starved of football with a recent deal to make the Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) home for the next two seasons, Mr Longmuir said most people understood the decision was partly a financial one.
``I can understand their frustration, but the majority of people realise that we make these decisions for sound business reasons to ensure people can continue to support their team,'' Mr Longmuir said.
``Campbelltown is our home ground. The Tigers board, management and players are proud to represent this area.''
The Tigers have re-employed former prop and proud Campbelltown local boy John Skandalis to boost the profile of their varied community initiatives, which Mr Longmuir
said helped the team maintain
a connection with the region.
Mr Longmuir said renovation work to the Campbelltown Stadium, planned for 2009 to 2010, restricted the number of games the team could play there over the next two seasons.
He said the club had opted for just a two-year contract with the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust so it could assess the arrangement and ``hopefully make a decision that is longer term and has the right mix, balancing the expectations of our fans and the commercial realities of running a major sporting organisation in tough economic times''.
Last week, Cr Matheson told the Advertiser the joint venture between the Balmain and Western Suburbs teams that is the Wests Tigers was not working, and the team had lost its connection to Campbelltown.
``The joint venture is working,'' Mr Longmuir said, citing Roy Morgan research that rates the Tigers the third most popular NRL team.
``The Wests Tigers are leaders in all key performance indicators of popularity like crowds, merchandise and TV ratings.''
Cr Matheson said the council had already done enough for the Tigers, and had invested $900,000 for lighting and $200,000 each year on turf at the stadium, only to have the Tigers play three games a season.
``They treat football like it's a business but football is very tribal and it's become unpopular in south-west Sydney because people aren't seeing much of it being played,'' he said.
``We've bent over backwards to source funds to build a magnificent stadium here, how much more of our budget do they want us to spend? And what about the extra costs of people in Campbelltown to get the SFS?
``If the Tigers don't want to play here, that's up to them, but they're a transient football team and they are going to become very unpopular.''
Read the comments and join the debate online at www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au.



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Wonder how much 12 games at Cambo would cost?
He seems to have forgotten about Leichhardt.
Hes a f**kwit.

 

[CHRIS SANDOW]

If the Wests side ever gets more rich in the future, they'll back out of this joint venture.

 

[CHRIS SANDOW]

http://campbelltown.yourguide.com.a...ral/tigers-deny-theyre-turntails/1351592.aspx

Tigers deny they're turn-tails


BY ILONA MARCHETTA
5/11/2008 4:00:00 AM

Cr Matheson said the council had already done enough for the Tigers, and had invested $900,000 for lighting and $200,000 each year on turf at the stadium, only to have the Tigers play three games a season.
``They treat football like it's a business but football is very tribal and it's become unpopular in south-west Sydney because people aren't seeing much of it being played,'' he said.
``We've bent over backwards to source funds to build a magnificent stadium here, how much more of our budget do they want us to spend? And what about the extra costs of people in Campbelltown to get the SFS?
``.

Jesus Christ Longmuir has no respect for Campbelltown.

 

[innsaneink]

Weve had Noyce telling us for years the poor state of the grounds at LO & CS and poor corporate facilities is the reason for the moves to Telstra/ANZ.
Now theyre both getting substantial renovations, the new CEO starts singing a different tune.

New Tigers chief Scott Longmuir said that if the Tigers had ``certain income guarantees'' from playing more games at Campbelltown Stadium as they've enjoyed with other stadium deals they would play in Campbelltown ``tomorrow''

This will be the catalyst imo that sees us move away from our homes for good.
The way the JV agreement works, if Cambo council DID hypothetically offer WTs a stack of $$$$ to play at Cambo, I doubt the Balmain half would be too pleased, or vice versa.
It could possibly see the end of the JV.
He knows it'll never happen, the hide of him to even suggest the local council pay us to play at home.
Longmuir is dangerous

 

[westie]

http://campbelltown.yourguide.com.a...ral/tigers-deny-theyre-turntails/1351592.aspx

Tigers deny they're turn-tails


BY ILONA MARCHETTA
5/11/2008 4:00:00 AM
THE return of the Wests Tigers to Campbelltown Stadium in 2011 will hinge on an unlikely guarantee from Campbelltown Council.New Tigers chief Scott Longmuir said that if the Tigers had ``certain income guarantees'' from playing more games at Campbelltown Stadium as they've enjoyed with other stadium deals they would play in Campbelltown ``tomorrow''.
But Campbelltown Mayor Russell Matheson, one of the most vocal critics of the Tigers' absence in the Macarthur region in recent seasons, said it wasn't the council's role to ``prop up a football side''.
Hitting back at claims the Tigers have left their home-grown fans starved of football with a recent deal to make the Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) home for the next two seasons, Mr Longmuir said most people understood the decision was partly a financial one.
``I can understand their frustration, but the majority of people realise that we make these decisions for sound business reasons to ensure people can continue to support their team,'' Mr Longmuir said.
``Campbelltown is our home ground. The Tigers board, management and players are proud to represent this area.''
The Tigers have re-employed former prop and proud Campbelltown local boy John Skandalis to boost the profile of their varied community initiatives, which Mr Longmuir
said helped the team maintain
a connection with the region.
Mr Longmuir said renovation work to the Campbelltown Stadium, planned for 2009 to 2010, restricted the number of games the team could play there over the next two seasons.
He said the club had opted for just a two-year contract with the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust so it could assess the arrangement and ``hopefully make a decision that is longer term and has the right mix, balancing the expectations of our fans and the commercial realities of running a major sporting organisation in tough economic times''.
Last week, Cr Matheson told the Advertiser the joint venture between the Balmain and Western Suburbs teams that is the Wests Tigers was not working, and the team had lost its connection to Campbelltown.
``The joint venture is working,'' Mr Longmuir said, citing Roy Morgan research that rates the Tigers the third most popular NRL team.
``The Wests Tigers are leaders in all key performance indicators of popularity like crowds, merchandise and TV ratings.''
Cr Matheson said the council had already done enough for the Tigers, and had invested $900,000 for lighting and $200,000 each year on turf at the stadium, only to have the Tigers play three games a season.
``They treat football like it's a business but football is very tribal and it's become unpopular in south-west Sydney because people aren't seeing much of it being played,'' he said.
``We've bent over backwards to source funds to build a magnificent stadium here, how much more of our budget do they want us to spend? And what about the extra costs of people in Campbelltown to get the SFS?
``If the Tigers don't want to play here, that's up to them, but they're a transient football team and they are going to become very unpopular.''
Read the comments and join the debate online at www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au.



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Wonder how much 12 games at Cambo would cost?
He seems to have forgotten about Leichhardt.
Hes a f**kwit.

It's written by a Cambo journo for a Cambo audience.

 

[Magpies Forever]

Pathetic- but that does seem the way a few clubs are going- the concept of their "own" home ground is not overly important to the club. The fans are another matter though.

I wonder sometimes whether the NRL should fund with the Sydney clubs and government grants maybe 3 RL stadiums at various locations around Sydney and the clubs have combined home grounds. It would allow for better facilities up to standard and better economy of scale.

 

[ucantseeme]

If the Tigers played all their home games at Cambo in 2009, would the season crowd average be higher or lower than 2008?

I'd bet on the latter.

Tribalism is important and so is home ground advantage but the bottom line is WT have bills to pay and want to put themselves in the best financial position possible. I think the club should be congratulated though for deciding to finally move away from ANZ Stadium. The SFS money guarantees are probably similar to ANZ but they know SFS is a much better ground to watch footy at.

3 games a year at Cambo is plenty. Unless Cambo Council wants to offer better financial guarantees than the SFS. Then 12 games a year at Cambo is plenty.

 

[innsaneink]

If the Tigers played all their home games at Cambo in 2009, would the season crowd average be higher or lower than 2008?

I'd bet on the latter.

Depends on how theyre playing, a winning team, the crowds would be up no doubt.

Tribalism is important and so is home ground advantage but the bottom line is WT have bills to pay and want to put themselves in the best financial position possible. I think the club should be congratulated though for deciding to finally move away from ANZ Stadium. The SFS money guarantees are probably similar to ANZ but they know SFS is a much better ground to watch footy at.

3 games a year at Cambo is plenty. Unless Cambo Council wants to offer better financial guarantees than the SFS. Then 12 games a year at Cambo is plenty.

I'd love to see them get an offer they couldnt refuse...would show Longmuir up for the lying bullsh*tartist he is.
We have a poker playing CEO...he's a snake.

 

[CHRIS SANDOW]

It's written by a Cambo journo for a Cambo audience.

Lol

 

[Hanscholo]

So the council is supposed to foot the bill for your sh*thouse running of the club?

How about you just play in Campbelltown because thats your area you f**kwit. Make something of it, hoping around pissing off fans year on year is doing to do nothing but destroy two great clubs.

 

[Hanscholo]

If the Tigers played all their home games at Cambo in 2009, would the season crowd average be higher or lower than 2008?

I'd bet on the latter.

Tribalism is important and so is home ground advantage but the bottom line is WT have bills to pay and want to put themselves in the best financial position possible. I think the club should be congratulated though for deciding to finally move away from ANZ Stadium. The SFS money guarantees are probably similar to ANZ but they know SFS is a much better ground to watch footy at.

3 games a year at Cambo is plenty. Unless Cambo Council wants to offer better financial guarantees than the SFS. Then 12 games a year at Cambo is plenty.

Yea but how short sighted can you be. Two years of proped up revenue that will eventually disappear and what have you really done to forward the cause of the club?

Dont you want to develop the area? What about the 13 year old kids out there that love their footy that wont get to see the side that supposedly represents them play? A few years ago people were creaming over campbelltown, its the fastest growing area of sydney, its going ahead in a big way blah blah and now no bastard wants to put a stake in the ground. I think its the start of the end for both wests and balmain.

 

[Estoboy]

meanwhile Putin ordered Medvedev to put missiles in their enclave south of Lithuania; I wonder what move Noyce will make his puppet do to top the Russian leader...