Neither Saints nor Illawarra went to the "lets subscribe to Foxtel" cup.
Which is more than I can say for a few other teams.
And is it just me or do the supporters of teams that didn't sell their soul to News Ltd seem to be of a higher caliber of posting standard?
Anyway, the Bears being back wouldn't be a bad thing BUT they can't come back and do what Souths did for the first few years of their re-entry, and that was to ignore the lessons they SHOULD have been learning in their 2 year exclusion from the competition, in the end lines like "oh but we are meant to be the battlers who run near to last every year!" were sounding as empty as the coffers at the club.
The Bears would need to have a similar goal for themselves that Rusty has for South Sydney, to be self sufficient from him in a time frame not too far away.
That is HIS goal for a club that has made the finals once since the 1980's, Melbourne (and hind sight is 20/20 here so lets try to ignore the sh*tfight) cracked it for 4 successful years that other clubs would have rorted the cap to achieve ( like I said, 20/20) and STILL could not reach financial independence.
If the Bears are back, they need a backer for a few years while they move towards a 10 year goal of financial independence that stems from a leagues club, good marketing, good facilities and a smattering of investments (ala Parramatta).
