New Zealand 2 will deal a massive blow to NZ rugby

[Canard]

Everything PVL seems to do is very low effort.

Every initiative seems to be just a tossed out idea, that people with actual drive and skill are responsible to deliver.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

It’s not like he is in Christchurch every week though …I dont think it’s too big a deal to spend an hour each with the three bids and then meet up with the Mayor…he probably won’t be back there in the next year at least …

V`Landys says a lot of things and sometimes it`s hard to know when he`s serious and when he`s just mouthing off, but I`m starting to think maybe his line that all the bids were just taking the bid process for granted (taking the piss, is probably would have liked to say) falls into the category where he was deadly serious. He did appear very serious, even angry, at the time he said it.
I just wonder how many chancers were salivating at the thought of that $17m NRL grant and the fat CEO salary they could award themselves, and their mates, until the whole tin-pot organisation they were (half)planning fell over and the NRL were left with egg all over their face.

 

[BuffaloRules]

V`Landys says a lot of things and sometimes it`s hard to know when he`s serious and when he`s just mouthing off, but I`m starting to think maybe his line that all the bids were just taking the bid process for granted (taking the piss, is probably would have liked to say) falls into the category where he was deadly serious. He did appear very serious, even angry, at the time he said it.
I just wonder how many chancers were salivating at the thought of that $17m NRL grant and the fat CEO salary they could award themselves, and their mates, until the whole tin-pot organisation they were (half)planning fell over and the NRL were left with egg all over their face.

It’s no doubt cost all the bidders time and money to get to the stage of formally submitting the bid…so even if the NRL don’t like any of the propositions …I dont believe treating them with contempt is the way to go .

what you are saying is that he is taking this personally ,,,( getting angry..) ….its business at the end of the day ..of course the bidders probably think there is an opportunity to make money out of it …they are businessmen…they aren’t proposing to put money into something out of the goodness of their heart ...there are other set up costs that will need to be funded by someone ..even if this doesn’t include a license fee…

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Trifili13]

So we had 11 or 12 bids and only 1 is considered acceptable as it is gold plated using Australian taxpayers money. If the NRL didn't want a Brisbane based team to canabolise the existing teams in SE Qld, surely that should have been communicated upfront or was it and Brisbane East's ignored it. Will Brisbane East's be required to pay a licence fee if they ever enter or are they bringing established pathways which is considered sufficient and the don't have to pay a fee or a smaller amount? Although they have a reported $25m in cash, can't see them handing over $20m to be divided up to the existing clubs.

 

[BuffaloRules]

So we had 11 or 12 bids and only 1 is considered acceptable as it is gold plated using Australian taxpayers money. If the NRL didn't want a Brisbane based team to canabolise the existing teams in SE Qld, surely that should have been communicated upfront or was it and Brisbane East's ignored it. Will Brisbane East's be required to pay a licence fee if they ever enter or are they bringing established pathways which is considered sufficient and the don't have to pay a fee or a smaller amount? Although they have a reported $25m in cash, can't see them handing over $20m to be divided up to the existing clubs.

8 or 9 bids I believe … a couple of interested parties didn’t bother and saved themselves the time and money….luckily for them in hindsight I guess ..

Is this the correct way to go conduct an expansion process I wonder ? shouldn’t the NRL be targeting the areas they want to expand to …rather than just have some open free for all and run the risk of getting the best bids from places you dont want to really expand too?

Sounds pretty dumb …