So you state that a Central Coast team would survive. I said North Sydney wouldn't as it has no money. We are both agreeing here in a roundabout fashion.
Why were Norths all but forced to build a new ground on the Central Coast, when it must have been pretty clear they had bugger all funds to do it with?
Norths wouldn't have survived for long. How much of their debt did Manly and the Joint Venture pay off?
the biggest problem is News Limited (i.e. gallop) is offering millions of dollars in blood money to anyone to relocate to Gosford - but NOT the Bears.
Question is: why?
they shoulod give the Bears $20 million as compensation for wrongly kicking them out and get the CC Bears established with one game at NSO - against Manly - each year.
I strongly disagree. Giving the bears one token game at bear park will not reclaim the north shore. 9 and 3 is a HUGE commitment to the Central Coast. It is more than Wests, Balmain, St George and Illawarra fans get. The dogs have zero at their preferred ground ie. Belmore.
The NRL know they have conceded big ground to Union on the North Shore. I will be surprised if they don't move to rectify it very soon.
Rubbish. You must be a union fan first and a cronulla fan second.
We need the Northern Bears, playing out of gosford, with three games a year at bear park.
Go you bears.
You idiot.
We're not agreeing. he NRL said "move - or you're gone" based on NSO - which was a lie.
The Bears put $4 million into the stadium. $12 million+ went into the Neagles "JV" from the Bears - Manly were broke and put in nothing, just relied on NRL money to save them. The Bears were never broke - Manly were. Rort of the century.
Why don't you learn something before shooting your mouth off?
madunit is a tigers fan who once said he has a soft spot for the sharks.
Just because this moron has no idea about Rugby League he gets all pissy and offers nothing intelligent to conversations other than really weak attacks.
Now STC, pull your head out of your arse and look at the situation with a level head for a change.
The Bears have no money. Their support base has more than likely shrunk considerably. North Sydney Oval was not deemed good enough for NRL standards. They were looking to relocate for these three reasons.
The next major reason now is that Norths have no players. They are a VB Cup reserves side for Souths. These are all the same reasons why Newtown won't get brought back.
Bringing them back as North Sydney is never ever going to happen, nor will it work.
Central Coast may bring in a side, they may call it the bears, but it won't be affiliated with North Sydney Bears at all.
Now SaveTheChildren, what do you believe Norths has to counter these reasons to ensure they come back into the competition?
Geez some of you Bears fans have a twisted view on history.
How about you hold the Bears board accountable for their part in your teams demise.
It is too easy to blame Manly.
from www.rl1908.comthe point is the bears had the money to continue and were shafted.
they shouldnt have been axed or forced to merge.
http://www.rl1908.com/Clubs/North-Sydney-Bears.htm[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The club couldn't cope financially and went into the control of an administrator at the end of the 1999 season. The NRL announced that the Bears would not therefore be considered for inclusion in the 2000 premiership. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]After over 90 seasons, the North Sydney club was out. They were soon joined by South Sydney.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The North Sydney club (via its administrator) merged with the enemy Manly Sea Eagles to form the Northern Eagles joint venture club. After two seasons it collapsed in debt and bitter acrimony.[/FONT]
South Sydney's occassional use of North Sydney Oval - a ground that was once apparently no longer suitable for NRL purposes - 'twisted the knife' even further
the point is the bears had the money to continue and were shafted.
they shouldnt have been axed or forced to merge.
so there we have facts stating that the Bears were in fact in debt and their ground was deemed unsuitable. Two points I raised and was accused of lying about.
Now wile the area may still be largely unrepresented by an NRL team, moving the side to Gosford is going to make it quite difficult for fans who still live in the Sydney area to get to all the home games.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Central Coast get a team in the future, but as I said before, I highly doubt that they'll have any affiliation with the North Sydney Bears.
They were being run by administraters you goose.
Wasn't the Leagues Club owed $12 million as well?
Please......
Possibly because they didn't want to get lumped with a huge debt?north sydney LC is around today making money.
how did that happen?
ive heard they didnt want to support the club at the time for various reasons.
I'm pretty sure Souths' debt was paid for by Souths Juniors.