1. any bid weighs on finances. with 2 LC behind them i think its a good idea, esp. if singo gets involved.
There are a lot of ifs in your argument regarding finances. I'm sure you'll understand and agree that a business is not going to make an investment on property that cannot state categorically it can look after itself financially. FInances were a big reason why the Bears were booted. They'd need to prove they have the finances for certain before the NRL would even consider thinking about possibly maybe bringing the bears back in any form. Based on your arguments/points thus far, there isn't enough solid proof they can do this just yet.
2. bears are the bears mate, stop being pedantic. red and black and called bears, the old fans will lap that up. ask the ones on here rather than making silly conclusions for them
I'm making no conclusions. If the Central Coast have a team, don't you think for marketing and money reasons it'd be better that it be a Central Coast team, not a relocated team that a large portion of the public may not support? No one knows how many Bears fans there are on the Central Coast, but if Gallop announced that the Central Coast had won a bid to have their own team you can rest assured the whole area will get behind a Central Coast team more than a relocated team. That's simply logic.
3. whatever the reason, manly caused the problems on the CC
How submissive of you.
Childish. It was YOU who said Cronulla is not a successful club because it hasn't won any premierships. They may not have won any in the last 40 odd years, but the bears haven't won any in twice that time. You're a hypocrite mate.
5. black and red and bears will get loads of people jumping back. 3 games at nso will cement the link, a similar number that the tigers play at campbelltown
It may do, but the NRL thinks more about getting money out of the local area. If the Bears are to come back, it will have to be as North Sydney Bears and they will have to be based at North Sydney Oval. Re: The Tigers grounds. It's a completely different situation. The Tigers admin are only playing at Leichhardt and Campbelltown purely in a pissweak attempt to not alienate the fans. The time will come in the not too distant future when the Tigers will decide to either play entirely at Campbelltown or ANZ in my opinion.
6. newtown had a fair chance and failed pretty much of their own accord. the bears were a strong side on and off the field who basically because of SL were a victim and would still be around today
They weren't strong off the field. We've already gone over this. They were put in the hands of administrators, they had debt. After Superleague there were over 20 teams, the comp needed to be cut back, which is why a criteria, mainly focused on marketability and potential income they could generate for the game, as well as being financially viable as a club was brought in. It was strict, and unfortunately most of the foundation clubs got the arse. You see, the game changed, it had a brand new image, it wanted to move forward. History and Tradition means very little in most cases when you're talking business. This was seen when Balmain, Wests, Norths, St.George, Souths and Manly were all given an ultimatum.
At the end of the day History means bugger all to the NRL, it's all about the $$$.
And if any team is to brought back/into the comp, they will need to prove, above all else, that they'll be able to make themselves and the NRL heaps of $$$.