RL independence day arrives - NRL Independent Commission announced for November 1

[Canard]

If a couple of clubs are on the verge of bankruptcy for next year then withdraw from the NRL now and let in new clubs that can hack it in the premier division of the code!

They have known for 4 years what 2012 income from grants was going to be, if they can't raise enough funds to stand on their own two feet then bye bye, join a level of the game you are sustainable at.

Maybe Chalk is going to suggest the ARL forgo there payout from the NRL for 2012 so that clubs can get the increase he thinks is fair? Yeh thought not.

But every new expansion club will need to be propped up by the NRL to the tune of millions.

Pretty frustrating as a Cowboys fan, whose club got not a red cent from the ARL when we joined.

 

[Beowulf]

Qualyle is 100% correct.

If the game caves into 16 NRL clubs, they will always have their hands out for welfare and never take responsibility. They will always spend more than they have to chase a premiership if they think 'she'll be right, the IC will bail us out another $2m'.....they need checks and balances. I agree they need assistance to get the grant to the cap level ASAP without putting the game into debt. Any monies over that should be borrowed by the clubs from banks like we all have to do and they suffer the consequences if they default. It may make them employ businessmen, not old mates/cronies.

And that money x 15 unprofitable clubs every year is all money that should be going to junior leagues, development, country football, where 99% of grassroots communities need it, as they are the future of the game.