If there is one thing in life I've learnt is that there is no certainties! None of us are privvy to the detail so it is hard to argue for or against, we can all agree we want News out, we can all agree that an IC is the way forward, now we just need to hear the details of how an IC will represent the best interests of the game at all levels whilst managing any potential rifts between clubs and NSWRL/QRL/ARL.
Answer to your quote.....there will be no arl....and the qrl and nswrl will need to fall into line and assume their future role gracefully - thats how they can help the game best.
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Now:
I will start this post with a purpose statement. I intend to dispel some peoples myths about the current IC situation.
The grassroots disruption gamble
Ok. So for the sake of some bulldust idea that grassroots will somehow suffer under an IC, people are going to town with a lot of crap....and its frankly a low act by the QRL. It is a grab for power, power they do not deserve. Frankly they are NOT REQUIRED to be at the level they are asking for. If you dont get all that, then I ask you to unblinker yourself and failing that, I ask you to realign your perceptions, take a step back and just think.....who the hell would want to overlook their next generation of players? What sport would want that to happen? Forget tv contracts if you have not got a pool of players to follow, let alone the best athletes in your country.
You know as well as I do that grassroots is as important as the Elite. You need to get over this idea that commissioners won't know or understand that, because all you are doing is adding weight to a devious scheme by the qrl to (uneloquently) f**k with the RL power balace - primarily nswrl and arl - one final time before they bow out and assume a more fitting role....
The problem you guys face is that you want power for organisations that would not have any power unless you gave it to them and they would be governing (and stiffling) the ones with the real power - the clubs.
it should never be the other way around. It would be like asking the king to accept instructions from the serfs.
Unleash the powerful ones, let them be the drivers, and they will look after all else so they can continue to be powerful. You never unleash the less powerful, such as the states, they will bring mediocrity because if they are casting shadows on the more powerful they are in fact holding them back. my language may be simple and I guarantee you its not because I think people on here are simple, its because I am intending to address much deeper issues without writing massive blocks (as best as possible).
The underlying issue: it goes beyond a qrl power play.
The BIG issue here is that the ones who will become dwarfs per se` are crying foul because they dont like it, its a personal income/prestige reduction they are worried about not the best interests of the game; moreso they are upset a new body is coming in to rule them, as they may feel they are the rightful rulers of themselves.....but let me say this to you: by the way they are acting they think they own RL, but they dont....the fans own the game by providing power to the clubs, and for the sake of rules, people say the clubs own the game; but really the game and rules known as rugby league own themselves...the arl said they were custodians of the game, well that mantle falls to the IC, so in effect the game is ruling itself and drawing commissioners from the best of its fans amongst the community.....the qrl has no right to do what it is doing.
.....but you know, if they pulled their heads in, and got along, they could play a valuable part in leagues co-operative future.
Thats the only issue you need to look at....dragging your head out of your but, qrl, and anyone else who thinks they should have a great say, be on the same level, command the same 'power'......no, it should be IC as the head, and everyone else helping THEM in what THEY want.
Notice how the clubs are not at the head, they are merely the powerful drivers out there, and they are handing their power to the commission. Its no longer theirs.
Here are three telling points.
1. You know, in AFL and NFL, and others, the clubs trust in their commissioners. They let them do their thing, because guys, when clubs dont have to worry about politics, etc, they can get on with the business of running footy clubs, and I bet you, clubs dont want to be involved in politics. They just need a good system to back them up. And a good system that they would like is one that LOOKS AFTER ALL THE GAME. By the rules, the commissions decision is final - they are the ones who research and obtain facts, they are the ones who are unhindered along party lines, they are the ones who can make things happen moreso than any club affiliated person - so why get involved?
Why disrupt that process??
2. Some people seem to think that the clubs are going to be in the pockets of certain people, whispering in their ears, getting involved.....as if. They are handing over the running of the game to people whom they trust so they dont have to worry about that sh*t!
3. The current structure of RL is totally wrong. The current admin has low credibility, the ARL and SL war threw everything off-kilter, the states bodies are a little bit too involved to the point of meddling (falou affair, etc), the whole second level admin runs Origin our biggest product yet it uses NRL players.
Talk about a tug of war....there are too many RL's out there and they are essentially on the same level as the other, and political means is the only way they have of getting anywhere, and it usually descends into slanging matches, backstabs and disruptive maneuvers because they are basically punching at the same weight. The power balance in the game is a shambles, and the conflict of interest at the top is a sham.....
.....ok....point is that if you think all of whats happening now is going to happen under an IC, then you are sorely mistaken....whats more, its the prime reason to change....forget news ltd, you wont have to deal with them too much in the future....worry about all the rusted on warts left in the game, and hope the IC has the forsight to do a massive cleanout and restructure of the levels underneath it.
Ok. So for the sake of some bulldust idea that grassroots will somehow suffer under an IC, people are going to town with a lot of crap....and its frankly a low act by the QRL. It is a grab for power, power they do not deserve, and frankly they are NOt REQUIRED to be at the level they are asking for. If you dont get all that, then I ask you to unblinker yourself and failing that, I ask you to realign your perceptions, take a step back and just think.....who the hell would want to overlook their next generation of players? What sport would want that to happen?
You know as well as I do that grassroots is as important as the Elite. You need to get over this idea that commissioners won't know or understand that, because all you are doing is adding weight to a devious scheme by the qrl to (uneloquently) f**k with the RL power balace - primarily nswrl and arl - one final time before they bow out and assume a more fitting role....
I ended as I started, so hopefully you get the idea. You do get it dont you?
If thats not enough to convince you, then here's this:
If you were in a household and you earned 80 grand but your partner earned 500 grand, and you thought you should have the say in how ALL the money is spent, I bet your partner would be telling to go jump. Its like that everywhere, and for the situation to be reversed, well your partner would have to be very stupid....
thats why the clubs should have majority say as much as anything. Now if the states earned half of rl's income, sure, but no they dont, and thats why they must assume their future role gracefully as much as anything.
