True and I'm not knocking any investment in RL, but, Manly have a ground that is a major factor in low crowd appeal and corporate support. The ground is unlikely to get any better anytime soon. Despite a wining team their crowds remain at best average so where are the extra people coming from? If the CC Bears come in then corporate $'s are going to be even harder to get for Manly than they are now (and they seem to struggle with sponsors as it is) so where is this turn around going to come from? At least the other clubs like Sth's can hope that a winning team will draw in teh crowds, Manly desn;t have that hope based on history.
Again I think it is great someone wants to invest heavily in teh club, I am just interested why you would choose Manly unless you was a massive Manly fan? Is the guy who owns this company a Manly fan?
re Knights, they have the crowd base and stadium to make a real go of it, and Tinkler has a vested interest in being the white knight of Newcastle and keeping the Council and Govt onside, that is probably more his motivation than a desire to see the Knights prosper imo.