Tasmanian Rugby League

[elbusto]

Sorry to all who are sick of me but I want somebody to tell me why our game allows itself to be let down by nincompoops time and time again!

 

[magpie4ever]

Hi

I seriously doubt anybody cares any more but the Tasmanian Rugby League plays its 9s tournament tomorrow. Two Clubs in Hobart will commit two teams. Another new club in Hobart will field a few players (duty of care? insurance?). Launceston have folded (so I hear) and the North West? Who knows? Congrats to the VRL and the plums at the Affiliated States total neglect committee. Bottle of red? Say goodbye to Tassie Rugby League. Why? There is no excuse for this.

Jez this shits me.:x

Is there any techno poster who can raise a petition regarding the treatment (or complete lack of) of Tassie RL.

Let's get one going and send it on to the bloody NRL/ARLC.

 

[elbusto]

Jez this shits me.:x

Is there any techno poster who can raise a petition regarding the treatment (or complete lack of) of Tassie RL.

Let's get one going and send it on to the bloody NRL/ARLC.

Mate I have been restrained here. For all my complaints I hoped I was wrong. It is as bad as I thought.

The worst thing about it is there is huge interest in the comp. There is no leadership.

The excuses for its demise are being written now. By fools.

 

[magpie4ever]

Mate I have been restrained here. For all my complaints I hoped I was wrong. It is as bad as I thought.

The worst thing about it is there is huge interest in the comp. There is no leadership.

The excuses for its demise are being written now. By fools.

It just pisses me off when good people who want the game to thrive are stamped on by f**kwits.

 

[elbusto]

It just pisses me off when good people who want the game to thrive are stamped on by f**kwits.

Seriously mate before tonights conversations with Clubs I hoped it might be okay but all news tonight was very very bad.

 

[magpie4ever]

Seriously mate before tonights conversations with Clubs I hoped it might be okay but all news tonight was very very bad.

Are you able to relate the full story? Might as well, you have zero to lose.

 

[elbusto]

No. I won't mate. I am just an idiot who cares. I give up.

 

[magpie4ever]

No. I won't mate. I am just an idiot who cares. I give up.

Ok, sorry to hear that but sometimes it is better to walk away for your own betterment. No use banging your head against a brick wall.

 

[elbusto]

Ok, sorry to hear that but sometimes it is better to walk away for your own betterment. No use banging your head against a brick wall.

I agree. A smarter person than me once said 'never argue with an idiot'. The idiots have won. Goodbye and good luck,

 

[Perth Red]

Good to see the whole of game review that took 18 months has had such an impact! Since it the game is on its knees in SA and Tas, the WArL board resigned on mass due to NRL interference and there has been no significant developments in nt or Vic. Well worth the money Dave! We still have no action on increasing development officers, giving infrastructure support to affiliated States, a proper NRL controlled NRL game program in affiliated States, strategy on how to piggy back off the new touch link up, improvement in tv coverage etc etc. the more things change the more they stay the same.

 

[elbusto]

Good to see the whole of game review that took 18 months has had such an impact! Since it the game is on its knees in SA and Tas, the WArL board resigned on mass due to NRL interference and there has been no significant developments in nt or Vic. Well worth the money Dave! We still have no action on increasing development officers, giving infrastructure support to affiliated States, a proper NRL controlled NRL game program in affiliated States, strategy on how to piggy back off the new touch link up, improvement in tv coverage etc etc. the more things change the more they stay the same.

yep

 

[dimitri]

elbusto

as i think i said to you, you need to put proposals in front of clubs. they are the ones who choose where they play their home games.

Put a killer proposal in, hopefully with assistance from your local government / tourism authority etc, and a Club could very easily say yes very quickly.

Id imagine many Clubs would be well aware of the crowd the Storm pulled for their match at North Hobart Oval

 

[Perth Red]

not as easy as that dimitri, clubs often want financial guarantees. And should it really be the responsibility of a fan to get NRL to these cities? Surely a multi million $ business like the NRL should by now have a strategy that promotes the game nationally and organises for clubs to link up with growth potential regions to benefit the club, RL in that area and the NRL long term?

 

[TheRam]

The NRL and Dave Smith are a massive joke. The game even with a billion dollar contract have failed to deliver anything that is really progressive and inspirational to us long time suffering fans. If anything most of us I'm sure feel the game has let them down big time.

Talk is cheap, when your 3 star players all leave to perceived bigger and better challengers, then I think that that's a big enough clue, don't you?

These sort of things only happen to shit organizations who struggle to meet peoples expectations. The world is a much smaller place in the 21 century then ever before, and the options for the young confident RL star are endless, but the NRL still thinks it is 1965.

 

[Card Shark]

Good to see the whole of game review that took 18 months has had such an impact! Since it the game is on its knees in SA and Tas, the WArL board resigned on mass due to NRL interference

Please detail what that interference is?


Feel sorry for Elbusto trying to promote the game he loves & getting no help from the governing body, who do now have a sizeable cheque book.

What's worse for him is he's a long suffering Shark supporter.

Keep your chin up mate & don't give up, surely someone at the NRL will take notice. If not, call Ray Hadley, Alan Jones, Lawsey or the Big Sports Breakfast perhaps? People do care mate, you just need to get the right voice on your side .

Good luck!

 

[Perth Red]

Please detail what that interference is?

!

Basically a question of control and governance. Until recently the WArL received a grant from ARLC which it uses to employ the management and admin staff inc CEO. Like any org the CEO was responsible for reporting to the board. The NRL then decided to withdraw the funding and make the CEO and GM directly employed by the NRL and reportable to them. They effectively cut the WArL board off at the knees and pretty much made them redundant. Quite rightly most of the board walked. Why they have done this is yet to be seen.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/20203655/leagues-mass-walkout/

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/20415833/fresh-start-for-warl-as-new-board-gets-to-work/

Following on from last article the NRL has had the game review report for months now and has not done anything so we still have an interim board with extremely poor governance due to snr management not being responsible to them. :crazy:

 

[Card Shark]

Seems like a strange situation. Hopefully there is a method to the NRL's madness but they need to act quickly to get it done.

 

[rabbitohs]

Hi

As you may know, I have posted often here about the game and its progress down here.

After a lot of hard work by a lot of great people, we are basically dead on our feet.

There has been no commitment by the ARL to development here.

The four remaining Clubs are basically gone as officials are tired, and sick of empty promises.

Apparently, Officials from the NRL cannot open their emails.

If they do, they do not read them.

Sadly enough, getting the game going here would be relatively easy, but, sadly, it is a difficult task when we do not get a Development Officer.

After 5 years of busting my ass with other wonderful people, and after five years of empty promises it is fair to say the great game of Rugby League has no future here because those who are meant to care simply do not.

Yes we do have a 'nice little comp' here. But after five years of heart and soul, it may well be gone.

And yes - this post expects a response. But sadly - watch the spin.:x

Similar joke of a situation here in SA. Few teams can guarantee 13 on any weekend and there are only 5 teams!

 

[insert.pause]

Mr Sinderberry said most codes were "under-resourced on the administration side" and questioned existing structures.
"Do our corporate structures detract or assist from our aspirations as organisations? I think we need a conversation about private ownership or community ownership - structures that might assist the sport," he said.

Business leader and former Basketball Australia chairwoman Diane Smith-Gander identified the mish-mash of funding as a problem.

"There is funding available but you only get the funding for a particular program," he said.

"You don't get it for the administration and overhead that surrounds that. Taking on board a half a dozen programs becomes a real issue because it stretches your administration."

The problem was felt particularly at WA Rugby League.

"The game here grew 19.3 per cent last year," chief executive John Sackson said. "We grew that another 7 per cent this year. TV ratings are going up significantly. I have a team of DOs that are punching way above their weight. We are reaching breaking point now. We need more development officers, we need more resources. If they (the NRL) want growth we can give them growth but we need fuel in the tank."

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/wa/a/25303450/sports-tsars-brace-for-change/

 

[elbusto]

John Sackson is a very clever administrator and has being doing a great job over there.

It is my experience that all "Affiliated States' would be well ahead of where they are now if there had been some serious commitment of funding to them, particularly DOs.

Here in Tassie if we had one each end of the State things would go ballistic. My experience down here is that we have had to knock kids back year after year because of pennies given to us.

It is also my experience that those who are responsible for these things will deny this.

Decide who you will believe.

All the problems we have down here come from a lack of commitment from those who should know better.:?