More on the board: last month Tony Crawford (former NRL CFO & NRL Head of Clubs & States Services 2013-2020) was appointed onto the North Sydney Bears board.
Tony has worked closely with PVL and the ARLC in the past and his work helped build and deliver the game it’s financial war chest. His appointment timing isn’t coincidental. He didn’t have any links or correlation to Norths prior to his appointment.
Basically he was parachuted by the ARLC into the Norths Board to serve as the conduit from Bears side to WA Consortium side. Contrary to what I said yesterday of no existing Norths Board Members being involved with the Western Bears board, there is a possibility his Norths board position is only temporary until such time Western Bears are up and running. Expectation from “some” is that he will leave his Norths board position and take up a position with ARLC. This whole “oversight” thing, well this is probably the person.
It’s a funny one because his so new in the Norths board that it’s hard to say that he is an out and out existing board member (he is though as he has a seat, so that’s undeniable) and likewise he isn’t a Bears-person per se. He is however a very astute business person with incredibly strong ties to the NRL and thorough understanding of how the NRL framework operates.
Take it as you will.
The Bears are pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Crawford as a Director of the NSDRLFC Board, bringing with him strong working knowledge of the NRL having been involved at both a club and league level. Tony has broad experience and success across multiple industry sectors, with focus in...
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