WA BEARS

[taipan]

I've been told the Perth bid had a letter of support from all 17 clubs.

After the refusal to pay the licence fee ? They all supported expansion and WA that's for sure initially.
Can't see them agreeing after seeing the bid ,unless you a Broncos team with plenty of loot. A new club has to get players from somewhere and the Dolphins struggled together stars .

 

[Perth Red]

I've been told the Perth bid had a letter of support from all 17 clubs.

They did, a signed letter of endorsement from each of the 17 clubs was part of the submission. The license fee isnt about buying the clubs for Perth coming in, its about buying them for the next license agreement and the NRL getting what it wants out of that.

 

[taipan]

My post was a fairly lame attempt at humour.

Am fully aware of the history & status of the WA bid and generally agree with your reading of the state of play.

And dont worry, I am a PVL fan. The game continues to be better off since he became involved and in most aspects I wholeheartedly agree with his leadership & decision making.

And I fell for it .
My concern was Cocos Islands could become a staging point for the Chinese Navy.

 

[Iamback]

After the refusal to pay the licence fee ? They all supported expansion and WA that's for sure initially.
Can't see them agreeing after seeing the bid ,unless you a Broncos team with plenty of loot. A new club has to get players from somewhere and the Dolphins struggled together stars .

In theory they would accept. Once the details came out...things change

 

[Wb1234]

Regular nostrademaus over here, in ten years they'll be no one buying png merchandise, no gambling, no ticket sales, nothing Nada, nien, ever

Your still posting in the Western Bears thread lmao

His club was such a basketcase they were planning on leaving for super league before they even played a game

Played out of a cow park for 20 years and even with news ltd millions were still a financial basketcase for another 20 years

That’s the expert pontificating on png

 

[Wb1234]

I've been told the Perth bid had a letter of support from all 17 clubs.

And those same clubs want Perth to pay a license fee

 

[Perth Red]

And those same clubs want Perth to pay a license fee

I very much doubt they have been asked. If a demand was there it'd have been included in the tender criteria. As I said this is NRL getting some bribe money ready for next months 5 year license agreement negotiations.

 

[Wb1234]

I very much doubt they have been asked. As I said this is NRL getting some bribe money ready for the next months 5 year license agreement negotiations.

Nah you made that up

Nrl clubs demanded png pay a license fee

Now they want one from Perth

Better it doesn’t come out of our cash reserves or profits let the bidders pay for it

Remember when you said Perth would never pay one ? Lol

 

[Perth Red]

Nah you made that up

Nrl clubs demanded png pay a license fee

Now they want one from Perth

Better it doesn’t come out of our cash reserves or profits let the bidders pay for it

not me, one of the key players opinion.

the clubs dont want PNG, a bribe was only way they were going to say yes

 

[Canard]

His club was such a basketcase they were planning on leaving for super league before they even played a game

Played out of a cow park for 20 years and even with news ltd millions were still a financial basketcase for another 20 years

That’s the expert pontificating on png

Yes because the you can't have an opinion on something because of what club you support.

What are you a 13 year old?

PNG isn't suddenly going to become a affluent country overnight. Only an idiot would believe that.

 

[Wb1234]

not me, one of the key players opinion.

the clubs dont want PNG, a bribe was only way they were going to say yes

Pvl mustn’t want Perth then since he wants you guys to pay one

 

[Perth Red]

Pvl mustn’t want Perth then since he wants you guys to pay one

maybe, I always had my doubts. or the person who told me is right and its a late cash grab to lube next months license agreement talks.

 

[Maximus]

Yes because the you can't have an opinion on something because of what club you support.

What are you a 13 year old?

PNG isn't suddenly going to become a affluent country overnight. Only an idiot would believe that.

Nah I like this idea. wb's team doesn't exist anymore, so therefore he can't have an opinion.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

They did, a signed letter of endorsement from each of the 17 clubs was part of the submission. The license fee isnt about buying the clubs for Perth coming in, its about buying them for the next license agreement and the NRL getting what it wants out of that.

This doesn't logically work mate. If the clubs all want Perth in then they don't need a "bribe"

 

[Pippen94]

My uncles cousin said something similar

NRL changed licence fee from gold coin donation to $30 million the day before announcement was going to be made last Thursday. Perth red told me.

 

[BuffaloRules]

not me, one of the key players opinion.

the clubs dont want PNG, a bribe was only way they were going to say yes

Why would they need a “bribe “? They could just tell PVL they want some more money … they don’t need to go through a charade of voting for a new club to get it

 

[Perth Red]

This doesn't logically work mate. If the clubs all want Perth in then they don't need a "bribe"

The way it was told to me it isn't bribing the clubs to allow perth in, it was claimed by my contact that the bid had letters of endorsement from all 17 clubs supporting Perth's inclusion.
It is a bribe for the up and coming negotiations of the next 5 year license agreement with clubs. Now the person may be wrong but he's in a pretty inside and influential position in all this and that is certainly the party he represents perception of the license ask situation.

 

[Wb1234]

The way it was told to me it isn't bribing the clubs to allow perth in, it was claimed by my contact that the bid had letters of endorsement from all 17 clubs supporting Perth's inclusion.
It is a bribe for the up and coming negotiations of the next 5 year license agreement with clubs. Now the person may be wrong but he's in a pretty inside and influential position in all this and that is certainly the party he represents perception of the license ask situation.

Is this from the Facebook group ?

 

[Perth Red]

Why would they need a “bribe “? They could just tell PVL they want some more money … they don’t need to go through a charade of voting for a new club to get it

The next 5 year club license agreement negotiations start next month. You can guarantee, just like the previous two times, the clubs will have some big demands (time for that 5 year break away comp story to come out again!) and the NRL will want A) to give them as little as they can and B) for them to sign perpetual agreements. A nice $1.3mill backhander paid for by WA goes a long way to the clubs acquiescing to what the NRL wants. At least thats what one of the key groups here believes is the motivation for this last minute cash grab.

 

[Perth Red]

Is this from the Facebook group ?

much much higher up the food chain