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Wb1234

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If you can’t run a successful nrl club on a grant of 5 million or more over the salary cap then you have to be some kind of special donkey

Times have changed since the days of 95 (plus all travel costs are paid for by the league)
 
Perth Red

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Wb1234 said:
If you can’t run a successful nrl club on a grant of 5 million or more over the salary cap then you have to be some kind of special donkey

Times have changed since the days of 95 (plus all travel costs are paid for by the league)
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Some clubs are getting a lot more than that. 2023 Broncos got $19.4mill from NRL + $1.5mill in development pathways grants from NRL and QRL.
Cap $12.1mill men's + $880k womens.

surplus from grants after player payments to spend on club operations: $7.9million!
 
SirPies&Beers

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Perth Red said:
Nothing in the Western Bears bid to say they wouldn't have been sustainable. Had start up money, had fall back money. Had 6 rich guys with deep pockets. Between a cheap stadium deal, having a CofE built for them, a strong fan east and west coast fanbase and a $20mill annual NRL grant there is nothing to suggest the Western Bears bid wouldn't have been successful. Instead the whole thing is now at the whim of an election and Labor getting back in. Thankfully the signs are good that will happen.
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theres plenty to say it wasnt sustainable. hence it wasnt accepted and by vlandys own words it wasnt a sustainable business model. not sure how much more you need, unless you think you know more than the head of the game
 
Perth Red

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Pippen94 said:
South's were out of league at one point. Dolphins in the bottom rung longer. That's rusted on.
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Aside from Newcastle fans, god bless them, all clubs lose 20-50% of the bandwagoners when they do poorly. Except Sharks as well as they didn't really pick up many when they did well! Dolphins are still riding the novelty wave but have already lost 20% of crowd from Yr1 to Yr 2
But yeh keep on believing its just a potential Melbourne thing lol
 
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Pippen94

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Perth Red said:
Aside from Newcastle fans, god bless them, all clubs lose 20-50% of the bandwagoners when they do poorly. Except Sharks as well as they didn't really pick up many when they did well! Dolphins are still riding the novelty wave but have already lost 20% of crowd from Yr1 to Yr 2
But yeh keep on believing its just a potential Melbourne thing lol
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Redcliffe and bears had team in top flight. Were removed but still exist. Perth reds had team in top flight and no longer exist.
 
T to the T

T to the T

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www.6pr.com.au

WA one step closer to scoring its first NRL rugby league team

WA Labor is promising to spend $186 million dollars on community sport projects including the Malaga Sports precinct which has been earmarked as the home base for what would be Perth’s first NRL team, the Western Bears. 6PR Radio Perth Live presenter Oliver Peterson said while there had been no...
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2nd part of the radio clip, 01:23 onwards Roger Cook from his press conference this morning (or yesterday for you lot) advising "discussions are advanced in regards to a MOU" and "conversations are warm and progressing well"
 
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