WA BEARS

[BuffaloRules]

New teams obviously aren’t being judged by the standards of the existing ones lol

I think each case should be considered on its own merits actually …

 

[Perth Red]

If the stadium funding isn't committed before an NRL team is admitted , it never will. This is the only bargaining chip you have and you want to throw it away?
Great tactics

Never is a very long time in politics.

 

[Wb1234]

I don’t even think that cook is opposed to hbf upgrade, just that time isn’t right. Better for him to stagger the numbers so it doesn’t look like he is spending huge sums getting an nrl club. It was Telling Rita used the word ‘immediate’ in her language on the stadium.

Perth bears business plan is trust me bro

 

[BuffaloRules]

Storm had news Ltd pumping in a hundred million and still got lucky with Bellamy

They are a very poor example of what to emulate

we are talking about stadiums now .. keep up or best read only

 

[Perth Red]

Storm had news Ltd pumping in a hundred million and still got lucky with Bellamy

They are a very poor example of what to emulate

You do realise he was specifically talking about stadiums dont you?

 

[Wb1234]

I think each case should be considered on its own merits actually …

They are

That’s why the dolphins didn’t need to pay a license fee or why nz doesn’t need a coe or junior funding commitment from the govt

 

[Gobsmacked]

Oh it’s reported has it ? By the same people that reported half a dozen times that the Perth Bears were already across the line no doubt …

Plenty of teams play in a lot shitter stadiums than this proposed team would be

Yay let's have another shit stadium.
The NRL are trying to eliminate shit stadiums. Are you not paying attention?

 

[Wb1234]

we are talking about stadiums now .. keep up or best read only

If the storm didn’t have news Ltd behind them then playing at Olympic park they could’ve failed

Thought you would’ve worked out what I meant

 

[Bukowski]

I said yesterday, it's just not that important to them, something PVL misjudged. He has stuffed his own expansion plans.

 

[Perth Red]

Perth bears business plan is trust me bro

No my plan would be to get a behind door in principle agreement to build a business case for it and come back to the table in a year or two with some sweeteners like nines, all stars and magic round to get it over the line. In the mean time build the club sell the place out and show why it’s needed.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

And the Storm came in and played out of shitty Olympic Park for 10 years … and they proved they could get crowd, developed a following and got a new stadium built for them … there is more than one way to skin a cat

came in just after SL and a time when clubs were getting culled an merging left right center with shit admin in news ltd. its not the same, c'mon do better,

 

[Gobsmacked]

Perth bears business plan is trust me bro

This ^^^

 

[Bukowski]

Yay let's have another shit stadium.
The NRL are trying to eliminate shit stadiums. Are you not paying attention?

Are they? What are they doing to move away from Leichhardt, Brookie etc?

 

[BuffaloRules]

If the storm didn’t have news Ltd behind them then playing at Olympic park they could’ve failed

Thought you would’ve worked out what I meant

We are not talking about their funding or a hypothetical about them failing ..

we are talking about the crappy stadium they played in before the Govt built then a shiny new one

 

[Wb1234]

No my plan would be to get a behind door in principle agreement to build a business case for it and come back to the table in a year or two with some sweeteners like nines, all stars and magic round to get it over the line. In the mean time build the club sell the place out and show why it’s needed.

I mean you aren’t saying it but the stadium build is essential to the bid

If they want to agree now and build it later and keep it hush hush that’s fine

But it needs to be contractual

 

[BuffaloRules]

came in just after SL and a time when clubs were getting culled an merging left right center with shit admin in news ltd. its not the same, c'mon do better,

We are talking about stadiums and you blokes keep moving the goal posts

 

[Wb1234]

We are not talking about their funding or a hypothetical about them failing ..

we are talking about the crappy stadium they played in before the Govt built then a shiny new one

And it’s a bad example of apply to Perth for the reasons I’ve said

The storm got lucky

Perth should not be set up In the same way

 

[Gobsmacked]

No my plan would be to get a behind door in principle agreement to build a business case for it and come back to the table in a year or two with some sweeteners like nines, all stars and magic round to get it over the line. In the mean time build the club sell the place out and show why it’s needed.

And after the first two years of hype dies down , the Bears are at the bottom of the ladder and everyone is saying they should just go to that beautiful stadium on the central coast...
Another genius plan.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

We are talking about stadiums and you blokes keep moving the goal posts

because it goes hand in hand mate. news ltd lobbied for nothing, they extracted all they could without giving. including stadiums. if the olympics werent in sydney in 2000 then theyd have no big stadium there around that time.

 

[taipan]

Again with the apples and oranges comaprison. Tasmania is an AFL state desperate for a top flights sports club in a national comp.
WA isnt an NRL state and has top flight sports clubs in every code bar one.

In Tasmania AFL are putting in a significant investment of their own money. WA NRL are not.

Maybe if the NRL had fronted up with $100mill contribution and not turned down $50mill of private investment WA's would look a lot better?

You continue to ignore the appalling rising costs of the Tasmanian stadium .
State Govt estimate(or should I say guesstimate) of $775m, but people "in the know" have stated it is now $1bn.The AFL will not be adding a cent more I would expect on the stadium.
For a state yes AFL obsessed , but not exactly financially loaded for 1 winter code and cricket with a population of 550,000 . A lot of money for a small population. So basically next to no competition from the other winter codes.