West Coast Pirates Bid News

[Bukowski]

Vote Albo out and the PNG bid is dead, especially when tax payers learn that they are funding it.

Unfortunately that's true. VLandys will have that $600mill upfront though. They'll know the pitfalls.

 

[Centy Coast]

The reason Queensland and NSW produce better players than Western Australia is because a) they have better infrastructure to nurture their talent and b) attract the best athletes. Western Australia's best athletes grow up playing fumbleball and cricket.

Spending millions of dollars on RL clubs in Perth isn't going to make the most athletic kids want to play the game. Despite all of the money fumbleball has invested in Queensland, it hasn't deterred the best athletes from choosing rugby league. Kids want to emulate their heroes. In Queensland and NSW their heroes are rugby league players. In Western Australia they worship fumbleball players.

Yet WA’s AFL teams finished 14th and 18th respectively ?, why do you think all of WA’s best athletes play AFL lol

 

[Pippen94]

The WA consortium has also been talking for years. But after getting burnt after being very public in 2012 they are going about their business quietly and behind the scenes this time, if expansion was decided by media attention Bears would be back by now lol

Unnamed business men working behind the scenes. Smoke mirrors

 

[Bukowski]

Yet WA’s AFL teams finished 14th and 18th respectively ?, why do you think all of WA’s best athletes play AFL lol

His geniusation I'm assuming. Mum and dad being siblings is a real possibility.

 

[Pippen94]

city of 2.2million people
richest state in australia
Drew 42k crowd to nrl this season
One of the strongest grassroots states outside nsw and qlnd already producing nrl and nrlw players with strong potential for growth of participation and player production
beautiful affordable city to raise family in attracting players to relocate
Bid consortium of millionaire committed owners
Supportive cashed up state govt
Massive growth potential for tv audience
increase in value of sponsorship to nrl by having another big capital city in the comp
75 year history of rugby league and local clubs
perfect location for new tv time slot
suitable regular stadium and bigger top class one if and when needed
takes the fight to afl and puts another nail in unions coffin
removes the public perception rugby league is a two state game
politis and finally Vlandys recognise value of an Australian wide competition

But lost out to redcliffe & will lose to east tigers next..

 

[MugaB]

Vote Albo out and the PNG bid is dead, especially when tax payers learn that they are funding it.

The funding is still going to PNG anyways regardless of a 1st grade side, they are just offsetting the money that goes to foreign aid, so its not like they decided that an extra amount would suddenly hit the tax payers pockets

 

[Pippen94]

I know how I'll stop the Perth bid. I'll just spam an internet forum with absolute bullshit. With both my accounts.

AfLw Is bIgGeR tHAn NRl. ThAt ShOuLd Do It.


dum de dum da

That caps lock thing was funny in 2008..

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Yet WA’s AFL teams finished 14th and 18th respectively ?, why do you think all of WA’s best athletes play AFL lol

They have a draft that leads to the best juniors ending up all around the country.

Wasn't Lance Franklin from Perth?

He never played for the Eagles or Dockers.

 

[Bukowski]

The funding is still going to PNG anyways regardless of a 1st grade side, they are just offsetting the money that goes to foreign aid, so its not like they decided that an extra amount would suddenly hit the tax payers pockets

But another PM may not direct it to the NRL team.

 

[MugaB]

But another PM may not direct it to the NRL team.

Hence why it doesn't matter, the money will still be directed to PNG... might aswell get something for league, its not like we cant hand out another licence to another area at the same time (i.e perth, nz)

 

[Maximus]

The funding is still going to PNG anyways regardless of a 1st grade side, they are just offsetting the money that goes to foreign aid, so its not like they decided that an extra amount would suddenly hit the tax payers pockets

So what you are saying is that we are going to take money away from one of the following to give to professional sports people instead of people living in poverty?

- Accountability and governance
- Climate change and humanitarian
- Defence cooperation
- Economic
- Education
- Election support
- Gender
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Justice, Defence, Law and order
- Subnational development

And people actually support that?

 

[Maximus]

The main reason PNG are getting the licence and millions in funding is because rugby league is its national sport.

But shouldn't you be arguing against it because they don't produce enough superstars? Or does that only matter for Perth?

How many superstars have they produced for the NRL?

I'm not talking about plodders. I'm talking elite players who command top dollar on the player market because of their skill.

The only basketballer from Perth I can think of is Luc Longley. He made it because of his enormous size.

How many swimmers, track and field athletes from Perth are Olympic champions?

How many world class golfers who've been world number 1 are from Perth?

What about tennis players?

The last great Western Australian tennis player I can think of is Margaret Court.

Sam Kerr is from Perth, but a large proportion of the Matildas are from Queensland.

 

[MugaB]

So what you are saying is that we are going to take money away from one of the following to give to professional sports people instead of people living in poverty?

- Accountability and governance
- Climate change and humanitarian
- Defence cooperation
- Economic
- Education
- Election support
- Gender
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Justice, Defence, Law and order
- Subnational development

And people actually support that?

Yes im sure all that cut and paste alphabetical list you've made is exactly where all the funds have been going .....this ...whole ...time

 

[Maximus]

Yes im sure all that cut and paste alphabetical list you've made is exactly where all the funds have been going .....this ...whole ...time

If you don't agree with it, you can complain to the Australian High Commission in PNG.

Development cooperation

So you are saying you support taking money off people living in poverty so it can go to professional sportspeople instead?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

But shouldn't you be arguing against it because they don't produce enough superstars? Or does that only matter for Perth?

Which market has the most potential to produce superstars?

 

[Perth Red]

Which market has the most potential to produce superstars?

Kalyn Ponga was born in WA, so I'll say WA lol

 

[Bukowski]

WA has produced Australia's greatest current athlete in Sam Kerr. Spend the money in Perth and you'll produce the players.

 

[Perth Red]

WA has produced Australia's greatest current athlete in Sam Kerr. Spend the money in Perth and you'll produce the players.

7 RL internationals in this years test matches. Bu yeh no hope of producing talent lol

 

[Dragonwest]

I have no clue why some continue to claim it as a given that Perth won't be able to produce talent.

A history or 10,000 plus players is significant, with an NRL license there is no reason why Perth couldn't not target 10-12,000 registered player very quickly. Considering we are 170-180,000 nationwide that number isn't to be sneezed at.

How can Perth generate competitive talent without a HM, SG Ball and Flegg program linked to an NRL team? With that program the pool is definitely big enough.

 

[Perth Red]

I have no clue why some continue to claim it as a given that Perth won't be able to produce talent.

A history or 10,000 plus players is significant, with an NRL license there is no reason why Perth couldn't not target 10-12,000 registered player very quickly. Considering we are 170-180,000 nationwide that number isn't to be sneezed at.

How can Perth generate competitive talent without a HM, SG Ball and Flegg program linked to an NRL team? With that program the pool is definitely big enough.

Its a dumb argument by dumb people. they want to see something in Perth that literally doesnt exist anywhere else in rugby league in australia.
Perth wont produce much more than it currently does until it gets an NRL club. If 10 years after getting a license we still arent then I will accept all the criticism that should rightly get thrown our way.