Some levity in these dark times
https://twitter.com/thaRaptorP/status/1997063281274671310?s=20
this is the way. Shame these guys out of our club. These guys have been living in their little bubble for too long.
Re the calls for “stability” from the HBG…bloody hell, they’ve been the definition of unstable year in and year out.
I’m sorry, but the point of no return has been passed and we can never go back to where we were.
The best prediction of future behaviour is past performance and the HBG have used up any goodwill they might have once held.
and then there is reality.
HB are useless, treacherous scumbags, however they do have some important features that matter:
1. They have a historical link to the original merger and our history,
2. They have a willingness and in fact an obligation under the Registered Clubs Act 1976, to donate millions of $$ to the WT without taking any money out of the WT. WT just made its first profit and it is important that it stays in the WT coffers and not returned to the owners.
Any "new" owner of WT is guaranteed a multi million dollar loss for many, many , many years if not forever and that is exactly what we SHOULD want. Any owner that is not a licensed club is going to require an ROI and take any profit back.
This is happening right in the middle of an environment where the NRL is trying to expand the game in $$ and geographically. At present the NRL has plans for an odd number of teams and has too many teams in Sydney.
But ...ok.....Ill play along.
Im sure the most likely scenario from that petition is that the Tigers find our fairy godfather who will come along and lose millions every year, never take any money out, never have any influence in football and the NRL will definitely, definitely go along with that despite the fact that they want less Sydney teams and want to spread the game geographically.
Im sure that the process of finding this fairy godfather and getting rid of the wicked old owners wont take years and millions of dollars we dont have, resulting in Richo, Luai & Bula leaving and no prospects of signing new players.
Im sure that fairy godfather will also pour millions into juniors and grassroots, or alternatively the wicked old owners will
magnanimously continue to fund our juniors and allow us unfettered access to them....wouldnt they?
Im sure that the NRL wouldnt relocate a Tigers team that has zero links to the original merger and history.
Im sure Bulldogs, Parra & Penrith wouldnt cannibalise our area and juniors in a second.
pretty sure you must be right......
Alternatively the NRL can appoint an administrator or implement a governance plan and we go back to last Sunday.
Be careful what you wish for.
