The financial side such as paying old mate several million dollars to run the club's brand and value into the ground?
He is apparently going to be working at the NRL as the clubs liaison.
Sounds like an argument for management experience...
what he's saying is that we don't need to worry about someone with business acumen ... because, you know, $50 million businesses run themselves
Why not both? Fans don’t get anything from them being successful off field. We can’t sign extra players, we don’t get any benefits. It’s just lining their pockets, not ours.
Exactly, about 6 years ago I had 6 seats in the members stand I'd been a member since ANZ days back in 92. But the more I saw the gameday package dwindle over the years the more I realised the club's priority was being financially successful and if that happened to coincide with us being successful on the field it was a bonus. I decided my money was not going to improving our roster but instead straight into fat cat shareholders pockets.
I paid back the favour by buying kids tickets to games instead of buying a flexi membership.
No, by the state of the place I mean staring down the barrel of possibly getting the spoon in what is definitely our worst ever season. You do realise the money actually comes from somewhere right? Paul White doesn't magic it out of thin air. We've been profitable because we are the only game in town in the buggest slice of rugby league heartland you're going to find, and because we were successful. Sponsors aren't going to be beating down our door to give us bags of cash once the rot your mate has presided over really sinks in and the latest, fattest train wreck Moses sold White on a multi-million dollar deal is doing his best to win us our first ever spoon. I'm not sure what your business credentials but in my field paying massive overs for garbage which ruins your product and kills the long term value of your brand isn't considered to be a good outcome.
