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Not on the basis that they have an idea. But they are much further progressed than figures on a beer coaster. They are entitled to be given the time, to confirm whether or not the concept has legs. That's if the ARU are genuine in giving each franchise a chance to fight for their survival.

Papworths view on Super Footy & other ARU failures... http://www.rugbynews.net.au/brett-papworth-lets-stop-pretending-its-a-business-when-it-isnt-run-like-one/

How did AFL become so much more popular in NSW? Where did all the soccer supporters come for a new club in Western Sydney come from? Same answer, from junior participation.

One of the objectives listed in the ARU Annual Report with a 30% weighting was : Building sustainable success in professional Rugby...12/30 Which made me laugh out loud. Thinking about it, they have obviously given 1/2 to sustainability & 1/2 for success. 4 out of 5 franchises will be sustained...

But the $8M that might be under risk with Vic Gov, can be recouped from other states..... Both matches are portable

Totally agree, the code is fortunate to have him in his current role. He's usually the smartest man in the room.

i wouldn't get caught up too much on titles. Lots of people want fancy titles, for ordinary jobs, just as many execs have 'biggest chair syndrome'. COO's usually demand more $$ than GM Operations :) So he's on good coin!

You had me at ' he's a prick' ...:)

I take your point, that dropping a team would have raised complications in regard to ARU undertakings in with SANZAR. And, possibly some of us a going off early about guaranteed places in the comp that it's said the ARU agreed to. However, IF, the ARU has given these guarantees to both crippled...

But we are not in a vacuum. It is incompetent to bail out 2 franchises,only to decide shortly thereafter, that one must go. It's beyond the pale, that the documentation you executed in bailing out both entities, will now, 5 minutes later,bite you on the arse. That is incompetence!

If by ok, you meant mandatory, then yeah :)

Yep, you forgot to praise the Lord for the arrival of of Billy P, imagine the mess we'd be in,without him :)

If it's about $$ then the ARU have been/are incompetent apart from the year JON dudded our closest Union all those years ago. But it's not all about $$, it's about growing/fostering the game. The value of a Super club is not measured purely on their P/L statement each year. That's where our...

...pulver speak for 'not my fault'......

It gets worse. They have no idea how much income they will be forgoing with reduced teams. Here's a tip Bill, if you save $7.5M on one less franchise, but your TV money is reduced by say $12M, that's not actually a good thing........

Hahahaha As if they could.... They Fuck up everything they touch

Haven't they played a game in a lower grade? It's frustrating, but it's not outrageous not to use the bench in tight games.

Someone needs to point out that the 'nice guy' just got steamrolled in London. Our relationships should be strained ATM whilst we fight tooth & nail to save our franchises. Maybe, in the end it might have been our only choice, but we'll never know. We caved at the first hurdle. And then the...

werent all the various codes pretty much granted money to build a centralised elite performance centre, and this is what the ARU came up with?

How's the 12's haircut, looks like he passed out early, on a boys weekend away:)