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Mr Pulvers annual report showed $2M ish. The explanatory notes said it's actually $5M ish. Now he says its $9M ish? I personally think the figure must be eleventy something :) The point has been made before, that Pulver has made a rod for his own back regarding grass roots funding. There has...

cmon these contract opportunities would be there with a different form of the ARU. You can't give them credit,just because they are there. In any event,if the choice is playing in the SS for an O/S contract or getting fucked up playing Mungo for Merrylands,I know what I would pick.

That's not right at all. The policy these days,is if you are not in the match day 23 you play for your club. I think Deegan played every game, Horwitz played plenty,not sure on Kellaway & the winger,but they definitely played during the year. My point is not that clubs add no value. Its...

I don't think the 40 odd signatories, have been snubbed by the ARU time after time,when trying to get their viewpoint over. Personally, I never play ultimatums,until all avenues have been explored,as it's hard to complete any project with ill feelings between parties. And I absolutely make sure...

Have they? This year was the best SS comp that I can remember.

Hang on you're conflating things. I'm supportive of highly regarded former players/coaches/administrators who wish to raise concerns about the direction of the game,having a delegation getting a full hearing from the ARU. I'm deadset against a bunch of blokes wanting to storm the boardroom...

They don't speak for all SS clubs. Their plan is to promote the interests of 4 of those clubs. So one would assume they have been in talks with them surely?

Good point, they won a couple they deserved to lose,or at least we're under the pump big time. Which is the sign of a good side.

Nah,fuck em. They are two years too late to try that one. What player who knows he is a walk up start will turn his back on NRC to play some bulkshit nothing comp, sans super players it has to be weaker. Bill,don't negotiate with terrorists.....

How many years since SS clubs received $100k grants? That argument is a furphy anyway,as I believe that they need to be spending multiples of what they currently spend on juniors (kids). Pulver has either been poor in explaining what and where it's spent,or he's been deficient in investing in...

Injuries/niggles might be more of an issue. It was a very physical game v Ray's last week.

Defence Hodge makes important cover tackles when he could have stayed in position,and let someone else do it. Kellaway seems to be consistently late to the scene,almost deliberately.

Does NFJ have an official capacity with any club? What can they possibly do to the ARU apart from cornering the Shiraz market,so the Board will be forced to drink young cab savs or blended wines :)

Thanks for the homily of how it works in theory. Talking about GL's and subsets is irrelevant when discussing what they publish in their annual report. Explanatory notes are supposed to give greater clarity. In this instance,they quote totally different numbers than the recorded expenditure.Why...

. Except it's not the case here. The explanatory notes are contradictory ,and quote different figures to those recorded in expenditure. It makes it hard to be confident about any of the figures quoted.

His word is not reflected in the annual report. So he is either Trumpesque in his explanations, or the annual report he signed is misleading in the extreme.

So I can understand the quantum of these ARU subsidies. What costs do the ARU incur with the fielding of say an under 13 team in the northern beaches? Is it different to a similar age group in Bathurst,and if so,how?

I don't think Papworth's criticisms are all about a cash grab. Most of what he says, is that the ARU is out of touch,and is run by people making a living out of the game,who only talk to,and take advice from,others who also make a living out of the game. I think it's a good point. When those...

That's a pretty savage sledge on a large group of people,all of whom have impressive achievements in the game. please,tell me what they say,that warrants scorn from a nobody?

I'm caught up by the fact that the ARU have decided to directly take a chunk out of all junior registrations. its bad enough that they spend a fraction of what their competitors spend comparatively, but adding a levy is just small minded penny pinching. I don't care that they spend more on...