Well the money has leaked and for the most part it is as good as gone.
Have to try something.
If the status quo continues the game will be destroyed at the pro level in SA. It is run by incompetent, gravy train riding fat cats.
What's the alternative?
Governance? Sure. As long as you line my pockets I'll govern in any way you want me to.
The system is rotten to the core. Any change will be a good change.
I think your point is very valid and has a lot of merit. If you have a look in Europe for example most financially healthy teams are privately operated. The governance forces the owner / operator (depending if its ownership pf licencing arrangements) to keep the team viable of they suffer personally financially. Its similar to what the Kiwi have seen thus why some of their Super Rugby franchises operate under licencing agreements.
It frustrates me that in parts of Rugby they are yet to realise what most professional sport globally know; that players and coaches, just like the local club committee members who have end up on boards and the like, have no business acumen nor sports management experience and mostly are operating on a deadly combination of personal ego fed by their power, ignorance as they think they know what they are doing, and incompetence because they cant see the damage they do - and as we often see will passionately defend their position at the expense of their club and bring it down.
Successful business management is usually not a democracy. Yet rugby administers in SA and Australia at most levels believe it is. Here in Australia you need only look at the Shute Shield. If business need money they need to work out how to raise capital. In Australian (and I believe its similar in SA) rugby this means go and ask the governing body for money. This lead to the fundamental question that if the Union (ARU or SARU) are the ones having to generate the money what function do the clubs and boards have and what are they doing. It further begs the question if their is enough money in the clubs to "line the pockets" and keep the incompetent employed why do the Unions allow the money to be bled from the game?
IMHO I think their is a direct correlation to the financial issue of Australian and SA rugby and the composition of the management and administration they have in place.
The RFU in the last few days revoked the licence of London Welsh due to them not being financially viable and to prevent more financial loss. Pure business decision.
There are reports that the London Welsh players only found out the revocation via media reports which raises more serious questions about the competence of the management.
