But more flesh on the bones of Ross Tulloch's board spill proposal
Last week I wrote an article in The Roar which articulated the dreadful shortcomings of the Rugby Australia Board over the past few years.…
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Seems completely fanciful for a 6 person interim board to achieve what he is proposing in the timeframes he is setting, and not a fan at all of member unions (or Super Rugby teams) appointing directors
I immediately check out every time he rolls out the following as a sleight when it's just peak hypocrisy. Funnily enough, the people with the skills to run a successful business are often those who have experience running successful businesses...
The closed shop process allowed under the present constitution has delivered a Board of financiers, bankers, eg Phil Waugh, and professional Board operatives. We need people with the skills to develop and financially sustain the game from the grass roots up to the revenue-earning Wallabies.
There's also a failure to acknowledge that 1/3 of the current board are ex-players (including of course the Phil 'the banker' Waugh), with most of the remainder having been very active within the rugby community for an extended period - all 'rugby people'. The group may, as they say, have no formal barrow to push, but they certainly seem to be familiar with self-gratification.
As you note Cobber, the proposed timeframe and tasks of the proposed interim board are nigh-on impossible - there's also an enormous discrepancy between the 'blow it all up and start again' approach proposed and the key goal of 'spending within our means'. Ultimately it's entirely likely we'd end with half-arsed programs and interventions that would leave us in the exact same, or worse, state.
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