Shute Shield 2015
- Thread starter Hugh Jarse
- Start date
- Status
Dave Beat
Paul McLean (56)
Gibbo
Ron Walden (29)
OMG Gibbo, and I thought rugby clubs was just about playing football
It's you lot who are the pedants and seem to question every line item that Gordon publishes.
I like to watch
David Codey (61)
I see they pulled page 3 that details their expenses as line items from the Annual Report.
Commercial in confidence?
It is what it is
John Solomon (38)
Could this relate to the $300k missing from the Brisbane Bronco's?
B
BellyTwoBlues
Guest
Call me suspicious but I think clubs in profit will only give Fort Fumble the ammunition to further justify the funding cuts!
Our financial year is calendar year, but we will be in a small profit again for the 2nd consecutive year. Not enough to go buy me my Harley, but profit nonetheless.
Our turnover is nowhere near that of Gordon's or Manly's. In fact, it's less than half of either. So we must be doing alright to keep the expenses down. Or perhaps we just have nothing!
Dave Beat
Paul McLean (56)
Foundations, and the right way, maybe more use of @jimmylanc matchbox car next year
Hugh Jarse
Rocky Elsom (76)
Back when I was in the public sector, the annual budget strategy rewarded incompetence, and penalised efficiency and good management.
If your division overspent, then they would get an increase of funds and headcount for the next budget cycle, regardless of how the money was actually spent. The efficient managers who could achieve their outcomes within budgets, had their budget slashed for the following year. Money had to be found for the overspenders, so the efficient were punished to be able to provide for the incompetent.
Most "good" (and I use that term advisedly in a Sir Humphrey Appelby context) managers ensured that they managed to overspend each year even if the basis of that overspend was rather "cynical" in nature.
We now turn our attention to SS clubs. There is a danger that those who manage to exercise financial restraint and live within their means are liable to be penalised by the inefficient and incompetent being rewarded with bail out grants because they are too important to allow to fail.
IMHO, the way things seem to work Belly should have got the Harley, charged it to "Ground Hire" and sat back and waited for the inevitable bail out.
There does not seem to be enough recognition for a job well done for living within constraints and doing the right thing.
I like to watch
David Codey (61)
I would not want to be a SS club desperate for a bail out in the current climate.
Undoubtedly it would be curtains.
Undoubtedly it would be curtains.
B
BellyTwoBlues
Guest
Jimmy Lanc's matchbox car has a problem with the brakes at the moment. Don't think that'll be getting out of the garage anytime soon
Brumby Jack
Steve Williams (59)
Sounds like that with the ABC cuts, the coverage of Shute Shield has ended
Dave Beat
Paul McLean (56)
qwerty51
Stirling Mortlock (74)
I'd like to watch more than 1 a week! I try to a game almost every week.
Which brings up a good point about streaming, the downside if you have to watch it live. Would hope they record games too.
wilful
Larry Dwyer (12)
That's confirmed now. No more coverage.
Dave Beat
Paul McLean (56)
Yes all interesting BarTV did the recent central coast sevens and it was a really good coverage.
I understand geography plays a part, i enjoy the Saturday arvo of rugby with the kids in tow and and I contribute to the gate of most clubs.
The NRC is an interesting one;
how were the fox ratings.
what were the crowds like.
when were the games played.
With regards to the Rays, i think their gate would have been substantially better if there were more afternoon games - proof is in the pudding with regards to the gate that some of the clubs get.
- Status