WorkingClassRugger
Michael Lynagh (62)
Having a COO would seem an admission of the inadequacies of the CEO.
The sheer depth and breadth of the incompetence is actually sending me dizzy - and we are only talking about one issue (super rugby). The same brand of organisational incompetence extends the length and breadth of the game.
I don't think that I can adequately express it all, but here goes:
1. they admit a 5th team, knowing that it's unsustainable
2. They institute the NRC - knowing that it's also unsustainable
3. They go along with the Super 18 concept even though they are given two separate reports saying that it will be a disaster for Australian rugby
4. Despite apparently "looking for an excuse" to revert to 4 teams, they don't do so during the S18 implementation process
5. They trumpet the S18 as being a triumph for the ARU, in particular the negotiating skills of BP and state that it will be the saviour of Australian rugby
6. The costs of implementing S18 almost chew up all of the increased broadcast revenue
7. In July 2015 they get a private owner to take control of the Rebels, but seemingly retain extensive liabilities
8. In Feb 2016 they effectively take over the Force and enter into a legally binding alliance with RWA
9. Points 7 and 8 both seem to contain binding agreements for the Force and the Rebels to stay in Super rugby unitl 2020?
10. They go to the London meeting publicly stating that the want to retain 5 teams
11. They now say that they really went there with a proposal to cut one team and go to four
12. After at least 8 months warning of a possible restructure they have no objective criteria on which to base the extinction of either the Force or the Rebels
13. They announce a farcial 72 hour consultation period, but are forced to back track after RWA file a Supreme Court injunction
14. This process could go on for "weeks or months"
15. Still no objective criteria on which to base the decision announced.
Have I missed anything?
Sorry, how is the NRC unsustainable?