Own the Force

[chibi]

Wonder what's going on with the jerseys, considering BLK at the moment?

[jargan83]

I'm on a Rugby League forum and It's looking like th Gold Coast Titans have received their 2017 merchandise and their provider is BLK.

The Gold Coast are also currently owned but the NRL much like the Force are currently under ARU rule.

In other news my Member pack arrived today.

[Darkness]

I would hope that there would be a representative for all demographics.

eg: Under 30
Over 30
Female type
Club Rugby
Business
Fan
Parent of Junior Player

So a 40 something year old mother of a junior player who has some business acumen.

Sevenmile, is that you?

[DarthMoose]

I would hope that there would be a representative for all demographics.

eg: Under 30
Over 30
Female type
Club Rugby
Business
Fan
Parent of Junior Player

Too bad if you are a 30 year old male with no kids who isn't involved with club rugby, has no business background and not so much a fan of the force...

[shasta]

[Darkness]

Too bad if you are a 30 year old male with no kids who isn't involved with club rugby, has no business background and not so much a fan of the force...

That personal profile would probably equate to being a bit of a loser.

[boof1050]

Too bad if you are a 30 year old male with no kids who isn't involved with club rugby, has no business background and not so much a fan of the force...

Maybe the profile of a Afl or Dockers supporter.

[BeeJay]

Am I reading too much into it, or was the last email far more pessimistic about the Own the Force program actually having an impact with the ARU, and SANZAR...??

The missive paves the way for legal issues to be used as an excuse for this not to go ahead.

It sounded as though SANZAR may already have made its decision about us behind closed doors.

I also see that poor excuse for a journalist Georgina Robinson is stoking the fire again, pushing for a Western Sydney team...

[jargan83]

I notice she's thrown the possible relocation of the Brumbies into the equation in addition to the Force.

[Alison]

I see the Newcastle Jets (wendyball) have just announced a similar ownership scheme but they managed to secure $15mill from local business owners rather than ordinary supporters.

[shasta]

That update seems to indicate what I suspected after the last SANZAR meeting. That is - "show us the money by March or you're out". Fair enough - as long as the other franchises are held to the same accounting. Trouble is, we know they won't be.

[FingerTips]

Am I reading too much into it, or was the last email far more pessimistic about the Own the Force program actually having an impact with the ARU, and SANZAR...??
...
It sounded as though SANZAR may already have made its decision about us behind closed doors.
I also see that poor excuse for a journalist Georgina Robinson is stoking the fire again, pushing for a Western Sydney team...

It feels like we are not being told the whole story at present.

Hopefully, there will be more credible information (and commitments) made available before we are asked to hand over our hard-earned Shekels to Western Force Owners P/L. My fear is that WA rugby supporters may get suckered into handing over the target of three million dollars plus, only to be told sometime in February or March 2017 that "sorry lads and lasses, there'll be no Perth based Western Force in 2018 - they're being euthanized, or moved to Western Sydney along with the money which you have so kindly contributed to NSW rugby".

Robinson's article quoted the new president of the Sydney Rugby Union as calling for a western Sydney Rugby Union franchise and repeated Greg Harris's statement that "the Western Force were the obvious team to sacrifice and move east, creating the Western Sydney Force." Harris's context is that of urging "the Australian Rugby Union to abandon its 'national footprint' plans in favour of shoring up a neglected part of the rugby heartland" - in other words, bugger off any one living in SA, TAS, WA and possibly VIC who wants to play or follow Rugby Union.

The point that these NSW centric types seem to miss is that it is the NSW Unions who were asleep at the wheel while the AFL and the A-league made their successful penetrations into western Sydney. Penalising rugby in WA for the NSW unions' torpor is inequitable.

[brokendown gunfighter]

If the Force did fold or relocated to Western Sydney--the Wallabies will have to be renamed "Eastern Australia"!

[MI5_Dog]

It's amazing how often I hear the NSW Rugby union go on record as saying 'We f*cked up! Save us ARU!' even if they use other language in an attempt to hide this.
NSW already have 2 Super Rugby teams. The Waratahs and the Brumbies. Why they need a third is beyond me.

[shasta]

Robinson's article quoted the new president of the Sydney Rugby Union as calling for a western Sydney Rugby Union franchise and channeled his Vice President Brett Papwrth's
prolonged rantings that "the Western Force were the obvious team to sacrifice".

FIXED!