For me, this is the most negative and depressing comment to have come from Rugby WA thus far in this shemozzle.
If the CEO of Rugby WA believes that one Australian SR team must be culled before the start of the 2018 season, then I think that he has to accept that a second Australian SR team will probably need to be culled prior to the 2021 season (after the new broadcasting deal, when the revenues may go down, and not up). So if the Western Force or the Rebels don't get the chop at the end of this season, then the remaining team is likely to get the chop at the end of the 2020 season.
The next observation is highly pessimistic - sorry.
If and when the Force is chopped, then I hope that the ARU and its mouthpieces have the decency and the moral courage to be honest to the rugby community in WA and to refrain from issuing mealy mouthed platitudes about how WA remains important to them.
Instead, I hope that the ARU has the bottle to say what it really means when it culls the Force: i.e.
"In culling the Western Force, the ARU's message to the rugby community in WA, to the sporting public in WA and to the Government of Western Australia is simple and unambiguous - f*ck off!".
If the Rebels are chopped, then please substitute VIC for WA and Victoria for Western Australia in the above.