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I agree Andrew that visible capital is good. But I honestly don't think it will make the blindest bit of difference to the only people we need to convince, and that's the ARU. 8 members of that board voted purely with cold hard business heads after they were deliberately presented with a picture of financial ruin if the Force were not chopped. The only way we can get them to see sense is if we can counter with a more realistic financial picture that is not deliberately (and clumsily) skewed towards the answer the ARU wants from its board. And the only way we can do that is by the Own The Force subscriptions and bums on seats at NIB on 22 April.
Not suggesting we don't rally, just that we need to be clear in the knowledge that it won't cut much (if any) ice with the ARU even if we get the same attendance as in 2005 because it's no longer about the game, only the money it WILL (not can) generate.