O'Connor officially off to Rebels

[TOCC]

well everyone's entitled to there own opinion..

I just hope that the whole thing doesnt sway the opinion of any potential recruits...

[travelling_gerry]

They said that when Giteau left!

[mudskipper]

They said that when Giteau left!

And.... ???

[jargan83]

And.... ???

There was much rejoicing
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[James]

Except Maurice Mead.

[mudskipper]

There was much rejoicing
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You just weren't worthy...

[Thequeerone]

It feels good not to be worthy - this is rugby, interesting talking to Rebel's fans they seem shocked when we said JOC was dropped by the force

[shasta]

No unfortunately it doesnt work like that... are you about to tell me you are a member/stakeholder/shareholder of McDonalds because you buy a Happy Meal every Friday afternoon? No your not...

Settle down Rex, i was just explaining to Happy how RugbyWA is far from a publicly run organisation..

Are you serious, TOCC. Of course it's a publicly run organisation. It's stakeholders are the paid up members of the organisation and community Rugby clubs. Bet there's plenty of those stakeholders who are also ticketed Force members and quite a few of those hang around here.

I'd agree that they don't have a direct say in the day to day dealings of the franchise just like I don't have a direct say in the running of the companies I hold shares in. But that's got absolutely nothing to do with your "buying a Big Mac" analogy.

It's very common for office bearers in an organisation to explain controversial occurrences to their stakeholders. It's because they are answerable for their actions. Notch one up for Happy.

[TOCC]

No shasta it's not, as members you don't have voting rights at RugbyWA.... Shareholders do have voting rights.... Big difference!
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[Darren]

I thought it was along the lines of:

RugbyWA own Western Force
Clubs own RugbyWA
Clubs Members/Players own Club
Therefore, club members/players own Western Force

Solution - head down to the local club and sign up as a member.

[shasta]

No shasta it's not, as members you don't have voting rights at RugbyWA.... Shareholders do have votin rights.... Big difference.

Only if you're talking about Western Force season ticket members. The other stakeholders mentioned do have voting rights. Like all organisations, influence is a matter of who has the most votes.