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    The Timeline

    Hey all, I would like to try put together a bit of a timeline of this saga, with your help, we need dates and significant events.

    When its all done we can put it in a good format to give everyone an idea of the skullduggery going on.

    Eg

    When

    Georgina Robinson says Force are going.
    Force IP sold
    Alliance Agreement signed
    London SAANZAAR meeting
    SMH saying Force are gone
    Significant Rebels events, getting back IP, Sale to Imperium
    Statements from Clyde, Pulver
    Own the Force launched

    Etc etc

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    I started something similar with Cameron Clyne's statements. Didn't finish it but its a start.

    Full Press Conference: Cameron Clyne
    20 Jun 2017

    http://www.rugby.com.au/videos/2017/...eron-clyne-egm

    Alan Jones unloads on ARU in interview with chairman Cameron Clyne
    April 12, 2017 3:28pm
    Darren Walton
    https://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/a...121be5e4d010c6

    ARU chairman Cameron Clyne: 'I'm happy to be targeted as the alternative worse'
    http://www.afr.com/business/sport/ar...#ixzz4qdhE1jMX

    Aug 18 2017 at 11:00 PM
    John Stensholt

    ARU chairman Cameron Clyne denies Western Force claim of Super backflip
    Justin Chadwick
    Wednesday, 23 August 2017 9:41PM

    https://thewest.com.au/sport/rugby-u...-ng-b88577759z

    ARU chairman Cameron Clyne hints he will stand down if Super Rugby cull fails
    http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/un...21-gxg654.html
    Tom Decent
    July 22 2017

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    Rebs sold on the 4th August - I linked it in the other thread earlier

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    Quote Originally Posted by travelling_gerry View Post

    When its all done we can put it in a good format
    You mean something like.....saaaay.... a massive spreadsheet?

    Great idea Gerry.

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    This is what I posted in another post:
    I'm still trying to process the situation, so I go back over the actions and decisions and I've been trying to put them into order:
    1. ARU decides to axe Force.
    2. ARU sell Rebels to a private owner who doesn't have to put any money into the business because the financial forecasting for the next five years have been determined and the expected losses for the initial years reduce until the franchise is financially sustainable - the ARU agree to provide about $6-7 m to the new owner to ensure that he has enough working capital to keep the franchise afloat in the first two years. If he can make a go of it, he gets to keep what he can and if he is unable to make a go of it he can exercise the Put option and hand it back to the VRU - July 2015
    3. When the Force go to the ARU seeking $ injection they offer to buy the licence on the understanding that it means they can keep playing and pay their bills - 2016
    4. ARU go to SAANZAAR and confirm mechanism is in place to reduce the Aussie teams - they were a bit obtuse about it, initially whispering that the decision was imposed on the ARU but then telling the truth when SANZAAR revealed it was the ARU's decision to cull a team - 2017
    5. ARU now discontinue Force Super licence - 2017
    6. Cox exercises the Put option and divests himself of the club - 4 Aug 2017

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    The first post in the "who are you calling financially unsustainable Mr Clyne" thread sets out the dates of the April 2017 decisions, announcements and pressers. That was the time when they said the decision was all about redirecting money from SuperRugby to "grassroots" rugby. Oh how the worm has kept turning since then!!

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    2005 - Clyne and Clarke initiate culling Force, installing a Victorian licensee in perpetuity

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    No, in 2005, Rob Clarke was at the ARU under Gary Flowers, and he and his mate, Gary Gray then president of the VRU - over a long boozy lunch - hatch a long winded plan that allows them to own a Victorian Rugby team and make millions out of ARU funding.

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