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Terry Lamb 1996
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the nrl initially tried to play favourites with emergency funding and another article from about the same time has Greenberg for unknown reasons offering his insight that we would be amongst the ones hurt the most during the crisis
I would like to suggest that we would have ended up on the wrong end of the emergency funding plan and we would lose ground in the fight to survive compared to other clubs
the nrl has always been desperate to relocate Sydney clubs so don't think they wont love if their least favourite Sydney clubs folded to be replaced by another Brisbane club lets say
march 24th:
The NRL’s plans to provide clubs with “differential” emergency funding to those most under threat of going broke has riled the richer clubs, who are threatening to take legal action if the proposal isn’t aborted.
All 16 teams receive the same level of funding, which is currently 130 per cent of the salary cap. However, the Herald revealed on March 14 that Rugby League Central would change tack due to the coronavirus to ensure the pandemic doesn’t wipe out the weaker clubs.
Those franchises who are confident of surviving the crisis believe it’s a case of weaker counterparts being rewarded for mismanaging their allocation of funds. It raises the prospect of a bitter legal battle at a time when there appeared to be a newfound unity among all stakeholders as they respond to the threat of COVID-19.
“We’ve had equal distributions for so long, so why should a club that is well run have to prop up those that aren’t?” one club powerbroker said.
“There is no way we are going to cop that. It’s not fair and I can see that being legally challenged if they favour some clubs over others.”
Only two clubs have regularly turned a profit before the coronavirus crisis, which has raised the spectre of some teams folding if play doesn’t resume quickly.
“We’re in a crisis, we’re all in a trench and we have to look after each other,” ARLC chairman Peter V’landys told the Herald earlier this month when asked about differential funding.
"In this situation, the first thing is to give the clubs some funding to keep them going. Then we will look at how we fund the clubs from there.
“There is going to have to be some differential funding as an option because we have limited resources and we have to ensure we spend them wisely. That’s one area we have to look at, there’s no doubt about that.”
then march 26th:
NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg believes teams propped up by their respective leagues clubs will be the hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis.
That list includes some of the code's most storied franchises, led by Parramatta, Canterbury and Penrith.
There were initial fears that privately-owned clubs such as Manly and Gold Coast could suffer the most from the enforced suspension of the season.
But Greenberg had a different take on Fox League Mornings on Thursday.
"I actually think the clubs with the licensed clubs attached to them, despite them being some of our biggest clubs, they're the most vulnerable," Greenberg said.
"(Manly and Gold Coast) have access to private ownership, and so ultimately if it gets really dire, private ownership has the ability to help in its own way.
"But some of those licensed clubs, the big ones I'm talking about, who've been big parts of rugby league since its inception through to the NSWRL, they're all in all sorts of financial stress now because they're physically not open and can't trade."
I would like to suggest that we would have ended up on the wrong end of the emergency funding plan and we would lose ground in the fight to survive compared to other clubs
the nrl has always been desperate to relocate Sydney clubs so don't think they wont love if their least favourite Sydney clubs folded to be replaced by another Brisbane club lets say
march 24th:
The NRL’s plans to provide clubs with “differential” emergency funding to those most under threat of going broke has riled the richer clubs, who are threatening to take legal action if the proposal isn’t aborted.
All 16 teams receive the same level of funding, which is currently 130 per cent of the salary cap. However, the Herald revealed on March 14 that Rugby League Central would change tack due to the coronavirus to ensure the pandemic doesn’t wipe out the weaker clubs.
Those franchises who are confident of surviving the crisis believe it’s a case of weaker counterparts being rewarded for mismanaging their allocation of funds. It raises the prospect of a bitter legal battle at a time when there appeared to be a newfound unity among all stakeholders as they respond to the threat of COVID-19.
“We’ve had equal distributions for so long, so why should a club that is well run have to prop up those that aren’t?” one club powerbroker said.
“There is no way we are going to cop that. It’s not fair and I can see that being legally challenged if they favour some clubs over others.”
Only two clubs have regularly turned a profit before the coronavirus crisis, which has raised the spectre of some teams folding if play doesn’t resume quickly.
“We’re in a crisis, we’re all in a trench and we have to look after each other,” ARLC chairman Peter V’landys told the Herald earlier this month when asked about differential funding.
"In this situation, the first thing is to give the clubs some funding to keep them going. Then we will look at how we fund the clubs from there.
“There is going to have to be some differential funding as an option because we have limited resources and we have to ensure we spend them wisely. That’s one area we have to look at, there’s no doubt about that.”
then march 26th:
NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg believes teams propped up by their respective leagues clubs will be the hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis.
That list includes some of the code's most storied franchises, led by Parramatta, Canterbury and Penrith.
There were initial fears that privately-owned clubs such as Manly and Gold Coast could suffer the most from the enforced suspension of the season.
But Greenberg had a different take on Fox League Mornings on Thursday.
"I actually think the clubs with the licensed clubs attached to them, despite them being some of our biggest clubs, they're the most vulnerable," Greenberg said.
"(Manly and Gold Coast) have access to private ownership, and so ultimately if it gets really dire, private ownership has the ability to help in its own way.
"But some of those licensed clubs, the big ones I'm talking about, who've been big parts of rugby league since its inception through to the NSWRL, they're all in all sorts of financial stress now because they're physically not open and can't trade."
