Bye bye Bears - again, killed off before they were resurrected??? And any other mixed metaphor

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Answer is probably not - but it's fun to death ride the bears. Deep in the article is this line

The league has told North Sydney officials that its decision to cut ties with the consortium will not impact the Bears’ hopes of returning to the competition should a Perth team be introduced to the competition from as early as 2027.

The Western Bears bid is dead: NRL severs ties with consortium after ‘low-ball’ proposal​

Michael Chammas

By Michael Chammas

October 8, 2024 — 3.58pm
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The NRL has told the Western Australian government it will not consider working with the consortium behind the Western Bears bid in a major hurdle to the game’s expansion plans.
Sources talking under the condition of anonymity due to the confidential nature of discussions told this masthead NRL officials were fuming over what they perceived to be an attempt by the consortium to “low-ball” the NRL in its recently submitted business proposal.
NRL bosses Andrew Abdo and Peter V’landys.

NRL bosses Andrew Abdo and Peter V’landys.CREDIT: NICK MOIR
The NRL now wants to work directly with the WA government to formulate a potential ownership model that doesn’t involve the Western Bears consortium.
The NRL has since told the Western Australian government that the bid, run by Cash Converters deputy chairman Peter Cumins, is now out of the running for one of three potential new licenses head office is considering in its push towards a 20-team competition.

“I’ve said from day one that for expansion to happen, a business case has to be prosecuted,” ARLC chairman Peter V’landys said.
“If we don’t believe the business case stacks up, how can we take it to our members when we’re not convinced ourselves. The business case in its current state does not stack up, so naturally it has been rejected. We are presently dealing with the West Australian government, who have been excellent throughout the whole process.”
Bears fans Craig Gray and Josh Averell at North Sydney Oval in excitement for a potential marriage with a Perth team.

Bears fans Craig Gray and Josh Averell at North Sydney Oval in excitement for a potential marriage with a Perth team.CREDIT: STEVEN SEIWERT
This masthead recently reported that colourful Sydney Kings part-owner Paul Smith and former NRL executive Paul Kind, who run Total Sport and Entertainment, were in secret negotiations with the consortium. The sources said their inclusion as owners in the proposal had blindsided the NRL.
The NRL expansion submission also included a question about potential licence fees that bid teams would be willing to pay. The Western Bears consortium indicated it would not be prepared to stump up a licence fee.

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Cumins has not responded to attempts to contact him for comment. The NRL declined to comment.
The NRL has been clear that a prerequisite for a team in Perth will be a link with the North Sydney Bears, and that won’t change under new negotiations with the WA government

The league has told North Sydney officials that its decision to cut ties with the consortium will not impact the Bears’ hopes of returning to the competition should a Perth team be introduced to the competition from as early as 2027.
V’landys hinted at the drama in an interview on radio on Sunday when asked about the nine expansion proposals that had been submitted to the NRL.

“Look, we have run into a bit of a hiccup at the moment in relation to the bids weren’t as good as we hoped they would be, except for the Papua New Guinea bid,” V’landys said on Triple M just hours out from Sunday’s NRL grand final.
“That was exactly like we expected but the others weren’t. That has probably slowed us up a bit but we will certainly be looking nevertheless in trying to expand in the next few years because we need to have our content right when we go to the broadcasters to get our maximum broadcast deal.”
 

bob dylan

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Seriously why should a new franchise be lumbered with their sh%t history. Not saying this just because its the bears but if they were moving the Sharks, Sea Eagles or Eels, it would be the same.
 

Terry Zarsoff

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Based on rugba leeg history since 2002, I don’t think we have seen the last of the Bears trying to leverage their way back into the competition.

It would be good if they could return to life on the Central Coast,* however those other cockroaches, aka the Roosters (the house sitters who take over your home), might have something to say on that subject.

*That area needs a RL team of its own
 
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LeonardCohen

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Personally, I would like to see the Bears back in the comp. I'd love to see Manly beat the Bears at North Sydney Oval; there's a good chance the one game they'd get there a year would be against their cross-town rival.
 

TJ55

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Personally, I would like to see the Bears back in the comp. I'd love to see Manly beat the Bears at North Sydney Oval; there's a good chance the one game they'd get there a year would be against their cross-town rival.
I think it would be great for the game in general,resurrecting an old rivalry. If there is the support i don’t see how they can’t get an investor to back them all my manly mates tell me the Bears are seriously cashed up hence why they feel threatened if that’s the case why are they falling short?
 

Oligarch

Nothing succeeds like excess
And this is what makes it the greatest game of all - basically it boils down to - yeah, nah, it made our business case a lot more tops if we deleted a key cost line being the licence fee.
 

HoldenV8

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They should re-name the Bears as the Leeches.

Ever since the Northern Eagles failed and Manly was resurrected in the NRL while Norths went into the NSW Cup ... the Bears consortium has been trying to leech onto talks of every single new franchise with their "Call them the Bears" BS.
 

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