Oligarch
Nothing succeeds like excess
Objectively I don’t see how we win a comp with the current owners.
Yes the NRL provides funding to the football operations. But there is a gap between funding and fielding a first grade side - players and coaching staff - and what is required to fund a top four side or more realistically a side capable of wining a comp. Other clubs can plug that gap with rivers of pokey money, top tier sponsorship or private benefactors. If you are simply covering the shortfall between the minimum required to fund a first grade side - or contributing nothing at all - surely you can’t be surprised that teams that spend more overall do better?
Yes the NRL provides funding to the football operations. But there is a gap between funding and fielding a first grade side - players and coaching staff - and what is required to fund a top four side or more realistically a side capable of wining a comp. Other clubs can plug that gap with rivers of pokey money, top tier sponsorship or private benefactors. If you are simply covering the shortfall between the minimum required to fund a first grade side - or contributing nothing at all - surely you can’t be surprised that teams that spend more overall do better?