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If it gets rid of our board I’m all for it
Have you seen the disaster that is on Victoria Road and has been for years? You wouldn't want Elias having control of anything to do with Wests Tigers.
I have but I’ve also seen the disaster on parramatta road, and I think it’s worse.
Do you mean Concord? If so you have to be kidding. It will be a place for elite athletes and occupied by the Wests Tigers. The buildings are progressing well and within a short period of time of it being announced. The exact opposite to what Elias has had a hand in on Victoria Road.
I was referring to administration rather than the physical structure.
Still better than anything Elias touches.
Not sure I agree with that. I think it would be impossible to do worse than what our current ownership/board have done.
I don't. I whinge a lot about our current board and structure but it is infinitely better than anything associated with Elias. Be careful what you wish for, it could be much, much worse.
Well there you have it, though. Fans want change somewhere - obviously changing the roster and coach hasn't worked. You could punt Pascoe, he's had 5 years, but I don't think removing the CEO is going to to it, because he's more the finances and admin man.
That leaves the board, who cannot be voted out. The only alternative is to buy them out.
Remember: as with Newcastle, there is every chance that even if a partially private consortium does not convert the wins, or at worst, run out of money, usually the Leagues Club just buys the club back at a discount price.
One thing I don't ever want anyone to forget, despite whatever anyone thinks about Ben Elias or any other potential owner, is that Wests Ashfield are a successful and debt-free club because they are a massive pokies den. The club is literally funded by a majority share of gambling money. That is the age-old NSWRL system of running football clubs, by the gambling revenues generated by their associated Leagues Clubs. That's why the Leagues Clubs were up in arms when the pokie tax came in some 20 years ago, because they then had to diversify their revenue streams to account for the lost gambling revenues to tax.
One day, it's probably a preferable thing if Tigers are self-sustained and not reliant on a Leagues Club board.