WT Ownership, The Board & Senior Management - MEGA Thread

[weststigers]

Dennia burgess is fully rocking The Boris hairdo

Gotta be a wig surely ?

https://images.app.goo.gl/3TaoJoSQVwyaAGc79

Sadly, I don't think it is...

 

[mike]

Dennia burgess is fully rocking The Boris hairdo

Gotta be a wig surely ?

https://images.app.goo.gl/3TaoJoSQVwyaAGc79

Sadly, I don't think it is...

Don't care, he gets a pass for this: Bass Guitarist/Vocalist Masters Apprentices. One of the all time great Australian bands.

 

[jadtiger]

Dennia burgess is fully rocking The Boris hairdo

Gotta be a wig surely ?

https://images.app.goo.gl/3TaoJoSQVwyaAGc79

Sadly, I don't think it is...


Don't care, he get a pass for this: Bass Guitarist/Vocalist Masters Apprentices. One of the all time great Australian bands.

Along with Tamam Shud and Blackfeather they were some of my favourite Aussie bands in the 60s

 

[twentyforty]

Dennia burgess is fully rocking The Boris hairdo

Gotta be a wig surely ?

https://images.app.goo.gl/3TaoJoSQVwyaAGc79

Sadly, I don't think it is...


Don't care, he get a pass for this: Bass Guitarist/Vocalist Masters Apprentices. One of the all time great Australian bands.

I loved the masters. Brother Colin played drums. Do what ya wanna do ...

 

[mike]

Dennia burgess is fully rocking The Boris hairdo

Gotta be a wig surely ?

https://images.app.goo.gl/3TaoJoSQVwyaAGc79

Sadly, I don't think it is...


Don't care, he get a pass for this: Bass Guitarist/Vocalist Masters Apprentices. One of the all time great Australian bands.


I loved the masters. Brother Colin played drums. Do what ya wanna do ...

Yes he did...

 

[innsaneink]

Don't get the crapping on Burgess' hair... people aren't allowed to be individuals then?
Or all board members must wear a suit and have short back and sides??
It's 2021... and if I had that much hair I'd sure as hell do what I wanted to with it too!

You think that's his real hair?

Lol... Yiu think it's not? ?

 

[gallagher]


Not sure I like the new merch

 

[hobbo1]


Not sure I like the new merch

New training shirt ?

 

[gallagher]


Not sure I like the new merch

New training shirt ?

Walters gym shirt

 

[BZN]

In case you were wondering

https://www.weststigers.com.au/about/board/

Thank you @mike The faceless men and woman...now have faces.

 

[BZN]

I'd like to see each board member's vision for the club and what they're doing to help us achieve those ambitions.

Obviously these guys aren't involved in day to day operations, but what are they trying to bring to the club by being on the board?

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[Harvey]

Dennia burgess is fully rocking The Boris hairdo

Gotta be a wig surely ?

https://images.app.goo.gl/3TaoJoSQVwyaAGc79

Sadly, I don't think it is...


Don't care, he gets a pass for this: Bass Guitarist/Vocalist Masters Apprentices. One of the all time great Australian bands.

He is also a great songwriter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f98yjIM6Pdg

 

[mike]

Dennia burgess is fully rocking The Boris hairdo

Gotta be a wig surely ?

https://images.app.goo.gl/3TaoJoSQVwyaAGc79

Sadly, I don't think it is...


Don't care, he gets a pass for this: Bass Guitarist/Vocalist Masters Apprentices. One of the all time great Australian bands.

He is also a great songwriter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f98yjIM6Pdg

Indeed he is. Perhaps he can write an new anthem for the Wests Tigers?

 

[Snake]

Dennia burgess is fully rocking The Boris hairdo

Looks like some sad old 60s rocker trying to stay relevant - Rod Stewart comes to mind ?

Worlds oldest teenager!

 

[mike]

Maybe look here for your answer @TigerTownSFS

https://weststigersforum.com/topic/32215/the-wests-tigers-board

@Willow @geo et al another duplicate thread?

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

This should be moved to the other existing board thread?
https://weststigersforum.com/topic/32908/tigers-board-to-undertake-post-season-review

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Seriously, it’s not hard to do a quick search.

 

[TigerTownSFS]

A question for those who are closer to the club:

There is still a lot made in the press about how the Board is divided etc but to my understanding this is no longer and issue.

My understanding of Rough History:

At merger there was a divided between Wests Ashfield and Balmain legacy boards. Odd things like the chairman of the board alternating every other year so no continuity. Lots of factionalism and favouritism between the board and the football operation
success during Sheens era papered over the divisions but in the background Balmain was becoming increasingly financially unsound. This boiled over towards the end of the Sheens era with scape goating all round. Relations between the two foundation clubs at an all time low with Wests unwilling to contribute more than their fair share given Balmain couldn’t match the contributions
Balmain financial condition deteriorates further and they need a loan from the NRL to maintain their ownership obligations (providing capital to the JV).
when NRL loans come due Balmain can’t repay and the NRL arranges a restructure whereby Wests repays the debt to the NRL and take a large ownership (not sure the number, maybe 80% or 90%). Wests is quite reasonable with the Balmain side of the JV despite the bad blood and gives them the right to appoint members to the board in return for ultimately folding into part of the Wests Group.
wests MacArthur at this point basically exits the JV and hands back their 5% ownership. Wests Ashfield and Macaurthur had been seperate entities for 20yrs or so. Whilst Wests Macaurthur remains aligned with the Wests Tigers through its contributions/management of the juniors in that area there is no formal role for Wests MacArthur in the NRL team.
In summary:

wests and Balmain factionalism is basically dead at board level. Wests is a more or less benevolent owner of the NRL club and now includes the Balmain catchment as part of its overall mandate to support rugby league
Wests MacArthur isn’t interested in being involved in the NRL club. I’m unsure how this plays out with regard to the team playing at Campbelltown ie does Wests Ashfield (the club owner) still care much about the Campbelltown area given that side of Wests was separated a long time ago?
It seems to me that the whole narrative of Balmain vs Wests is basically a non issue now. Is that correct? What is the relationship between wests MacArthur and wests Ashfield?

Thanks for any info

 

[cochise]

A question for those who are closer to the club:

There is still a lot made in the press about how the Board is divided etc but to my understanding this is no longer and issue.

My understanding of Rough History:

At merger there was a divided between Wests Ashfield and Balmain legacy boards. Odd things like the chairman of the board alternating every other year so no continuity. Lots of factionalism and favouritism between the board and the football operation
success during Sheens era papered over the divisions but in the background Balmain was becoming increasingly financially unsound. This boiled over towards the end of the Sheens era with scape goating all round. Relations between the two foundation clubs at an all time low with Wests unwilling to contribute more than their fair share given Balmain couldn’t match the contributions
Balmain financial condition deteriorates further and they need a loan from the NRL to maintain their ownership obligations (providing capital to the JV).
when NRL loans come due Balmain can’t repay and the NRL arranges a restructure whereby Wests repays the debt to the NRL and take a large ownership (not sure the number, maybe 80% or 90%). Wests is quite reasonable with the Balmain side of the JV despite the bad blood and gives them the right to appoint members to the board in return for ultimately folding into part of the Wests Group.
wests MacArthur at this point basically exits the JV and hands back their 5% ownership. Wests Ashfield and Macaurthur had been seperate entities for 20yrs or so. Whilst Wests Macaurthur remains aligned with the Wests Tigers through its contributions/management of the juniors in that area there is no formal role for Wests MacArthur in the NRL team.
In summary:

wests and Balmain factionalism is basically dead at board level. Wests is a more or less benevolent owner of the NRL club and now includes the Balmain catchment as part of its overall mandate to support rugby league
Wests MacArthur isn’t interested in being involved in the NRL club. I’m unsure how this plays out with regard to the team playing at Campbelltown ie does Wests Ashfield (the club owner) still care much about the Campbelltown area given that side of Wests was separated a long time ago?
It seems to me that the whole narrative of Balmain vs Wests is basically a non issue now. Is that correct? What is the relationship between wests MacArthur and wests Ashfield?

Thanks for any info

That is kind of the gist of it all, you skipped a couple of things and have the timeframes all wrong but your end result is just about right.

Wests Magpies Pty Ltd own 90% of the Wests Tigers (Wests Magpies Pty Ltd is 66% Wests Ashfield and 33% Wests Magpies Football club

Balmain Tigers Football club own 10%

The issue to me is not so much between Wests and Balmain anymore, I have concerns around who is on the board, how they are nominated for the board, there being no mechanism for them to be removed from the board and the lack transparency around the board.

 

[BAGNF05]

I found it interesting that there is no scheduled board meeting till later this month. Also found it interesting we didn’t have any crisis meetings all year as we bounced from crisis to crisis. Seems this is your average dinosaur rugby league board where urgency only exists if your schnitzel is full price.