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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 869181" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p><span style="color: #0080ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff">"I never wanted to throw any team under the 'bus' but to create a situation that considers<strong> retaining a team that has lost almost $30million (including nearly $17.5million additional cost to the ARU) since 2011 at the expense of a team that has incurred additional cost to the ARU of only $5.5million since 2005</strong> is outrageous! We should be rewarding success not failure.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff"><span style="color: #000000">Holy Shamoli! Really? By my quick back of the envelope calculation, the Force cost $417,000 p.a. in additional costs, the, Rebels cost $6 million... over 14 times as much.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff"><span style="color: #000000">IMO, the whole ARU board should resign in shame for what they have done. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff"><span style="color: #000000">This whole problem came about because SARU and ARU insisted on having more teams when it was clear to anyone with an ounce of commonsense that they would be unable to support those extra teams both financially and in player quality. I recall the NZRU warning them both that this was going to end in disaster. I also remember posting to that effect on this very forum a few years ago and being roundly criticized and shouted down... well look what's happened folks. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 869181, member: 20605"] [COLOR=#0080ff] “I never wanted to throw any team under the ‘bus’ but to create a situation that considers[B] retaining a team that has lost almost $30million (including nearly $17.5million additional cost to the ARU) since 2011 at the expense of a team that has incurred additional cost to the ARU of only $5.5million since 2005[/B] is outrageous! We should be rewarding success not failure. [COLOR=#000000]Holy Shamoli! Really? By my quick back of the envelope calculation, the Force cost $417,000 p.a. in additional costs, the, Rebels cost $6 million... over 14 times as much.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0080ff][COLOR=#000000]IMO, the whole ARU board should resign in shame for what they have done. [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0080ff][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#0080ff][COLOR=#000000]This whole problem came about because SARU and ARU insisted on having more teams when it was clear to anyone with an ounce of commonsense that they would be unable to support those extra teams both financially and in player quality. I recall the NZRU warning them both that this was going to end in disaster. I also remember posting to that effect on this very forum a few years ago and being roundly criticized and shouted down... well look what's happened folks. [/COLOR][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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