Well how about you actually cite some information you used to form your views…
An NRL document has ranked the financial performance of every club. There are some big surprises – at the top and bottom of the ladder – in this revenue reveal.
www.smh.com.au
“The NRL has benchmarked the commercial performance of all its franchises – bar the publicly listed Brisbane Broncos – and ranked them based on their overall revenue for the financial year. The benchmarking document, obtained by this masthead, shows the Dolphins have come out on top alongside the Rabbitohs, each generating $23.5 million in revenue.”
I’m sure you, like 99% of others, thought half way through last year when we were top of the ladder that were champions! We had transitioned from Wayne Bennet without a hiccup, great succession plan without any fuss. Unfortunately it just didn’t work out with JD, that’s been the biggest issue and sometimes that happens in sport.
Look at the Broncos, Manchester United, Chelsea…sporting clubs who basically have access to all the funding they could possibly need and but have not translated that into success on the field and that predominantly has been because the guy in charge of the team, manager/coach has been the wrong guy for the job. Importantly for us we have made the call and gotten the best replacement we can to get us back to where we need to be in the shortest possible time.
In our case we are a very well run club which is the reason we have managed to get WB twice. I also know that we are probably behind other clubs such as the Roosters in terms of talent pathways and recruitment which is a reflection of the fact they have had their shit together for the last 30 years compared with the last 15 for us.