Can anyone shed some light on why the ARC/APC is doomed not to continue? Thought it was such a great competition, and definitley the way to bring on all the young players with dreams and ambitions?
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Can anyone shed some light on why the ARC/APC is doomed not to continue? Thought it was such a great competition, and definitley the way to bring on all the young players with dreams and ambitions?
Bails
ARU politics, NSWRU ineptitude and loss making.
It lost too much money for the ARUs liking so they canned it.
i rekon it was a great idea...got the players and new players who didnt get picked for the wallabies to play some rugby in there off season so they will stay fit and ready for the next super 14 season
Somewhere along the line someone has to realise that not every dollar you put in has an immediate return? It is about investment in the future - you cannot measure that kind of input within 2 -3 years. You have to wait and be confident that in 2-3 years we will be watching young Perth - home-grown players stepping up to the big stage.
Very short sighted in my view, to close down this avenue of development - there are lots of young players out there who think that they 'may' have what it takes to play for the Force - but who will be discouraged by the withdrawal of this platform.
Bails
but it was like a $5million loss, the ARU only has something like $20-30 in reserves
Compensation to the Sydney clubs didn't help either!!! Bunch of whingers!!!!!! :mad:
sydneysiders were the big moaners. They didn't like it cause it was weakening there local grades, instead of looking at the big picture of Australian Rugby they were more interested in the "ameteaur" sport for weekend players (okay there's talent in the likes of randwick and co) but are we not all wanting Australia to proceed to the number one spot in world ranking.
OK, Benny, seeing as we all want Australia to proceed to number one in World Rankings, lets take the bestest fifty players out of all our Australian Super 14 Franchises and isolate them from Super 14 so they can play exclusively for Australia in Tests and Internationals.
Super 14 teams can field second string sides because super 14s will still remain the bestest secondary competition in the land, won't it?
Everyone will flock to see secondary Super 14s, just as they flock to see club games today, and just as they flocked to see Secondary ARC games all over Australia.
I don't think the Super 14 Franchises will complain, and if they do they'll just be big moaners.
Of the 5 million dollars lost, 1.5 Million was Melbourne - to be expected, I think about 1.5 Mill to Qld clubs (I'm sure you'll correct me if I'm wrong there TOCC) a couple hundred thousand to ACTRugby and the Rest was compensation payments to Sydney clubs. Perth actually made a buck (now I think of it ACT did too didn't they?)
i dont think i ever actually went through a breakdown of the figures, i know Melbourne did cost a lot, and some of the coaches broke the budget as well. Pretty sure the East Coast aces ran a big defecit as well.
I like the concept of the MARC, but they way it was created and the teams they created were a bit of a joke, i mean 'East Coast Aces' what a load of shit. The Aces were never going to work considering all the players they picked for the team were from Brisbane Southside clubs and had to play on the Gold Coast. They lost there local supporters and gained nothing by playing on the Coast.
yeah it definetly has its major flaws, by promoting certain club teams you run the risk of disenchanting supporters from other clubs.
But IMHO it is survival of the fittest, i think they promote the clubs based on there junior base, current and future revenue and how well the club is currently going.
the 3 QLD teams could be GPS from northside of the river, Sunnybank from the South and Gold Coast.
Obviously you are going to piss off the other 6 premiership sides that didnt get in, but for the future of the game it would have to be that way.
Undoubtedly this plan would never be given the go-ahead considering the amount of dead wood floating around the ARU, NSWRU and QRU.