Why was the ARC canned?

[Bails]

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

[travelling_gerry]

ARU politics, NSWRU ineptitude and loss making.

[NTT]

It lost too much money for the ARUs liking so they canned it.

[lara93]

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

[Bails]

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

[TOCC]

but it was like a $5million loss, the ARU only has something like $20-30 in reserves

[UNSEEN]

Compensation to the Sydney clubs didn't help either!!! Bunch of whingers!!!!!!

[benny]

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.

[fulvio sammut]

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.

[shasta]

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I don't think the Super 14 Franchises will complain, and if they do they'll just be big moaners.

Ouch!

[Moses]

and yet it is fine to do a shoulder charge when they smash another fella whos not even looking...if you did that in rugby you'd be rubbed out for a couple of games or at least cool your heels in the bin

not if you've got a get bakkies out of jail free card

[GIGS20]

Compensation to the Sydney clubs didn't help either!!! Bunch of whingers!!!!!!

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?)

[Moses]

but it was like a $5million loss, the ARU only has something like $20-30 in reserves

probably more now, what did they sell the 08 Bledisloe for?

[TOCC]

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.

[travelling_gerry]

what do these numbers mean?
Is that to say the ARC cost the NSWRU $1.6 mil in addition to the ARU's grant? ie they spent $12.6mil running 3 teams?

Thats a question for the creative accountants at NSWRU.