Save The Force - It's on.

[blueandblack]

Can anyone give General a nudge for some input?

http://twf.com.au/showthread.php?t=3...l=1#post426268

[WFDom]

Right, that's me in..... hope we can make a difference!

[Sheikh]

Me too. Hoping every little helps.

[eleypinkbit]

There was a thread where someone broke down the prospectus and outlined main points. Can anyone point me to that?

[Muddly]

Ok so I'll put this up as we all have that one friend/relative that is unsure/non committal at the moment. Right now every share sold will make a difference, so just like our betting page "buy once, buy often" we only get one chance here!

You will NOT lose your money if we don't reach $5.0 mil minimum level, everybody gets their money back. If we get cut, everybody gets money back. If ARU don't accept our offer for return of licence, that is after we have received the minimum subscription level, then investors will get most of their money back as we would need to cover legal fees to draw up a contract etc.

[OzFUB]

I'm in. All paid up this morning straight after ARU press conference.

Would be nice to know how many been bought so far.

[eleypinkbit]

We're in - I just hope there's enough support to make it mean something to the ARU

[Hoolly Doolly]

Hi. With the $1k share thingy. is it a payment in one hit or can it e done in halves or quarters?
Its been so long since ive posted. Apologies

[Sheikh]

Hi. With the $1k share thingy. is it a payment in one hit or can it e done in halves or quarters?
Its been so long since ive posted. Apologies

When they originally came up with the idea, it was intended that you could pay in instalments. However, my reading of the prospectus is that you have to have the $1000 in the holding account on the closing date to be eligible for your share. I certainly can't recall any mechanism for part-payments. I suppose you could pay via Bpay in instalments, but your instalments will need to be fully paid by the 14th July.

[Hoolly Doolly]

whats the link to buying shares?

[maelkann]

whats the link to buying shares?

http://owntheforce.com.au/

[blueandblack]

http://www.theroar.com.au/2017/04/11...rce-must-stay/

"Sorry Melbourne. If the ARU is genuine, the Force must stay
By Brett McKay, 11 Apr 2017

So here we are. SANZAAR have committed to strengthening the Super Rugby competition by chopping teams, and the ARU will play their part in the process by choosing to effectively kill the game off in either Melbourne or Perth from 2018.

There’s any number of questions that deserve answers as to how we got to this point, but they’re largely inconsequential now to fans of the Melbourne Rebels and Western Force.

On Monday, the ARU confirmed that the Brumbies met all the criteria developed to make the decision on which team to chop, which makes you wonder why there wasn’t more support for them in the first place.

The ARU will now enter a period of “consultation” with the Rebels and Force over the next few days, before deciding which team will be boarded up. On their own “48-72 hours” timeframe, the decision should come sometime on Wednesday, though a Western Force statement late on Monday said, “we have now been advised that we will have further time to present our business case.”

ARU Chairman Cameron Clyne and CEO Bill Pulver said on Monday that the thought of cutting a Super Rugby team had been discussed internally for some time now, pointing to the changing environment of professional rugby globally, as well as the state of the game at the professional level in Australia.

“Performance declines by our teams since the expansion of Super Rugby [to five teams back in 2011] has had a direct correlation with declines in revenue across their businesses,” Clyne said.

That being the case, why did the ARU bother going through with the sale of the Rebels to the Imperium Group back in June 2015? That was a clear opportunity to make the same concessions that have now been made, and with far less emotional and financial pain.

As part of the deal, the ARU agreed to pay the Imperium Group $6 Million over five years, over and above the annual Super Rugby grant.

Interestingly, Clyne also indicated that the Rebels being privately owned did not give them an advantage over the Force. That would at least indicate that the decision has not already been made.

Legal action could still eventuate from the Imperium Group, and indeed, RugbyWA advised ARU representatives in Perth on Monday afternoon of their intention to seek an injunction against any team-chopping moves. It’s clear this is not going to be a simple process.

Regardless of how messy it may or may not become, the wheels are now in process to make a decision.

And I firmly believe that Australian rugby will lose the least by closing down the Melbourne Rebels.

In all reality, rugby in Melbourne and broader Victoria is well down the pecking order. The AFL dwarfs all comers, but the A-League, NRL, Super Netball, and NBL competitions all have significantly more awareness of their brands than the Rebels and Super Rugby enjoy. The Rebels-Waratahs report after their Friday night home game several weeks ago saw half a column jammed in alongside the provincial trots and greyhound results in the Herald-Sun."


Theres a lot more to read at the link above.

[slomo]

in early at work today, share purchased....the fight back has (hopefully ) begun !

[wallabydarnd]

c'mon we can do it !!
70+% of that fan poll preferred us to rebels
brett mackay article says it all
we can hold a bledisloe and a lions game just as well as melbourne
kicking out rebels jut makes one formerly rich man unhappy[and the dsiplaced players of course] compared to pissng off an entire state
keep the faith!!!
try and find the $1000 today-- I and my daughter both are paid up

[Macattack]

We're in