Tonatopia
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- Sep 30, 2018
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- #176
Rubbish.This entire thread can be summed up as "I'm ignoring the financial realities of how much money the recreational activities of medium sized regional cities is worth", "My idea is so self-evidently brilliant that absolutely none of the clubs have taken any steps to go in that direction whatsoever" and "the billionaires".
The free market is the free market. No one should be putting arbitary figures on what a club MUST pay its players.
Just let the free market go. Water will naturally find its level.
Some clubs will be missmanaged (like Collingwood), and pay the consequences, while others which have diciplined spending and a moneyball approach, will punch well beyond their weight. The safety net is the divisional structure, which allows clubs to bottom out, without collapse. And clubs with a historical suppoprter base, will not jump ship, unlike GC and GWS. This is why we should be targeting mature markets.
And billionaires exist. And billionaires play. Let them play.
Hey Mr Forrester, you do great work with indigenous foundations, are you interested in providing health and hope for the Alice Springs Community?
A div2/3 side will cost you $10M to set up, and you'll own the rights to the club.
Interested?
Hey BHP (Broken Hill), Mildura is just down the road, are you interested in getting involved?
Ye have little faith in free markets and good management.
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