Partner Club in Turmoil

[pekay-norwest]

Looks as though Balmain Dockers, partner club of Freo, are falling apart from the inside. None of my concern really, as they are a competitor of my local club, but worth a read. Not sure if Freo are aware of all of this either...

http://www.redandwhiteonline.com/fo...h-v-Wests-Match-Abandoned?p=619363#post619363

 

[Moo]

Good read - I'm the President of a sporting club currently and it is a complicated old world!

Bet their President's name is Steve

 

[Boppo]

Moving to Coogee? That will bring me out of retirement.

 

[Rob]

Unfortunately it's a fact of amateur sporting organisations that they can be hijacked by people with their own agendas and ideas.

And in all seriousness, it wouldn't surprise me if Freo had a little bit to do with it. Remember when the Eagles forced Baulkham Hills to change their name to 'East Coast Eagles' as part of the affiliation agreement? Never mind they were based nowhere near the coast. AFL clubs sometimes demand some strange things, and maybe some plonker in our offices reckons that 'Sydney Dockers' sounds better for us than 'Balmain Dockers'.

AFAIC, if they want a club based on Coogee then set one up there, unless there are reasons why they have to move away from where they are. It's not hard.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I was expecting this to be about the Burnie Dockers...

Does anyone know the actual benefit of sponsoring these clubs? Is it just to get the name out there, or is there some kind of ulterior motive?

Also, why would the Balmain footy club call themselves the Tigers? Wasn't that the name of their dead NRL club? Regardless of the situation, it's something no doubt hijacked by the egos of suburban nobodies who are, as per every ammo club in the world, peddling their ideas for their own reasons. It's very rare that a decent, fair, and genuine person puts their hand up for these jobs.

 

[basashi]

The rugby league club took its name from the Aussie rules club. As did the North Sydney bears and some others.
This all happened about a century or so ago.

 

[Scatter]

I was expecting this to be about the Burnie Dockers...

Does anyone know the actual benefit of sponsoring these clubs? Is it just to get the name out there, or is there some kind of ulterior motive?

Also, why would the Balmain footy club call themselves the Tigers? Wasn't that the name of their dead NRL club? Regardless of the situation, it's something no doubt hijacked by the egos of suburban nobodies who are, as per every ammo club in the world, peddling their ideas for their own reasons. It's very rare that a decent, fair, and genuine person puts their hand up for these jobs.

Plenty of fair & reasonable people do, it is not rare. There is always plenty of whingers who expect someone else to do everything though.

 

[basashi]

Does anyone know wtf happened?

The Balmain club are now the TIGERS again and have dropped a division.

No info on the web?

I understand there may be sensitivities due to allegations flying around last year... but can anyone fill the gap?

 

[Borry]

They might be moving their games to Leichardt Oval soon.


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[basashi]

They might be moving their games to Leichardt Oval soon.


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Was there a ruling from the league in relation to the complaints attached to last year's walk off?