gingerjon

They should double up and hold the next one at the Australian High Commission.

You don’t think any of the things they talked about related to the multi millions of sport they themselves handle?

I was just responding to the bit about how no multi million pound issues were discussed. I would hope they would have been as that is the collective value of the clubs. of course, if they want to project that they’re nothing of the sort then that is also fine.

Given that the announcement should be more important than the venue …

It is a problem when you’re making it up. Saying “won’t it be great when rugby league finally expands beyond the contained working class communities it is currently based in” is not the same as “oh it is awful that contained rugby league communities play rugby league”.

Just as a random question, what is the collective value of the Championship and League 1 clubs by turnover? It’s a few million, isn’t it?

Bandy is streamed internationally. Many in Canberra sitting down to watch?

That is literally how reffing works in other sports so yes.

This is very assured for a 13th post. Well done.

Ah, understood.

But that is a governance concern - though granted you don't need a lecture from me. If the wheelchair game is to be properly supported it shouldn't be dependent on DIY! And a whole game solution should recognise that. Good luck with it all, though. And should you ever do a fundraiser, I'll buy a pie (and peas).

Away Days (soccer only) when they do hospitality, or drop it in as part of a wider vid, is always interesting. Barrow were good hearted but awful. Spurs just looked like a waste of £300.

Apologies, should have been clearer, the RFL does not appear to currently have a Chair. The meeting that was, it looks like, meant to authorise the strategic review *and* put Nigel in the interim chair seat either didn't happen or didn't get to a vote. That is quite important.

A genuine Q then. If you're involved with the wheelchair game at Leigh - and huge credit to you for that - shouldn't you already know if the wheelchair game is involved in this?

You don't think it's a fairly fundamental governance and credibility issue to not have a Chair or a vote for a Chair or to be able to confirm there has been any vote for this review?

And, like I say, I think the actual key thing is that this silly statement has been the only thing about the process that has been put out. They even forgot to mention that Nigel Wood hasn't even been voted Chair. And, if he isn't chair, where does the authority for the review come from? Has there even been a vote on that?

Indeed. We may not have had the right people for a long time but the failings are systemic not personal.

That's not true, though, is it? Leave aside my view that the statement was performative and cringe inducing and, from the perspective of a sport apparently dealing with both the change of Chair and a wholesale strategic review under some kind of omerta, to the extent of not even confirming (until Martyn's 'technical reasons' comment) that there is no elected Chair, wrong-headed in that it is literally the only information provided publicly about any aspect of what's going on - leave all that aside, and the general view is that maybe semi professional tier 2 clubs should not be the ones calling any of the shots when it comes to the specifics of how the professional tier above them, which many do not wish to join, organises and develops. That's not snobbery. It may be wrong but it's not snobbery.

Right, well I was going to help …

Is this the thing you mentioned where other people had been nominated? So the technical reason is there hasn’t been a meeting and/or a vote to confirm the board with him as Chair?

Nom nom nom as the kids used to say.

Aye, I’m not really convinced myself. I do not see how anything that anyone is proposing improves on what we had in place and were building from.

There’s a whole bunch of teams on the other side of the world that apparently would be under the same umbrella. IF this were to happen, surely there would be some expectation they would play each other as well.

Decent value and set up, that. Just looked at it. I’d be tempted but for the whole six hour drive there aspect.

Oooo.. I do like looking up the hospitality offers of clubs so that’s a new one to check out.