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[Matiunz]

Manly where able to come back after the Northern Eagles collapse because they owned the license. Who owns the Wests Tigers license? I don't want to assume.

I could be wrong but it was a joint venture so it was a joint owned license- from what I remember Norths we’re riddled with debt and instead of sharing those debts as a joint club Manly let Norths financially fail so that ended up with them being the only stable partner and taking over the license alone. There’s reports they wouldn’t let Norths use the merger incentive payment to help with the debts.
Norths got pretty screwed as they had done all the right things such as agreeing to move to Gosford (stadium delays screwed them) then carrying some of that debt also the fact Manly got home games but north Sydney didn’t didn’t help, Manly essentially took out their NS competition and kept the merger payment.
The post war rationalisation was very poorly done- they had a golden opportunity to sort some issues out and completely shat the bed

 

[Shogun]

I thought I heard somewhere Manly had the license, Florimo clears it up.


View: https://youtu.be/jiTR9yodvao

 

[MrFrankWhite]

I could be wrong but it was a joint venture so it was a joint owned license- from what I remember Norths we’re riddled with debt and instead of sharing those debts as a joint club Manly let Norths financially fail so that ended up with them being the only stable partner and taking over the license alone. There’s reports they wouldn’t let Norths use the merger incentive payment to help with the debts.
Norths got pretty screwed as they had done all the right things such as agreeing to move to Gosford (stadium delays screwed them) then carrying some of that debt also the fact Manly got home games but north Sydney didn’t didn’t help, Manly essentially took out their NS competition and kept the merger payment.
The post war rationalisation was very poorly done- they had a golden opportunity to sort some issues out and completely shat the bed

gotta say well played by Manly if true

 

[Worried2Death]

Can’t see South islanders being too happy about receiving a hand me down team which is the shit partner of the shittest team of the last decade +

Hell no to the Tigers. I always quite liked Wests though, ever the underdog battlers, same colours as the Kiwis. I've given it some thought, what's more Kiwi than keas and magpies? At home in Chch we'll be cheeky keas, vandalising all visitors gameplans while we strip the rubber off their windshield wipers, and when we cross the Tasman we become our birdbro alter egos, black and white pickpockets picking the eyes out of the opposition and stealing their shiny trophies. This could actually work until we establish our own pathways and slowly squeeze them out, go the mighty Southern Magpie Keas!
Nah, not really convincing myself.