Psyber wrote:I wasn't entirely serious Booney, and seriously I'm not sure what is the best solution.Booney wrote:I'm doing fairly well to not let my anger at some posts on this issue get to me or appear in my responses.
But Psyber, Karma? Really, if you are using "Karma" as a reason for our current plight then I'll start banking on the Tooth Fairy not collecting a tooth for the next 12 months and depositing the coins in our bank account.
Perhaps a merger with West Adelaide may be, but there would, probably, need to be SANFL incentives to achieve it.
I do seriously think poor financial judgement has been an issue for both Port clubs, and would need to be addressed before any bail out.
I think other clubs would have objections to a bail out since nobody offered various others any bail out when they were in a financial hole, due to poor management.
I don't think Port are so important and central in the league that they should be treated as a special case..
Why would we (West) be interested in losing our identity by merging with Port? We're heading in the right direction on field and financially, so I fail to see the attraction of merging with a financial basket-case. And I can't see any old Port Magpies fans, hanging on grimly to their heritage, supporting a merged entity; I suspect it would be the final straw for them.
I'd hate to see Port drop out of the comp, but the SANFL aren't a bottomless pit of money and can't keep bailing out clubs. It's going to be down to the PAMFC supporters who, perhaps, aren't aware how dire the situation is. But if they don't act dramatically and quickly they will not have a club very soon. As for the non-Port fans, I think there's less concern about their demise because of this daft over-emphasis on the need to eliminate the bye. I suspect if there were an even number of teams in the comp, there'd be more concern.