Time to put the Sharks out of their misery

Learn to #GetYourFactsRight #Cadet

St George and Cronulla hated each other because Cronulla was part of the St George footy catchment area and was lost. Cronulla had no time for St George because the Dragons tried to stop Cronulla from being promoted to the Sydney RL first division.

Funny enough Gallen was a Parramatta junior. One we were not sad to have let go. It's interesting to see how so many good nrl players were developed in the parra junior system. Very big positive. Now if only we could continue to fix up our talent spotting and player retention.

I follow the Broncos.. So that answers your question in regards to my team's performance. Ok, I did get the facts wrong in regards to the NRL having to prop up Cronulla.. However the NRL atm gives grants of the same amount to all NRL clubs.. But because clubs like Brisbane already make a profit, people in the NRL said it is unfair to give the same amount of money to each club when it should be given on a needs-basis. So next year the annual grant for the NRL will be less for the richer clubs, which is good. But the NRL next year is bringing in a benchmark system which requires clubs to meet targets in regards to revenue, sponsorship and attendances (and other criteria). The clubs that do achieve their goals will receive money. Now remember, the Sharks only last year were bailed out by securing a consortium of companies to take on their debt so they could do a huge infrastructure development around Shark Park on the Bay.. Let alone a Pizza Shop guy paying $3mil to get rid of more debt.. Now this is good that this has been sorted.. However Cronulla's brand is damaged.. Has been for years. They can't even get a major sponsor let alone the sponsorship needed for such professional clubs.. They have two big name players now after Carney's sacking and only Ennis to add to that roster. The fact is that Cronulla is at long odds to achieve the KPI goals that the NRL will benchmark for the clubs, and due to this they won't receive extra cash and the situation looks like it will only become worse.. If Cronulla does not turn their position around then they will not have their license renewed because they aren't making themselves sustainable. This is just the fact of the matter.. I would love to see the Sharks very healthy, but they aren't. The only good thing about Cronulla is that they own their own stadium.. But I do not think that will save them.

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Gallen was a Parramatta junior.

This article belongs in the urinal with TC.

My apologies. I thought you were suggesting a promotion/relegation system, which would be a dismal failure. Your idea has merit, however if a current NRL side was dropped to a 2nd division, I think their fans would, for the most part, see it as being dumped. For instance North Sydney run around every weekend as Souths feeder side, yet most people I speak to say "Bears? Do they even still exist?"

If this article sets the standard for this spots website then it is destined to fail itself. As many people have already pointed out the Sharks have had plenty of good and bad times as per any team in the NSWRL/ARL/NRL competitions over the years. Yes they are going through a bad patch at the moment and I am confident they will pull through once again. If we look at other clubs for a moment how can we go past Melbourne and Bulldogs for salary cap issues, they survived. Newcastle and Penrith have huge financial issues, are we talking about moving them? Shall we forget about the Bulldogs and Coffs Harbour not all that long ago. All clubs have had their trials and tribulations, some have had player issues whilst others have had endemic issues with what amounts to cheating by rorting the salary cap. The Sharks own their ground, have a huge development underway for a more secure financial future and have a great junior pool of players. If any other club had these attributes we would be saying the club would have a great future. Yes I am a Sharks supporter and have been for 37 years, so if there are no Sharks then there is no NRL for me ... that simple really.

That's all they've got left Chris. An extreme case of DENIAL going on with Sharkies fans.

Mars/Masterfoods is one example, not to mention the large number of companies based in Northern Sydney. not that it matters anyway. There's no rule or precedent that a company must be based in the area a team represents in order to sponsor them. The only thing the NRL cares about is eyes on screens, bums on seats and the disposable income.

No Pro/Rel, just a national division to sit below the NRL to cater for Potential Expansion teams or regions that aren't quite ready for their own team yet. If a team does well in it over the years and brings in supporters then they go up with approval from the NRL. Much better than bringing in teams blind. We cannot call the NSW & QLD a second division, it's a miss match of reserve teams and local clubs and the gap between them and the NRL is too big atm. Sunshine Coast Ipswich Jets Cairns Pride Central Coast Bears Perth Reds Port Moresby Hunters South Logan Magpies Illawarra Steelers

Yep. Central Coast is a dud. The fans up there already have their own teams that they support (tigers are big up there as a lot of westiea moved north) and there is no real commercial value to nrl in introducing a team up there. What major businesses are up there? Economically speaking its a poor area with a reliance on Sydney for a lot of its workforce.

Are you talking about a promotion and relegation system? Or just a second division in general? Because we already have second division in the form of NSW & QLD Cups

Yeah Perth Pirates, they've got 4,000 odd supporters on their website. That should do it. If they ALL turn up every week they'll have enviable crowds of 4,000. Great stuff.

As far as I am aware no money has gone to Cronulla. This in unlike clubs that have been owned in wholein part by newscorp

Nice editing job Chris! #NoCredibility

Thanks Chris, Nice link, but that's hardly convincing. The fine will be reduced by $400k if the Sharks meet certain conditions, leaving only $600k to be payed off. Furthermore, the article says that they "may" be given 5 years to pay the fine. This means that they will still be required to pay the fine, but they "may" just be given a little longer to pay it. That's hardly a "bail out" particularly in comparison to the Dragons $2MIL. But good googling mate, you almost made an argument. You are improving ever so slightly. Keep on banging that typewriter scoop! One day you might even write for Women’s Weekly!!

I firmly believe to comment on anything you need to have all the facts and to say Cronulla had not been in a grandfinal except for the super league one against Brisbane shows that you are intact clueless and should do your research before showing you are a buffoon. History shows that Cronulla played in the 1973 grandfinal and again in two grandfinals in 1978. They did win a midweek competition during the 70's or early 80's.