We received this email from Roar reader Gatesy. What do you think of his idea?
‘I just had this great idea for running Australian Rugby. Why bother having a Board of Directors at all? Why not just let the journalists run it, or that bloke called ‘Everyman and his dog’. Or why not just do a whip around of the barflies at all the Rugby clubs every time we need a decision made? Because that is what seems to be happening anyway, by default.
We spend a lot of time complaining, so we get a new Board, and immediately the knives are out, the conspiracy theories are under way and people seem to forget that a Board of Directors is a small representative group, which is elected to look after the interests of the stakeholders.
The trouble with Rugby is that everyone with any barrow to push, no matter how minor, thinks they’re a stakeholder. Peter Jenkins is already accusing the ARU of dropping the ball. And it’s only Monday! How about all of us sit back, take a deep breath and let the new Board get on with it? John O’ Neill only wants the job on his terms, and who says that there isn’t someone better out there.
The domestic Test season isn’t going to be affected one bit if the new Board takes a couple of weeks to get a new person in place — the Super 14 is almost over, and nobody’s gong to save the Waratahs or the Reds in the next couple of weeks, so what’s the harm in getting a careful process in place?
I say give Peter McGrath a fair go and let his new Board at least get their feet under the table before we start bagging them’.
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