I do question how you can say that there is no difference in the way different franchises are run unless you've been involved. I think it is fair to ask, have you?
I didn't say that. I said it is not a major factor in the competitive differences between the franchises. Pokie money is. Which, in turn, may lead to some franchises being able to "run themselves better".
As stated above, do we think it is a good thing that in our national football league the single biggest variable in the competitiveness equation is the ability to attract pokie funding? That doesn't even sound like sport any more to me. And that's without even getting into the moral issues and the sustainability issues.
We seriously need to look at the role of pokie funding in all this.