Can’t say clubs weren’t involved, WSW owner Paul Lederer, MCY Vice Chairman Simon Pearce and Victory chairman ADP sit on the APL board they all knew.
— JESSEE .\ (@jenko0923) December 12, 2022
Clubs who are on the APL board turned their back and shown contempt to the fans of the league. Shameful. That’s their legacy
I'd assume all the clubs are getting some of the money.
Reported 8 figure sum from the NSW Govt. Lets say $12M or $4M per year for 3 years.
Split between the 12 clubs that's $1M of extra income per club. Yipe wouldn't surprise if Welnix agreed. Be interesting to know.
This sort of stuff is common in Aussie sport, State Govts competing for events and throwing out cash in a bid to host. A bit more common since Covid with Melbourne not being able to host the Grand Final for 1 (or 2 years?) - and every other state then fighting to host the big game. NRL have also sometimes sold Origin games to the highest bidder.