Bledisloe I
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Just in case we need more hilarity, the journalist's rugby journalist Greg Growden calls for 'Wayne Bennett or Craig Bellamy-like figure across from the rugby league ranks' to replace Chieka. Yeah, that should fix their lineout and scrum.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
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@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
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@paekakboyz said in Bledisloe I:
So maybe the intent is good but the execution not so much? Seems like they are really trying but it comes across a bit stilted and not overly great to watch. Some more performance aspects to it might make it more enjoyable to watch, and still convey the cultural importance?
Totally agree with this. Some form of involvement would be great. The indigenous jerseys are also really cool. But WTC is embarrassing. There's nothing traditional about it and it just doesn't work in any sense. Surely there are other and better ways of presenting Aboriginal and TSI culture?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
For every home match, I'd say 10s of 1000s is pretty close to the mark. I doubt very much the ARFU is getting a discount. An activist was paid $10,500 just to open parliament in 2013.
Again, so what if the ARU want to? That doesn't make it right or necessary. That is a nothing argument.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
For every home match, I'd say 10s of 1000s is pretty close to the mark. I doubt very much the ARFU is getting a discount. An activist was paid $10,500 just to open parliament in 2013.
Again, so what if the ARU want to? That doesn't make it right or necessary. That is a nothing argument.
So you actually have no idea how much the ARU are paying but speculating based on the opening of parliament in 2013.
I don't know what kind of argument you want, if the ARU want to do it then that's up to them. If they find value in it for them they'll do it. As I said, it's irrelevant if it's necessary or not if the ARU want to do it. I assume the ARU would make the 'argument' that they want to acknowledge the indigenous people of Australia and Welcome to Country is a common way of doing that.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
For every home match, I'd say 10s of 1000s is pretty close to the mark. I doubt very much the ARFU is getting a discount. An activist was paid $10,500 just to open parliament in 2013.
Again, so what if the ARU want to? That doesn't make it right or necessary. That is a nothing argument.
So you actually have no idea how much the ARU are paying but speculating based on the opening of parliament in 2013.
I don't know what kind of argument you want, if the ARU want to do it then that's up to them. If they find value in it for them they'll do it. As I said, it's irrelevant if it's necessary or not if the ARU want to do it. I assume the ARU would make the 'argument' that they want to acknowledge the indigenous people of Australia and Welcome to Country is a common way of doing that.
And why would that not be proper evidence to base that assumption on? Are you seriously going to claim that the ARU are getting a discount?
Again, just because the ARU, for whatever reason, has deemed this to be something necessary to have before games does not mean this is something that can't be discussed or disliked. Or is the ARU above reproach on everything and should never be questioned? That's an interesting position to take.
It's like saying nobody should be able to complain about Justin Marshall's commentating because you can turn off the sound if you want and Sky thinks he's awesome and should be there and that decision just has to be accepted.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
For every home match, I'd say 10s of 1000s is pretty close to the mark. I doubt very much the ARFU is getting a discount. An activist was paid $10,500 just to open parliament in 2013.
Again, so what if the ARU want to? That doesn't make it right or necessary. That is a nothing argument.
So you actually have no idea how much the ARU are paying but speculating based on the opening of parliament in 2013.
I don't know what kind of argument you want, if the ARU want to do it then that's up to them. If they find value in it for them they'll do it. As I said, it's irrelevant if it's necessary or not if the ARU want to do it. I assume the ARU would make the 'argument' that they want to acknowledge the indigenous people of Australia and Welcome to Country is a common way of doing that.
I think the argument being made is that sports as a product is based on entertainment, so keeping in line with that any pre-match build up should at the very least have some entertainment factor - there's lots of ways to include indigenous culture in this while providing that. Fans that put time/money into the game have every right to critique it.
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This thread neatly sums up just how fucked Australian rugby is. Pre-game it was pages of us taking the piss out of each other, divided neatly along provincial lines, and discussing 20 year old backlines.
Post game a stupid discussion about 2 minutes of the pre-game.
We just don't respect the Wallabies any more. I wonder if the players do?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
For every home match, I'd say 10s of 1000s is pretty close to the mark. I doubt very much the ARFU is getting a discount. An activist was paid $10,500 just to open parliament in 2013.
Again, so what if the ARU want to? That doesn't make it right or necessary. That is a nothing argument.
So you actually have no idea how much the ARU are paying but speculating based on the opening of parliament in 2013.
I don't know what kind of argument you want, if the ARU want to do it then that's up to them. If they find value in it for them they'll do it. As I said, it's irrelevant if it's necessary or not if the ARU want to do it. I assume the ARU would make the 'argument' that they want to acknowledge the indigenous people of Australia and Welcome to Country is a common way of doing that.
And why would that not be proper evidence to base that assumption on? Are you seriously going to claim that the ARU are getting a discount?
Again, just because the ARU, for whatever reason, has deemed this to be something necessary to have before games does not mean this is something that can't be discussed or disliked. Or is the ARU above reproach on everything and should never be questioned? That's an interesting position to take.
Who has said that?
As for your first point, of course that is not proper evidence, it's was a payment to open parliament in Canberra which isn't a rugby match in Sydney. As I said earlier the fees in Sydney are capped at $600 if the welcome is in Sydney (I think the Metro Aboriginal Land Council are the group that provides it).
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@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
For every home match, I'd say 10s of 1000s is pretty close to the mark. I doubt very much the ARFU is getting a discount. An activist was paid $10,500 just to open parliament in 2013.
Again, so what if the ARU want to? That doesn't make it right or necessary. That is a nothing argument.
So you actually have no idea how much the ARU are paying but speculating based on the opening of parliament in 2013.
I don't know what kind of argument you want, if the ARU want to do it then that's up to them. If they find value in it for them they'll do it. As I said, it's irrelevant if it's necessary or not if the ARU want to do it. I assume the ARU would make the 'argument' that they want to acknowledge the indigenous people of Australia and Welcome to Country is a common way of doing that.
And why would that not be proper evidence to base that assumption on? Are you seriously going to claim that the ARU are getting a discount?
Again, just because the ARU, for whatever reason, has deemed this to be something necessary to have before games does not mean this is something that can't be discussed or disliked. Or is the ARU above reproach on everything and should never be questioned? That's an interesting position to take.
Who has said that?
As for your first point, of course that is not proper evidence, it's was a payment to open parliament in Canberra which isn't a rugby match in Sydney. As I said earlier the fees in Sydney are capped at $600 if the welcome is in Sydney (I think the Metro Aboriginal Land Council are the group that provides it).
You did. Your precise arguments have been (a) don't watch if you don't like and (B) ARU policy therefore has to be accepted. You want to put forward the merits and benefits of WTC then off you go, but the above arguments are quite simply lazy.
With regard to payment, I've shown that much higher fees can be charged. It's one thing to open an office another thing entirely in front of 50k people and a potential audience of millions. I don't think even you believe they are charging mates rates for that.
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@mariner4life said in Bledisloe I:
This thread neatly sums up just how fucked Australian rugby is. Pre-game it was pages of us taking the piss out of each other, divided neatly along provincial lines, and discussing 20 year old backlines.
Post game a stupid discussion about 2 minutes of the pre-game.
We just don't respect the Wallabies any more. I wonder if the players do?
I just had that same thought. There's fuck all to discuss when we don't play great and pump them by 25 points in Sydney.
Stephen Jones was right, the standard of TRC is below 6 nations right now. I'd far prefer to play England and Ireland.
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@no-quarter said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
For every home match, I'd say 10s of 1000s is pretty close to the mark. I doubt very much the ARFU is getting a discount. An activist was paid $10,500 just to open parliament in 2013.
Again, so what if the ARU want to? That doesn't make it right or necessary. That is a nothing argument.
So you actually have no idea how much the ARU are paying but speculating based on the opening of parliament in 2013.
I don't know what kind of argument you want, if the ARU want to do it then that's up to them. If they find value in it for them they'll do it. As I said, it's irrelevant if it's necessary or not if the ARU want to do it. I assume the ARU would make the 'argument' that they want to acknowledge the indigenous people of Australia and Welcome to Country is a common way of doing that.
I think the argument being made is that sports as a product is based on entertainment, so keeping in line with that any pre-match build up should at the very least have some entertainment factor - there's lots of ways to include indigenous culture in this while providing that. Fans that put time/money into the game have every right to critique it.
Again, no one is saying that it can't be critiqued, however, that doesn't mean that others have to accept that critique.
As to your first point, I get no entertainment value from anthems, they bore me senseless. As I said earlier, I just do other stuff when they're on.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
For every home match, I'd say 10s of 1000s is pretty close to the mark. I doubt very much the ARFU is getting a discount. An activist was paid $10,500 just to open parliament in 2013.
Again, so what if the ARU want to? That doesn't make it right or necessary. That is a nothing argument.
So you actually have no idea how much the ARU are paying but speculating based on the opening of parliament in 2013.
I don't know what kind of argument you want, if the ARU want to do it then that's up to them. If they find value in it for them they'll do it. As I said, it's irrelevant if it's necessary or not if the ARU want to do it. I assume the ARU would make the 'argument' that they want to acknowledge the indigenous people of Australia and Welcome to Country is a common way of doing that.
And why would that not be proper evidence to base that assumption on? Are you seriously going to claim that the ARU are getting a discount?
Again, just because the ARU, for whatever reason, has deemed this to be something necessary to have before games does not mean this is something that can't be discussed or disliked. Or is the ARU above reproach on everything and should never be questioned? That's an interesting position to take.
Who has said that?
As for your first point, of course that is not proper evidence, it's was a payment to open parliament in Canberra which isn't a rugby match in Sydney. As I said earlier the fees in Sydney are capped at $600 if the welcome is in Sydney (I think the Metro Aboriginal Land Council are the group that provides it).
You did. Your precise arguments have been (a) don't watch if you don't like and (B) ARU policy therefore has to be accepted. You want to put forward the merits and benefits of WTC then off you go, but the above arguments are quite simply lazy.
With regard to payment, I've shown that much higher fees can be charged. It's one thing to open an office another thing entirely in front of 50k people and a potential audience of millions. I don't think even you believe they are charging mates rates for that.
How on earth are you getting you're not allowed to discuss or dislike it from a) or b)? My precise arguments have not been you're not allowed to discuss it or dislike it.
As for the fees, come up with some actual facts on Welcome to Country at rugby matches in Sydney and I might take you seriously but you're just throwing out numbers at the moment.
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@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Bledisloe I:
@nepia said in Bledisloe I:
I'm not sure why it's a big deal, just don't watch it if you're not interested (like haka and anthems). It's a few minutes out of a nearly 3 hour game and pre match.
Surely the question is why it is necessary and why the ARFU are paying tens of thousands of dollars for something that is pretty awkward for all concerned. Just because it is easily avoided is a pretty ordinary reason for having it there.
It's necessary because the ARU have deemed it necessary - and it's in line with a general trend in Australia in acknowledging the indigenous people(s).
How do you know the ARU paid 10s of thousands of dollars for that?
How does that make it necessary? What bizarre logic.
How much do you actually know about Welcome to Country. They charge big bucks for this "tradition". Look it up.
In Sydney I think they cap it at $400-$600. The local group did it for free at the film school I used to work at as we were an educational institution. The elders who did it when I worked up round M4L's region used to do it for transport and food. I don't know what kind of deal that the ARU has worked out, and I'm happy to be corrected, but 10s of thousands seems high.
Regarding necessary, nothing is necessary before the start of a rugby match (anthems, haka) aside from the players walking out and the whistle blowing for kick off. The point isn't whether it's necessary or not, it's whether the ARU want to have it or not and they appear to want to.
For every home match, I'd say 10s of 1000s is pretty close to the mark. I doubt very much the ARFU is getting a discount. An activist was paid $10,500 just to open parliament in 2013.
Again, so what if the ARU want to? That doesn't make it right or necessary. That is a nothing argument.
So you actually have no idea how much the ARU are paying but speculating based on the opening of parliament in 2013.
I don't know what kind of argument you want, if the ARU want to do it then that's up to them. If they find value in it for them they'll do it. As I said, it's irrelevant if it's necessary or not if the ARU want to do it. I assume the ARU would make the 'argument' that they want to acknowledge the indigenous people of Australia and Welcome to Country is a common way of doing that.
And why would that not be proper evidence to base that assumption on? Are you seriously going to claim that the ARU are getting a discount?
Again, just because the ARU, for whatever reason, has deemed this to be something necessary to have before games does not mean this is something that can't be discussed or disliked. Or is the ARU above reproach on everything and should never be questioned? That's an interesting position to take.
Who has said that?
As for your first point, of course that is not proper evidence, it's was a payment to open parliament in Canberra which isn't a rugby match in Sydney. As I said earlier the fees in Sydney are capped at $600 if the welcome is in Sydney (I think the Metro Aboriginal Land Council are the group that provides it).
You did. Your precise arguments have been (a) don't watch if you don't like and (B) ARU policy therefore has to be accepted. You want to put forward the merits and benefits of WTC then off you go, but the above arguments are quite simply lazy.
With regard to payment, I've shown that much higher fees can be charged. It's one thing to open an office another thing entirely in front of 50k people and a potential audience of millions. I don't think even you believe they are charging mates rates for that.
How on earth are you getting you're not allowed to discuss or dislike it from a) or b)? My precise arguments have not been you're not allowed to discuss it or dislike it.
As for the fees, come up with some actual facts on Welcome to Country at rugby matches in Sydney and I might take you seriously but you're just throwing out numbers at the moment.
Because those are precisely the arguments you've put forward. Do you actually have anything to contribute other than "don't watch" and "ARU decision final"?
Well I guess we're both making assumptions but imho there is more than enough evidence to suggest that the fee is very substantial.
