Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:15 pm  

Odd that Argyle isn't included in any of the lists of richest people in Canada (or Australians) and, as was the case with Koukash, has only been described as a billionaire since becoming involved in RL?

Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:01 am  

Mr Dog wrote:

Odd that Argyle isn't included in any of the lists of richest people in Canada (or Australians) and, as was the case with Koukash, has only been described as a billionaire since becoming involved in RL?

And?

Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:44 pm  

JTCFJG wrote:

And?

As you're a man of the world and so clever I'll leave it to you to work out the significance......

Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:48 am  

Bodene Thompson now leaves Toronto, can't use the visa excuse any more as Leeds showing how it's done https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/53763790 Who's next

Bodene Thompson now leaves Toronto, can't use the visa excuse any more as Leeds showing how it's done https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/53763790 Who's next

Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:07 am  

snowie wrote: Bodene Thompson now leaves Toronto, can't use the visa excuse any more as Leeds showing how it's done https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/53763790 Who's next The visa thing always had a whiff of convenience about it. Mind you, having a "Canadian" side that wasn't actually Canadian or based in Canada, may have complicated things. When they become the Bradford Wolfpack or Toronto Bulls, there probably wont be the same issues

snowie wrote: Bodene Thompson now leaves Toronto, can't use the visa excuse any more as Leeds showing how it's done https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/53763790 Who's next The visa thing always had a whiff of convenience about it. Mind you, having a "Canadian" side that wasn't actually Canadian or based in Canada, may have complicated things. When they become the Bradford Wolfpack or Toronto Bulls, there probably wont be the same issues

Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:33 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

The visa thing always had a whiff of convenience about it.
Mind you, having a "Canadian" side that wasn't actually Canadian or based in Canada, may have complicated things.
When they become the Bradford Wolfpack or Toronto Bulls, there probably wont be the same issues

That would put a cat among the pigeons

Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:57 pm  

snowie wrote:

That would put a cat among the pigeons

You are getting warmer Folks.

Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:40 am  

JTCFJG wrote:

You are getting warmer Folks.

I seriously hope not.
The death of one club to facilitate the promotion of another is just grubby and certainly not something to be celebrated.
After some of the dodgy "mergers" of the late 90's early 00's nothing would be a total surprise.
Surely, as a Bulls fan, after the "favouritism" over the "iconic" stadium debacle, you should want your club to progress through the proper channels and not want to arrive back in SL via some pseudo merger.

Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Sat Aug 15, 2020 11:26 am  

Were some of these players on holiday visas? Or student visas?!

Re: Toronto Wolfpack may pull out of Superleague : Sat Aug 15, 2020 4:45 pm  

The Silent H wrote:

The term is ''asset rich cash poor,'' due to his assets pre Covid, Argyle was probably valued as a billionaire. Post Covid, I would suggest his value has significantly dropped.

Oh don't talk rubbish. If the Billionaire somehow dropped to a Half $Billionaire he still has more than enough money to pay the players contracts up. As for the drivel about "assett rich cash poor" you read that crap somewhere else and copied it. If someone in big business has shares in companies they can sell them on the stock market and realise the cash in 24 hours.

TWP are a limited liability company with no assets, allowing Argyle to walk away, and walk away he has, leaving families in the lurch it's disgusting. Same for Ottwa Aces Ltd. another phoney set up with players signing on, BUT now knowing the financial risks they are taking. OK it's an adventure so these lads are taking that chance to swan about as a new wave of transatlantic RL players on an adventure. Anyway their risk, they now know what can happen......

But this has nothing to do with "Expansion" at all it's Perez just mucking about on the fringes of the game here.