ACT Chief Minister exposed as a Derpball stooge

[azif]

Andrew Barr is quite rightly getting panned by Canberrans for not doing enough to secure pool games in the upcoming RWC to be played in Australia in 2027.
Canberra is set to miss out altogether on games for the event , this comes on top of Canberra also missing out on any games for the FIFA womens world cup in 2023.
Barr has been accused of being a AFL fan only , & pushing that sport first & foremost in the capital & allowing the rectangle codes to wither on the vine , the new stadium saga being a perfect example.
Canberra Stadium is an old worn out shithole that should have been replaced 10 years ago , but with clowns like Barr & labor in charge the stadium issue has been consistently put on the back burner.

I'm not an AFL stooge': Barr defends rugby World Cup decision, reveals $10m offer​

Andrew Barr has fired back at the idea he is "a stooge for a southern code" after Canberra was overlooked as a host city for the Rugby World Cup, revealing a $10 million offer for four matches was knocked back by tournament organisers, while defending a heavy investment in AFL games to Manuka Oval.

Canberra fans will have to watch from the sidelines during the 2027 tournament after the ACT government and tournament officials failed to strike a deal despite more than two years' worth of negotiations.

The result has left rugby fans fuming about being left out of one of the biggest sporting events in the world, with the ACT government now under fire for a 10-year, $28.5 million investment to bring GWS Giants games to Canberra.

But Barr has shot back at people claiming rugby is not a priority for the Chief Minister, who they say would rather sink millions into a western Sydney-based AFL team.

"I've been to more than 100 Brumbies games over my time. I've been following them since they came into the competition in 1995," Barr said on ABC Radio.

"I was born in northern NSW. I've lived in Canberra for 47 years, so this idea that somehow I am a stooge for a southern code is, is an interesting proposition. People have favourite sports, they don't like other sports. There are 470,000 Canberrans, half of them don't care about sport at all, but the ones that do will follow a variety of different codes and they have a variety of different views.

"In the end, we have AFL, rugby league, rugby union, football, basketball, baseball, netball, we have all the sports covered and we seek in balancing our event budget and our sport and recreation budget to provide opportunities for every sport.

"The package we put to the tournament organisers was between $2 and $3 million per game, so an $8 million to $12 million package for those four games.

"If only half the seats were sold, they'd make $8 million. If they sold three-quarters of the seats, they'd make about $10 million. If all the seats were sold, they stood to make $12 million.

"The estimates and the pitch to us was that we might get about $9 million of value. But we would have been shelled out a considerable amount of money, and the opportunity cost that's lost there is events that return significantly more."

Barr also shut down the idea Canberra Stadium played a factor in the decision despite tournament organisers expressing concern about the ageing facility, declaring the final call was "all about money ... If the money was there, they were taking it."

ACT government officials are adamant their offer for "category C" World Cup fixtures - included provision of a rent free commercially clean match venue, marketing support, support for the provision of a fan zone, integrated ticketing and free public transport - was realistic and financially responsible.

The offer amounted to about $2.5 million for each match, based on 75 per cent capacity attendance at each match including ticket sale and hospitality revenue.

Canberra Stadium boasted an average crowd figure of 20,482 across four fixtures during the 2003 edition which featured Italy, Tonga, Wales and Canada.

Pressed on whether the AFL investment is worth it, Barr's counterargument was the ACT would be the only state or territory missing out on elite level AFL if the deal was ripped off the table.

However now Canberra - home to one of just four Australian Super Rugby teams - will miss out on Rugby World Cup games, despite fixtures being awarded to non-traditional rugby union markets in Newcastle and Adelaide.

"But we do have soccer, and we do have rugby union, and we have obviously local teams that we support. We also secure matches that involve either those local teams or indeed our national team playing in those sports," Barr said.
"An example for this year is of course the Brumbies versus the British and Irish Lions. That's supporting our team playing against a quality international opponent at our venue."

Barr says an investment into the Brumbies - who have walked a financial tightrope in recent years - remains the territory's biggest professional rugby priority, while vowing to continue supporting other Canberra teams such as Canberra United, who face an uncertain future beyond this season after being saved by a $200,000 bailout by the government last year.

"We do provide more money for those local sporting teams and we anticipate given some of the events that are transpiring in some of those sporting codes that we'll need to provide even more money," Barr said.

"We often are the largest financial supporter of those local teams. Without the ACT government, they wouldn't exist."

[azif]

TBH
I think they have it partially wrong , that wombat Barr doesn't hate rugby , that snoody toffy nosed crap & its fans from Yarralumla , Red Hill , Forrest & Deakin would be just the crowd he'd love to mingle with.

no
Its the Canberra Raiders he hates , with a passion. The regions biggest & wealthiest club have openly campaigned against him for most of his time as chief minister. He hates them , the NRL & RL in general. despises it.
A new rectangle stadium would be a boon for the Raiders & he knows it. He would rather continue his war with them rather then do anything that benefits the capital as a whole with this new stadium.

That , & tram boys love for the fumbling monstrosity from vicdumboh & his desire to turn our capital into a wokey wanky little version of that eurotrash shitehole Melbourne ... continues to be a bug bear for many.
The battle goes on.

[azif]

Tram boy Barr caught out lying ..... again .... this time about why this RWC offer to have games in the capital was rejected
the cheap skate fumbleball wanker didn't offer anything substantial

fucking clown !!


https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... d-cup-bid/



However, the "offer" Barr touted wasn't a promise of government funding. Instead, it was potential revenue from hospitality and ticket sales to the public.

The Canberra Times can reveal the actual cash pledge from the government was just $2 million in total for all four games - a $1.6 million payment to the World Cup and another $400,000 to be spent on a fan zone and free public transport.

And while Barr said the decision to bypass Canberra was "all about money", the most powerful man World Rugby - chairman Brett Robinson - said the ageing facilities at Canberra Stadium also counted against the capital.

[Bbear]

Time to invest big money into Manuka Oval with Federal funding and make the AFL presence more permanent.
Before the Raiders, Australian rules football was the number one code in the ACT.
Incompetent AFL administrators failed to seize the opportunity.

[Fred]

Weren’t North meant to go there at one stage ?

[azif]

Time to invest big money into Manuka Oval with Federal funding and make the AFL presence more permanent.
Before the Raiders, Australian rules football was the number one code in the ACT.
Incompetent AFL administrators failed to seize the opportunity.

There won't be any $ spent on any other grounds before our capital gets its new rectangle stadium for its major sport... RL & the only team that matters to Canberrans .. the Raiders.
That gormless little twat Barr wouldn't dare do anything else

[leeroy*NRL*]

i think once a Canberra Soccer team gets added to the A League.

NRL, UNION, SOCCER (only a matter of time before they all share a Roofted rectangle stadium
could be 5 maybe 10 years though

[azif]

i think once a Canberra Soccer team gets added to the A League.

NRL, UNION, SOCCER (only a matter of time before they all share a Roofted rectangle stadium
could be 5 maybe 10 years though

a Canberra a league teams imminent entry hasn't done much to advance the prospects of a much deserved rectangle stadium for the capital , Its a travesty that one wasn't built 10 years ago , & the thought that we may have to wait another 10 years is criminal

[Bbear]

Weren’t North meant to go there at one stage ?

North played quite a few home games in Canberra that were well attended over a period of 3 or 4 seasons. Almost relocated there but the GC became the AFL top priority.
North ended up playing in Tassie for their survival.
NM no longer viable, merger with GWS would be my personal idea.

[azif]

Weren’t North meant to go there at one stage ?

North played quite a few home games in Canberra that were well attended over a period of 3 or 4 seasons. Almost relocated there but the GC became the AFL top priority.
North ended up playing in Tassie for their survival.
NM no longer viable, merger with GWS would be my personal idea.

aren't they whoring themselves out to WA now ?
playing home games there to try & make ends meet , another basket case club for the drops & misses ... one of quite a few they have.

[Beaussie]

Weren’t North meant to go there at one stage ?

North played quite a few home games in Canberra that were well attended over a period of 3 or 4 seasons. Almost relocated there but the GC became the AFL top priority.
North ended up playing in Tassie for their survival.
NM no longer viable, merger with GWS would be my personal idea.

aren't they whoring themselves out to WA now ?
playing home games there to try & make ends meet , another basket case club for the drops & misses ... one of quite a few they have.

North Melbourne have been to Sydney, Canberra, Gold Coast, Hobart and now Perth. Clearly not enough fans in Melbourne.

Canberra Kangaroos.

NT for team 20 in the AFL.

[azif]

North played quite a few home games in Canberra that were well attended over a period of 3 or 4 seasons. Almost relocated there but the GC became the AFL top priority.
North ended up playing in Tassie for their survival.
NM no longer viable, merger with GWS would be my personal idea.

aren't they whoring themselves out to WA now ?
playing home games there to try & make ends meet , another basket case club for the drops & misses ... one of quite a few they have.

North Melbourne have been to Sydney, Canberra, Gold Coast, Hobart and now Perth. Clearly not enough fans in Melbourne.

Canberra Kangaroos.

NT for team 20 in the AFL.

Thats what Canberra wants eh , **** unwanted rubbish
& those oxygen thieves , the greater western Sydney grants won't like their bottom line dropping even further by 3 mill more PA either
flogball house has made its bed there

& NT ?



yea
setting teams up in isolated cities not much bigger then Albury -Wodonga is the way to go eh

the fumbling shit show from Vicdumboh has some enormous issues to overcome in the next 10 years

[leeroy*NRL*]

a change of Government may help with Rectangle Stadium Upgrade in ACT

[leeroy*NRL*]

ACT Kangaroos has a good ring to it..
they could easily Average 20k in a suitable Stadium

[azif]

a change of Government may help with Rectangle Stadium Upgrade in ACT

well of course it would , but ACT toss pot public servants & woke wankers voted in that gormless twit Barr .. again.. meaning labor will have been in govt for 27 years by the time the next election is due in 2028

The Libs were willing to build a stadium on Lake Burley Griffin near civic , its such a shame for Canberra they didn't get in