Quote: post "Throwing their money away, it’s like buying a Ferrari with 100,000 miles on the clock.
If they are going to spend big money then why not spend it sensibly. They could use that 9million and buy 3 top players to form the core of their team in Superleague.
That could be 3 or 4 top players sign over 3 years.
You could buy the top players in the NRL and SL for that, I’m thinking Roger Tuiavasa-Sheck at 1, Shaun Johnson at 6, Mitchel Pierce at 7 and Daryl Clarke at 9 and still have change.'"
Not for $9m over 2/3 years you can’t. There’s only 2 marquee player spots. The best you can do is split that over 2 players.
I’m assuming Toronto are betting that big name from both codes of rugby, a name supersedes all other RL names will buy them so much publicity and marketing that it’s worth the cost. A name like SBW also attracts other players.
It’s a risk, but maybe not as big a one as some are suggesting.