I made the mistake of RTFA, and I can’t understand it.
It says “The NRL has struck an in-principle agreement for a Perth-based Bears team after acquiescing to the Western Australian government’s wish not to be charged a license fee to become the game’s 18th franchise.”.
BUT further down the page:
“Negotiations between the NRL and WA government appeared to have ended earlier in the month, with both parties unable to find common ground.”
And it also talks about needing the buy-in or approval of the clubs. And that hasn’t happened yet either.
AFAICT, the only thing agreed is that nothing is agreed. By anyone.
“Negotiations between the NRL and WA government appeared to have ended earlier in the month, with both parties unable to find common ground.”
This is in the past tense, because they’re talking about what the state of play was before the latest round of successful negotiations that were the main subject of the article.
They’ve struck an in-principle agreement, which obviously isn’t a final agreement and there’s still the possibility of it breaking down again. But I believe the idea of an in-principle agreement is still a relatively significant step. There might not be a contract signed yet, but the broad strokes of what’ll go in it are done.
I made the mistake of RTFA, and I can’t understand it.
It says “The NRL has struck an in-principle agreement for a Perth-based Bears team after acquiescing to the Western Australian government’s wish not to be charged a license fee to become the game’s 18th franchise.”.
BUT further down the page:
“Negotiations between the NRL and WA government appeared to have ended earlier in the month, with both parties unable to find common ground.”
And it also talks about needing the buy-in or approval of the clubs. And that hasn’t happened yet either.
AFAICT, the only thing agreed is that nothing is agreed. By anyone.
This is in the past tense, because they’re talking about what the state of play was before the latest round of successful negotiations that were the main subject of the article.
They’ve struck an in-principle agreement, which obviously isn’t a final agreement and there’s still the possibility of it breaking down again. But I believe the idea of an in-principle agreement is still a relatively significant step. There might not be a contract signed yet, but the broad strokes of what’ll go in it are done.
Ahhhh. Gotcha.
Good luck, Bears!