dock leaf 142 Report post Posted May 6, 2020 https://www.tdnausnz.com.au/edition/2020-05-06/nz-outlook-fuelling-consternation?fbclid=IwAR1h0bb9-QBCIGqJOhkIrvLWVp-t__dTMo5k28fSbaQX5dCaHl-2SzQflac Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomates 3,454 Report post Posted May 6, 2020 24 minutes ago, dock leaf said: https://www.tdnausnz.com.au/edition/2020-05-06/nz-outlook-fuelling-consternation?fbclid=IwAR1h0bb9-QBCIGqJOhkIrvLWVp-t__dTMo5k28fSbaQX5dCaHl-2SzQflac It's not just these higher profile people ,what about younger industry workers what are they thinking . Save some cash , get on a plane and move to aussie , or get out and do something else . Or the younger person thinking of trying racing for a job , certainly would be having 2nd thoughts now . Certainly the career pathways are get narrower . Black Kirrama and GOM 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We're Doomed 4,824 Report post Posted May 6, 2020 It is all very sad. Perhaps this current disaster is timely because it has brought everything to a head. It all comes down to a lack of leadership at so many levels for many years. As people have said, putting the same people in charge of running racing and running the TAB was a big mistake. They are two totally different jobs and it has meant racing management has taken their eye off the ball in a big way. Isn't it interesting, racing seems to an industry where no one ever seems to fall on their sword. They just get a golden handshake or move to run greater wgtn, or even worse, just stay in the job and do even more damage. napier, Huey, Baz (NZ) and 2 others 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad 1,539 Report post Posted May 6, 2020 Long gone are the days where everything in racing was run voluntarily, these days everyone is paid, from the very over the top, to the attendant on the birdcage gate. Huey 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikenz 1,071 Report post Posted May 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Shad said: Long gone are the days where everything in racing was run voluntarily, these days everyone is paid, from the very over the top, to the attendant on the birdcage gate. Have you noticed the large numbers of staff that follow around rugby teams these days so many positions that were once not required. Shad and Basil brush 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,711 Report post Posted May 6, 2020 The gravy train has never been short Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad 1,539 Report post Posted May 7, 2020 7 hours ago, mikenz said: Have you noticed the large numbers of staff that follow around rugby teams these days so many positions that were once not required. Yep to be fair its everywhere, no escaping it, whether it be rugby racing or any other industry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disillusioned 389 Report post Posted May 7, 2020 Shad, this will horrify you. It's from World Rugby: Rugby's return without crowds would see 167 people involved in the staging of matches, a new World Rugby return to play document suggests. MATCH DAY REQUIREMENTS Home team players 15 Visiting team players 15 Home team substitutes and bench support 11 Visiting team substitutes and bench support 11 Home team travelling reserves 3 Visiting team travelling reserves 3 Home team roving Doctor 1 Visiting team roving Doctor 1 Home team roving Physiotherapist 1 Visiting team roving Physiotherapist 1 Home team Technical box (water carriers) 2 Visiting team Technical box (water carriers) 2 Home team Coaches box 5 Visiting team Coaches box 5 Match Day Doctor 1 Immediate Care Lead 1 Medical room video viewer 1 Paramedics 6 Other medical specialists 2 Medical room video operator 1 Security guards 4 Referee 1 Assistant Referee 2 Side-line Referees, time keeper, statistics and communications 7 Television Match Official 1 Citing Commissioner 1 Ball team and ball team supervisor 7 Match Manager 1 Match Director 1 Administration 10 Broadcaster pitch-side crew (cameramen, line runners & floor manager) 20 Commentators 6 Safe Return to Rugby – in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Outside broadcasting van 15 Stadium operations 8 Big screen and PA announcer 2 Total: 167 Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad 1,539 Report post Posted May 7, 2020 And thats just rugby, eye opener for sure. Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uneasy 497 Report post Posted May 7, 2020 I presume that's the trimmed up, belt tightened economical version. Kingshill, Pam Robson, arjay and 2 others 1 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...