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Message: [QUOTE="Kooly87, post: 3102390, member: 9326"] This should be ringing alarm bells for the prospective Brisbane expansion proposals as well. We have a team on the Gold Coast who has barely scratched the surface of ingraining itself in the local competitions, schools and local clubs, some of which as you've said are amongst the best in the country. It's a 'Gold Coast' club, that could arguably move to Perth or the Central Coast tomorrow and it would make virtually no difference to their player recruitment strategy or makeup up to this point. They''re failing to capitalise on the biggest single advantage they currently have: being located on the Gold Coast with access to so much talent, if only they can find a way to harness it for themselves. If we repeat that mistake with a proposed Brisbane/Ipswich/Redcliffe side, it will prove to be just as disasterous and unproductive. If we are putting a new side into Queensland, it should be to grow the game and participation in that region, not just provide a cushy, high paying home for surplus players from Sydney clubs to get a pay day. [/QUOTE]

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