DIEHARD
01-02-10, 03:58 PM
Peace talks settle league score
IPSWICH Jets and the Gold Coast Titans have resolved their differences and agreed to a four-year partnership that will maintain the strong link between the clubs until the end of the 2013 season.
Jets CEO Brad Wolens met with Titans manager of football Scott Clark last week to finalise the deal.
Wolens, who had earlier been disappointed that there was no cash component in the Titans offer, said a suitable compromise had been reached over the negotiating table.
"The Titans have agreed to all the amendments that I requested. They have reconsidered the different components that were in the package and upgraded them," Wolens said.
"Bartercard is a major sponsor of us and the Titans and we’ve agreed to take some dollars in barter which is the same as cash to us.
"So 50 per cent of it (the deal) will be barter dollars and the rest of it is upgrading the existing contract to include a golf day where 18 Titans players will attend and we’ll get the profits from that.
"There is an assurance that a trial game will be played here bi-annually. On top of that, everyone on our coaching staff will also be given the opportunity to attend Titans training sessions and be there on game day to enhance knowledge and skills."
The Jets have been provided with an upgraded contra deal that includes tickets for Titans games, corporate boxes for home games and other sweeteners.
Titans CEO Michael Searle (pictured) said he was satisfied the Jets now had the opportunity to generate more cash than would have been the case from a straight handout.
"There has been a lot of good work done over the past three years and it has been a great partnership with the Jets that we are really comfortable with," Searle said.
"We’ve seen a good interaction between the coaching staff and it is a developing relationship.
"Ipswich have been afforded the opportunity to generate resources that are far superior to cash up front and they have grabbed that opportunity with both hands.
"It will be a bit more work for the Jets but they are a well organised club that are focussed on growing their organisation."
The Jets have been buoyed by the Titans’ decision to assign Titans assistant coach Trevor Gillmeister as a coaching and talent overseer at the club while the traditional feeder arrangement will remain in place.
That reciprocal deal will enable players to move back and forwards between the Jets and Titans squads.
The Jets also have three players – AJ Gilbert, Warren Schillings and Jacob Ling – attending Titans’ pre-season training.
Source: http://www.qt.com.au
IPSWICH Jets and the Gold Coast Titans have resolved their differences and agreed to a four-year partnership that will maintain the strong link between the clubs until the end of the 2013 season.
Jets CEO Brad Wolens met with Titans manager of football Scott Clark last week to finalise the deal.
Wolens, who had earlier been disappointed that there was no cash component in the Titans offer, said a suitable compromise had been reached over the negotiating table.
"The Titans have agreed to all the amendments that I requested. They have reconsidered the different components that were in the package and upgraded them," Wolens said.
"Bartercard is a major sponsor of us and the Titans and we’ve agreed to take some dollars in barter which is the same as cash to us.
"So 50 per cent of it (the deal) will be barter dollars and the rest of it is upgrading the existing contract to include a golf day where 18 Titans players will attend and we’ll get the profits from that.
"There is an assurance that a trial game will be played here bi-annually. On top of that, everyone on our coaching staff will also be given the opportunity to attend Titans training sessions and be there on game day to enhance knowledge and skills."
The Jets have been provided with an upgraded contra deal that includes tickets for Titans games, corporate boxes for home games and other sweeteners.
Titans CEO Michael Searle (pictured) said he was satisfied the Jets now had the opportunity to generate more cash than would have been the case from a straight handout.
"There has been a lot of good work done over the past three years and it has been a great partnership with the Jets that we are really comfortable with," Searle said.
"We’ve seen a good interaction between the coaching staff and it is a developing relationship.
"Ipswich have been afforded the opportunity to generate resources that are far superior to cash up front and they have grabbed that opportunity with both hands.
"It will be a bit more work for the Jets but they are a well organised club that are focussed on growing their organisation."
The Jets have been buoyed by the Titans’ decision to assign Titans assistant coach Trevor Gillmeister as a coaching and talent overseer at the club while the traditional feeder arrangement will remain in place.
That reciprocal deal will enable players to move back and forwards between the Jets and Titans squads.
The Jets also have three players – AJ Gilbert, Warren Schillings and Jacob Ling – attending Titans’ pre-season training.
Source: http://www.qt.com.au