Six years after having his fingers burned buying into St George Illawarra, Paul Smith wants to be involved in rugby league’s next franchise.
Colourful Sydney Kings part-owner Paul Smith and former NRL executive Paul Kind are set to become key stakeholders in the Western Bears if, as widely expected, they become the league’s 18th franchise next month.
“With the structure of the ownership group, particularly a new set-up, there will be a contest of ideas in the environment we’ll be forming and operating in. But we made it clear we want to be involved in the business. We’re not going to be passive investors. This isn’t a rebuild, but a build.” It brought former NBA stars Luc Longley and Andrew Bogut into the business and focused on enticing a new audience to Kings matches.
TSE’s involvement happened by chance after Kind, who was the NRL’s head of commercial and marketing for 13 years, ran into Perth businessman Terry Creasey in a corporate suite at Origin II at the MCG in June.
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