1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, well as predictably as the clock striking twelve twice 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: a day. Here we are with another America's when America's 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: Cup went under our bouts, and we're talking yet again 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: about whether the America's Cup should be held in New Zealand. 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: And one corner you've got Helen Clark who says kiwi's 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: need to and want to witness a successful event at home, 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: so it's all about the fields. And then the other corner, 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: David Seymour says, we're two brokes, so it's all about 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: the dollars. Look, I think I'm like most people. It 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: it'd be nice if it was back here. I wouldn't 11 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: say nos that I'd enjoy it. I'd go out and 12 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: go watch it, wouldn't you. But I don't want us 13 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 1: to waste any money on this right. This has to 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: be above all treated as a business decision, because that's 15 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: what it is. It is a business decision. It's a 16 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: business decision for Grant Dalton. He will sell the hosting 17 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: rights to the highest bidder, like he has this time 18 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: around with Barcelona, which was prepared to pay more than 19 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: we were to host the event, and that is the 20 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: right thing for him to do to treat it as 21 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: a business decision, he would be a fool to take 22 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: less than the highest offer, and it's a business decision 23 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: for New Zealand as well. We should be prepared to 24 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: pay to host the America's Cup, but no more than 25 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: we can make of it. There's no point whatso we 26 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: ever in losing money on the America's Cup, which is 27 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: what happened last time around when we lost one hundred 28 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: and fifty million bucks plus, which to be fair, was 29 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: exacerbated by COVID. But we shouldn't be expecting some sort 30 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: of a favor from Grant, because Grant is a Kiwi 31 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: citizen and we're a bunch of Kiwis. If we accept 32 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: it's a business decision, we're going to have to strip 33 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: out the lingering anger that we appear to have at 34 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 1: Grant Dalton's attitude in his way of going about stuff. 35 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: We have to strip out the nonsense about sailing being 36 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: an elitist sport. It may or may not be, but 37 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: it's also something we're just damned good at and we 38 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,559 Speaker 1: should be proud of. And we also have to strip 39 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: out any kind of sentimentality that we deserve to have 40 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: some sort of a nice event here. You don't deserve 41 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: to have a nice event if it's going to cost 42 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,199 Speaker 1: us millions and millions and millions and millions of dollars 43 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: that we do not have because we're broke. This is 44 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: a transaction in which we want to make money. We 45 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: want to come out in the black on this one. 46 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: And then on top of all of that, we have 47 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: to accept another fact, which is we're playing with the 48 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: big boys now. We're playing with the Saudi Arabias and 49 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: the Barcelonas, and some of those guys have got very 50 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: deep pockets. And it already sounds if you listen to 51 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: the people in Team New Zealand, it already sounds like 52 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: we don't really have a shot. So even if we 53 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: do put our best foot forward, it might not be enough. 54 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: We're just gonna have to leave it at that, because 55 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: if the event comes back, it should be coming back 56 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: because New Zealand wants to make money off the event. 57 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: Nothing else. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive. Listen 58 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, 59 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.