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Originally Posted by crmalcolm
Agreed, and that's becoming more and more relevant - I know he brings money with him, but does Plato offer teams anything long-term?
It would be hard to argue against the fact that his career is going to be ending soon. He has been beaten by teammates for 3 straight seasons now, in a sequence of finishes that reads 7th, 12th, 27th.
On paper, what does he offer a team that someone like Rob Austin doesn't?
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Money, exposure and press coverage, without needing to turn to a crowdfunding effort to stay in the game. Also, considerable experience in terms of who to talk to and where to look for the big money, and a list of generous contacts far bigger than most other people have compiled over the years (the Neal family excepted).
So quite a lot, really. Last year Plato generated column inches and miles of forum posts/discussions simply by *not* being up front, and it's continuing this year before anyone knows what his intentions are.
He's had a few crap years and we're still talking about him. That's what Plato brings to any team that might want to take him in.